A study authored by Jean-Francois Trani, PhD, Associate Professor, Brown School, & Ganesh M. Babulal, PhD, OTD, MSCI, MOT, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology, & Public Health Faculty Scholars found that dementia increased among adults living in poverty.
Rachel Garg, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Brown School
Emily C. Willroth, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Arts & Sciences
Jewel D. Stafford, MSW
Assistant Dean, Field Education, Brown School
Additional titles: Teaching Professor
Register for The New Global Health: Improving Health Systems Through Collaborative Research
The New Global Health: Improving Health Systems Through Collaborative Research
Join us for The New Global Health: Improving Health Systems Through Collaborative Research with Margaret E. Kruk, MD, MPH, professor of health systems at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Professor Kruk will discuss the motivation for the QuEST Network, a global research consortium on health system quality. She will present findings on health system performance […]
Nathaniel A. Dell, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dan Ferris, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Brown School
Associate Director of Training and Education, Social Policy Institute
Stephen Lau, PhD
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology, School of Medicine
Jay R. Turner, MS, DSc
James McKelvey Professor of Engineering Education, McKelvey School of Engineering
Additional titles: Head of the Division of Engineering Education; Vice Dean for Education
Supporting social emotional learning and wellbeing of displaced adolescents from the middle east: a pilot evaluation of the ‘forward with peers’ intervention (Links to an external site)
Lindsay Stark, DrPH, professor, & Ilana Seff, DrPH, research assistant professor, and Public Health Faculty Scholars, authored a study on the pilot evaluation of the effectiveness of culturally adapted, school-based interventions in supporting the psychosocial wellbeing and resilience of displaced Arab adolescents.
Nhial Tutlam, PhD
Assistant Professor, Brown School
Stark, Seff Work to Adapt Refugee Tool to Measure Self-Reliance of Ukrainian Refugees (Links to an external site)
Lindsay Stark, DrPH, Associate Dean for Global Strategy & Programs, Brown School, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, recently returned from Poland where she is modifying a comprehensive assessment & support tool to use with Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
Research suggests COVID-19 affects brain age and IQ score (Links to an external site)
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, Public Health Faculty Scholar and WashU epidemiologist, who has been researching long COVID before it was named “long COVID”, discusses a new study finding that COVID-19 infection affects memory and decision-making performance.
Long Covid May Lead to Measurable Cognitive Decline, Study Finds (Links to an external site)
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, Public Health Faculty Scholar and WashU epidemiologist weighs in on a recent study suggesting that when long Covid symptoms improve, associated cognitive impairment might also.
Getting Creative with AI (Links to an external site)
Ruopeng An, Associate Professor, Brown School, and Public Health Faculty Scholar teaches a class for middle and high schoolers, at the St. Louis Public Library, that is helping them use AI to create digital art.
Study Shows ‘Long Flu’ Is Real, but Long COVID Is Worse (Links to an external site)
A study co-authored by Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, Public Health Faculty Scholar and WashU epidemiologist, found that patients hospitalized with influenza can also experience lingering problems similar to those found in patients with long COVID.
Washington University joins NIH cancer screening clinical trials network (Links to an external site)
The School of Medicine is joining a NIH clinical trials network to study screening technologies that can detect multiple cancers with a single blood test. “Through the network, we can determine whether such tests can detect cancer early and save lives,” says Aimee James, PhD, Professor of Surgery & Public Health Faculty Scholar.
Birth outcomes improve in states that extend driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, research finds (Links to an external site)
A WashU study found “how states’ extension of legal rights to immigrants can improve the health of the next generation,” according to Margot Moinester, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Public Health Faculty Scholar, and study co-author.
Washington University joins NIH cancer screening clinical trials network (Links to an external site)
The School of Medicine is joining a NIH clinical trials network to study screening technologies that can detect multiple cancers with a single blood test. “Through the network, we can determine whether such tests can detect cancer early and save lives,” says Aimee James, PhD, Professor of Surgery & Public Health Faculty Scholar.
