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Sara Malone’s research is dedicated to ensuring that all children have access to the highest quality of care. She leads a team that designs and evaluates interventions to enhance health care and improve outcomes for children admitted to the hospital, particularly in acute and emergency situations. A licensed clinical social worker, Malone has worked in a variety of pediatric […]

Salma Abdalla, a physician by training, studies how social, commercial, and economic policies shape population health. In particular, she studies how data can be used to inform decision-making to improve health outcomes, with a focus on noncommunicable diseases, in different contexts. She also studies the effects of trauma on population mental health. She is also […]

Massy Mutumba’s research is aimed at developing evidence-based approaches to advance the health and well-being of adolescents and young adults globally, with a focus on communities affected by HIV, poverty and structural inequities. Her scholarship centers on the development and evaluation of scalable interventions that address intersecting challenges such as HIV prevention and care engagement, […]

Morven McLean is Executive Director of Networks & Innovation and Professor of Practice in the School of Public Health, and she additionally serves as the inaugural Director of WashU’s Food and Agriculture Research Mission (FARM). An agricultural scientist with more than 25 years of experience, Morven has dedicated her career to developing and implementing applied […]

Mary Politi is a health psychologist, behavioral scientist and co-director of WashU’s Center for Collaborative Care Decisions. Her primary research interests include health communication and shared decision-making. Her work helps patients and the public understand health information, explore what is important to them when making health decisions, and collaborate to make evidence-informed decisions that meet […]

Todd Combs’ research interests include health and social policy, scientific translation, and systems science. Much of his research focuses on policies that affect the built environment to promote behavioral change. Combs leads or works on several projects, including: Advancing Science & Practice in the Retail Environment (ASPiRE), which uses agent-based modeling to test the potential […]

Lora Iannotti is the inaugural Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor at WashU School of Public Health and founding director of the E3 Nutrition Lab. Her lab aims to identify nutrition solutions that embrace principles embodied in the three E’s: equity, environment and evolution. Iannotti leads projects in Ecuador, Haiti and Madagascar, where she collaborates with […]

Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan’s research is aimed at developing and evaluating evidence-based approaches for promoting healthy eating and physical activity to prevent chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cancer. A member of the Prevention Research Center, her work focuses on improving home environments, as well as organizations such as public health departments and childcare centers, to […]

Douglas Luke is a leading researcher in the areas of public health policy, systems science and tobacco control. Luke directs work focused primarily on the evaluation, dissemination and implementation of evidence-based public health policies. Over the past decade, Luke has used systems science methods, especially social network analysis and agent-based modeling, to address important public […]

Lindsay Stark is a social epidemiologist whose work focuses on preventing violence, improving mental health and advancing the well-being of women, children, and families in contexts of conflict, displacement and adversity. She is internationally recognized for developing innovative methods to measure sensitive social issues and for evaluating interventions that promote safety and resilience. Stark has […]