Weekly news from the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis
Dear colleagues,
Good morning. I hope everyone has had a fine weekend.
The past week
We had a very good School Assembly last week. We discussed some of the changes in the world around us, how that intersects with our work, and our next steps in building the school. Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Debra Haire-Joshu also presented on our work building a faculty affairs office with responsibilities including faculty recruitment, development, and promotions. Thank you to all who joined us. Notes from the meeting are here.
We were joined by three colleagues who presented interesting Talking Public Health seminars. Thank you to Drs. Tracy Bastian, Alvin Thomas and Pasquale Rummo for being here. Talking Public Health presentations are archived here.
The coming week
This week, Stephanie L. Mazzucca-Ragan, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School, will speak on “Moving evidence to impact: working with organizations to promote evidence-based practice.” The talk will be at noon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, in 333A Goldfarb Hall. RSVP here to attend in person or on Zoom.
Also this week, we have our next Thinking Public Health discussion, from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at Kuehner Court in Weil Hall. This week’s topic shall be “Navigating political divides to promote the health of the public,” perhaps a timely topic. Do join us if you can. See here for details and to RSVP.
Public Health Ideas
A video of a conversation with Lindsay Stark, DrPH, and Derek Brown, PhD, both of the Brown School, is here. We discussed a paper they co-authored, “The Economic Burden of Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia: Estimated Health Costs Among Females Aged 13–24.” See here to read the paper.
Also this week
If interested, this week a blog in The Healthiest Goldfish on what it would take to make America healthy again, part 1 of 2.
Warmly,
Sandro
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health
Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health
Washington University in St. Louis
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