Seminar & interactive discussion: Implementation science innovation I Equity-centered design thinking
Join us for a two-part event with Dr. Alessandra Bazzano of Tulane University. The seminar will take place from 1-2 p.m. in Steinberg Auditorium located in Steinberg Hall. The interactive discussion will take place from 2-3 p.m. in Room 130 of Hillman Hall. A virtual option will be provided for the seminar only. This event […]
As Medicaid Shrinks, Clinics for the Poor Are Trying to Survive (Links to an external site)
Timothy McBride, PhD, Co-Director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research and Public Health Faculty Scholar was recently quoted in a NYT article about policy ended last spring that prohibited states from pushing anyone off Medicaid.
Institute staff changes set the stage for robust public health programs and initiatives
In service of Public Health at WashU, the Institute for Public Health is helping pave the way for robust health programs and initiatives.
2024 Election Map Forecasts Trump to Score Biggest GOP Win in Decades (Links to an external site)
Liberty E. Vittert, PhD, Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Olin Business School explains in a Decision Desk HQ video how important Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are to Presidential candidates hoping to win a general election.
How did words like periodt, GYAT, cap and drip come to be? All about the Black history of slang (Links to an external site)
John Baugh, PhD, Professor and Public Health Faculty Scholar, spoke to TODAY.com about the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) — a variety of English primarily spoken by groups of Black Americans.
Study looks at ways to sustain public health programs (Links to an external site)
A Brown School study tested a training model for public health programs. “Public health impact can only be realized if evidence-based programs are able to sustain their work over time,” said Sarah Moreland-Russell, PhD, Associate Professor of Practice, Public Health Faculty Scholar, & the study’s first author.
Summary: “Equity in Aging: A St. Louis Funders Meeting”
St. Louis area funders heard about health equity in aging from the co-directors of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging.
A “Souper Sunday” conversation on age and the presidential candidates
The topic of aging and the presidential candidates is one that many are talking about. Read about one such discussion among older adults, led by the co-directors of the Friedman Center for Aging.
Water quality monitor, locust-inspired electronic nose under development (Links to an external site)
Daniel Giammar, PhD, Professor, School of Engineering & Applied Science, and Public Health Faculty Scholar will lead a team in developing a tool to monitor the quality of drinking water using a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Nanoparticles enhance locusts’ sense of smell (Links to an external site)
Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, Professor in Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Public Health Faculty Scholar co-led a team that used nanostructures to heighten the neural response in a locust’s brain, boosting their sense of smell and possibly leading the way to more efficient biological chemical sensors.
A pathogen air quality monitor for indoor spaces can detect COVID-19 in about 5 minutes (Links to an external site)
A team of WashU scientists including Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD, associate professor, McKelvey School of Engineering, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, has developed an indoor pathogen air quality monitor that can detect if someone in a classroom is shedding COVID-19 virus particles.
Preserving our planet (Links to an external site)
WashU’s has a new Center for the Environment. The center supports collaborative research in biodiversity, environmental justice, planetary health, environmental solutions and climate change. Daniel Giammar, PhD, Professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science and the center’s inaugural director, and Lora Iannotti, PhD, Professor at the Brown School, and the center’s director for planetary health and environmental justice are both Public Health Faculty Scholars.
Water quality monitor, locust-inspired electronic nose under development (Links to an external site)
Fangqiong Ling, PhD, Asst. Professor, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences & Joe Steensma, EdD, Professor of practice, Brown School, & Public Health Faculty Scholars, are co-principal investigators in Daniel Giammar’s team developing a tool to monitor the quality of drinking water using a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Study: Machine learning can help optimize medical resource sharing in a crisis (Links to an external site)
A team of Olin researchers, including Salih Tutun, PhD, and Samira Fazel Anvaryazdi, PhD, lecturers in data analytics & Public Health Faculty Scholars, studied the most effective modern analytics models for sharing ventilators across the U.S. in emergency situations.
There’s a New Life-Saving Vaccine. Why Won’t People Take It? (Links to an external site)
Matthew Kreuter, PhD, professor of public health and Public Health Faculty Scholar, explains iHeard, a health survey which was developed “to try to get a handle on what people were hearing and when new misinformation might enter the community.”
