Author: Neil Schoenherr

The standards and expectations to which men and woman generally conform impact health across life stages, health sectors and world regions, finds a new Brown School study. It’s part of a series of research being done that aims to promote gender-equitable policies and programs.

We must continue to advocate for what is best for the patient, for the doctor-patient relationship, for patient privacy, for patient safety and for patient rights under federal law.

Andrew Tuch, professor of law, will present “Reassessing Self-Dealing” at the 2019 Stanford/Yale/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum June 5 and 6 at Yale Law School.

Nebraska’s legislature, assisted by research and guidance from Washington University in St. Louis, on May 24 unanimously  approved a universal Child Development Account (CDA) policy that will cover every resident born in the state on or after Jan. 1, 2020. Margaret Clancy, policy director for the Center for Social Development at the Brown School, advised lawmakers on the policy.

Though the teaching assistant served an important role in graduate education, it has run its course. New possibilities await, and the mentored teaching experience is one of them.

The effective jump-starting of St. Louis will require conscious attention to race, class and geography at the same time we embrace the idea that our science-based economy could be the key to long-term opportunity for a broad swath of the population.

Rather than offering a far-reaching statement of religious convictions, it would be better to start with a list of questions.

U.S. News explained that its goal in moving to the new scale was to rank more schools and provide better understanding of the scope of the differences between schools. Yet when there is strong evidence that many raters may cue off a school’s overall reputation and not independently assess the quality of its specialty program.

It is time to change the way we support refugees and immigrants and it is in everyone’s interest to do so. As Americans, we need to remember that our country was built by those who have come here seeking a better future for themselves and their families.

If Justice Department lawyers are going to say that they “represent the United States,” they better have the interests of the country — not the financial interests of the president — at heart.