Tag: Diabetes

Institute congratulates diabetes research center on NIH award (Links to an external site)

The faculty and staff of the Institute for Public Health congratulate Faculty Scholar, the Joyce and Chauncy Buchheit Professor of Public Health and Director of the Center for Diabetes Translation Research, Debra Haire-Joshu for a recent multi-million dollar award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will help renew the center and its […]

Postpartum diabetes screening essential for health equity in women

Paving the path to reproductive equity requires raising awareness of the long term consequences of conditions first diagnosed in pregnancy.  Pregnancy complications like gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia serve as early warning signs for a woman’s future disease risk; however, our fragmented healthcare system often makes it difficult to effectively monitor and prevent disease in these […]

Pitch Partners² Announces First Seed Funding Awards

Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager for the Institute for Public Health The Center for Community Health Partnership and Research announces $10,000 in seed funding for each of three public health-related projects through its Pitch Partners² program. The projects were originally “pitched” to a  group of community members, organizations and faculty at a Pitch Partners […]

New collection of papers addresses diabetes and obesity prevention strategies

In 2014, the Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research and the Institute for Public Health at Washington University partnered on an event called “Next Steps in Public Health: Elimination Population-Based Disparities in Diabetes and Obesity.” This one-day conference brought together dozens of researchers from a variety of disciplines across Washington University and partner institutions […]

Faculty come together to develop solutions to fight diabetes at “Next Steps” Event

This spring the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis partnered with the Center for Diabetes Translation Research (CDTR) on “Next Steps in Public Health: Eliminating Population-Based Disparities in Diabetes and Obesity.” Led by CDTR director and institute scholar Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD, MSEd, Joyce Wood Professor at the Brown School at Washington […]