How Risky Are Repeat COVID Infections? What We Know So Far (Links to an external site)
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, Public Health Faculty Scholar and WashU epidemiologist, discusses recurring COVID infections and why long-term, sustainable solutions are needed.
University’s technology, innovation hub celebrates 100th faculty startup (Links to an external site)
Central Health Intelligence, helping patients and families make end-of-life decisions and co-founded by Randi Foraker, PhD, professor and Public Health Faculty Scholar, is the 100th WashU startup company that the Office of Technology Management helped launch.
There’s one surefire way to find the most quality dates from your Hinge and Bumble matches, and it’s not looks. Here’s how to optimize your profile for love (Links to an external site)
If you’re not finding true love through online dating, it could help if you include a description of your sense of purpose in your dating profile, according to a study co-authored by Patrick Hill, PhD, professor of psychological and brain sciences and Public Health Faculty Scholar.
Verbal gaffe or sign of trouble? Mixing up names like Biden and Trump have done is pretty common (Links to an external site)
Can verbal slips, like what President Biden occasionally experiences, reveal cognitive disorders? Eric Lenze, MD, Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, and Public Health Faculty Scholar explains.
Program for Inclusion and Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE)
Cardiovascular Disease Comorbidities, Genetics, Epidemiology (CVD-CGE) PRIDE CVD-CGE is a one-year, all-expense-paid program for junior faculty and transitioning postdoctoral scientists establishing independent academic research careers and negotiating through the academic ranks. COHORT 11 APPLication period: Pre-Applications are accepted on a rolling basis cohort 11 Program period: Summer 2024- summer 2025 Description The Program for Inclusion […]
New Report Raises Concerns About Long Covid in Children (Links to an external site)
“Long Covid in the U.S., in adults and in kids, is a serious problem,” says Ziyad Al-Aly, WashU epidemiologist and Public Health Faculty Scholar, in response to a recent published paper on the incidence of long Covid in children.
Wash U researchers find flu can have lingering effects similar to long COVID’s (Links to an external site)
A study co-authored by Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, Public Health Faculty Scholar and WashU epidemiologist, found that patients hospitalized with influenza can also experience lingering problems similar to those found in patients with long COVID.
Future of precision medicine must involve Black community (Links to an external site)
The Black Genome Project is studying the way Black St. Louisans are impacted by genetics research and is impacting kids interested in STEM. Brett Maricque, PhD, Co-Director, Center for Community Health Partnership and Research and Public Health Faculty Scholar, is Co-Principal Investigator.
WashU faculty named to psychologist society (Links to an external site)
Leonard Green, PhD, professor of psychological and brain sciences, and of economics, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, has been named fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP).
STEM training, apprenticeships increase work satisfaction (Links to an external site)
Jason Jabbari, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School and Public Health Faculty Scholar, co-authored a study that found participation in LaunchCode, a St. Louis-based novel training and apprenticeship program in STEM, increased job happiness.
Maryland’s drug affordability board may expand to lower prices if it gets the votes (Links to an external site)
Rachel Sachs, JD, MPH, professor of health law and Public Health Faculty Scholar, weighs in on legislation that would allow Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board to set upper payment limits on drugs for all health plans in Maryland.
“D&I Day” offers insights, reflections and forward momentum in implementation science
Learn what happened when students, faculty and staff interested and engaged in implementation science gathered for WashU’s annual “D&I Day”.
Center offers casual monthly collaboration for anyone interested in implementation science
Written by Kim Furlow and Ashley Sturm, Center for Dissemination and Implementation The Center for Dissemination and Implementation invites those who have a new interest in or who are entrenched in implementation science to visit the monthly WUNDIR Café. WUNDIR stands for Washington University Network of Dissemination and Implementation Researchers and is a team that […]
NIH grant to fund radiation oncology center on Medical Campus (Links to an external site)
WashU has received a grant for a radiation oncology center to study the biologic effects of radiation therapy during cancer treatment. Geoffrey D. Hugo, PhD, and Albert M. Lai, PhD, Public Health Faculty Scholars, are co-principal investigators of the university’s center.
40 years of memory research in our own backyard
Learn about how you can become a volunteer for dementia research.