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Caregiving burdens, medical debt are reshaping health in the US

Research co-authored by Dean Sandro Galea of WashU’s School of Public Health links rising family care responsibilities and unpaid medical bills to housing instability and population health risks.

WashU Expert: Faith leaders on the front lines

As faith leaders join protesters in the Twin Cities, they’re showing the next generation of American young people that there are multiple ways to be a Christian, according to Ryan Burge, a WashU expert in religion and politics.

Sleep-disordered breathing common with severe spina bifida

A multi-center study co-led by WashU Medicine found that breathing problems during sleep are widespread among newborns with severe spina bifida and could be a target for early interventions to improve the babies’ neurodevelopment.

Tapping engines of cellular electrochemistry, evolution forces

Biomedical researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have outlined how properties of biological condensates may serve as engines to power electrochemical reactions at a microscale.

Notables

Thomas Kannampallil, chief data scientist and assistant dean for data science, and Laura Wiley, an associate professor of neurology, both at WashU Medicine, have been named 2025 American College of Medical Informatics fellows.

Research Wire

Mozilla AI recently highlighted the PIGuard model developed in the lab of Ning Zhang, a computer scientist at at the McKelvey School of Engineering. The model was among the best at protecting against prompt injection attacks.

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