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A new study from WashU Public Health finds bipartisan backing for crisis hotlines, walk-in centers and peer support — diverging from federal policies expanding involuntary treatment.
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The School of Public Health is looking to add faculty from around the country and world. Our new call for faculty, along with details, are available via Interfolio and on the WashU Public Health website. Please share with faculty who might be interested.
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| The COVID-19 pandemic shifted how people think about and do work in public health. The fourth edition of ‘Evidence-Based Public Health’ has been revised and updated for a post-COVID-19 world.
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A new, highly visual book by Washington University faculty and staff presents St. Louisans' experiences during the pandemic in their own words.
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WashU Public Health welcomed its first students in August. These photos reflect moments from the start of the school’s inaugural semester.
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The weekly Talking Public Health seminar series features presentations by leading thinkers in public health at WashU and elsewhere. At noon Wednesday, September 24, Matthew Kreuter, MPH, PhD, the Kahn Family Professor of Public Health and co-director of the Health Communications Collaborative Innovation Research Network at the School of Public Health, will give a talk titled "How Healthy is Today’s Health Information Ecosystem?" The talk will be in 60 Hillman Hall on the Danforth Campus, and also will be available via Zoom.
To view previous talks, see the WashU Public Health Events page, where recordings of Talking Public Health presentations from the spring and fall can be found.
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Classifying Chagas disease as endemic to the U.S. could strengthen surveillance, research and public health responses, said Philip Budge, MD, PhD, an associate professor of medicine at WashU Medicine and a secondary faculty member at WashU Public Health. (Source: St. Louis Public Radio)
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Compared to 11 weeks ago, fewer St. Louis adults trust the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) when it comes to flu vaccines, believe the CDC is prepared to respond to the flu, or feel that the CDC’s response to flu is in their best interests.
iHeard is a listening project of WashU Public Health's Health Communication Research Laboratory. iHeard surveys about 200 people who live or work in St. Louis weekly to find out what they know, believe and care about in regard to health.
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Mark J. Manary, MD, the James P. Keating Professor of Pediatrics at WashU Medicine and a member of the secondary faculty at WashU Public Health, is the corresponding author on "Ready-to-use school meals in northern Ghana are a viable alternative to traditional school meals," published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Victor G. Davila-Roman, MD, a professor of medicine at WashU Medicine, a secondary faculty member at WashU Public Health, and a co-director of WashU Public Health's Global Health Futures Innovation Research Network, is the corresponding author on "Household air pollution exposure in adult women is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness: A cross-sectional study of the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network trial," published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health.
Kevin Y. Xu, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of psychiatry at WashU Medicine and a secondary faculty member at WashU Public Health, is the corresponding author on, "Pre- and postoperative prescription of opioids and benzodiazepines in the US," published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
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Morgan Shields, MS, PhD, an assistant professor at WashU School of Public Health, talks about what in her line of work gives her hope. She was speaking with Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, about mental health, substance use, and psychiatric care. Their conversation was part of Public Health Ideas, a platform for the dean to share and discuss work in public health.
Watch the full conversation on YouTube →
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The latest episode of "Complicating the Narrative" features Matt Fox, DrPH, a professor of epidemiology and global health at Boston University, in conversation with host Salma Abdalla, MBBS, DrPH, an assistant professor at WashU Public Health. Together, they unpack what epidemiology does best, how incentives shape the questions we ask, and how methods — from target trial frameworks to bias analysis — can help us navigate uncertainty. They also dive into the limits of research transparency, and the cases for and against scientific journals.
"Complicating the Narrative” is hosted by Abdalla and supported by WashU Public Health and the Frick Initiative.
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Public Health Ideas convenings
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| Policy, Biodiversity, and the Future of Food |
Tuesday, September 23, 4 p.m. CT
At WashU and online
Join leading experts as they discuss policy frameworks, community solutions, and actionable strategies needed to protect and enhance biodiversity for food and nutrition security.
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The Story of COVID in the Heart of America |
Tuesday, October 7, 4-5:30 p.m. CT
At WashU and online
This event brings together the team that documented, with this book, COVID-19's impact on St. Louisans. The event features the book's creators, as well as community leaders, in a conversation about lessons learned from the pandemic.
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| Thursday, October 9, 9 a.m. CT
At WashU and online
This gathering will highlight how public health must integrate agricultural science, technology, and market solutions to advance sustainable, equitable, and health-promoting food futures.
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The WashU Public Health Moment is published by the School of Public Health Office of Communications. You can reach us at sphcomms@wustl.edu.
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