Research exposes ‘quiet quitting’ impact on labor shortage

U.S. workers are cutting back on hours and that’s having a dramatic impact on domestic labor, according to new research from WashU economist Yongseok Shin in Arts & Sciences.

Walter named deputy chief information officer

Amy Walter, a leader in information technology at the university for the past eight years, has been named associate vice chancellor and deputy chief information officer for research, clinical and medical education technologies across the university.

Thompson to study cancer patients, caregivers

Tess Thompson, research assistant professor at the Brown School, has received a five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unmet social needs of cancer patients and their caregivers.

A mathematical approach to community representation

Ari Stern, associate professor of mathematics and statistics in Arts & Sciences, uses data accumulated from public testimony to develop improved standards for community representation in political redistricting.

Notables

Tonya Edmond, a professor and interim co-dean at the Brown School, has been inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) for 2023. The AASWSW is an honorific society of distinguished social work and social welfare scholars and practitioners.

Research Wire

Jonathan D. Cooper,  a professor at the School of Medicine, received two grants totaling nearly $2.6 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study enzyme replacement therapy as a possible treatment for CLN1, a rare genetic disease that is fatal in children.