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How to win at online dating using AI (Links to an external site)
How can we be successful with on-line dating when it is rigged for failure? Liberty E. Vittert, PhD, professor of the practice of data science, Olin Business School, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, says that an AI-integrated dating app can help.
Reimagining public health: a path forward (Links to an external site)
There is optimism among public health professionals — in both red and blue states — according to research conducted by Ross C. Brownson, the Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor at the Brown School and a WashU Public Health Faculty Scholar.
A scientist took a psychedelic drug — and watched his own brain ‘fall apart’ (Links to an external site)
Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, Public Health Faculty Scholar, and co-senior author of a new study published in Nature, says that psychedelics, such as psilocybin, can offer scientists a “different way of thinking about learning and recovery.”
Long COVID Risk Has Declined Over the Pandemic and Vaccines May Be Key (Links to an external site)
“The research on declining rates of long COVID marks the rare occasion when I have good news to report regarding this virus,” said senior author Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor & Public Health Faculty Scholar, about new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Long COVID Risk Has Fallen, Largely Attributable to Vaccine Rollout (Links to an external site)
The risk of developing long COVID has significantly decreased since the start of the pandemic, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine & co-authored by Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor & Public Health Faculty Scholar.
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