Alcohol use held steady among cancer survivors
The drinking rate of adults who have had cancer has remained unchanged for nearly a decade, according to a new study by researchers at the WashU Brown School.
WashU to host two polling places
WashU will host two polling places on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. St. Louis County voters may cast their ballots at the Athletic Complex, while those registered to vote in St. Louis are invited to vote at the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 4565 McKinley Ave.
Joe helps shape first national suicide prevention standards for social workers
Sean Joe, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School, helped develop the first national standards of care for suicide prevention specifically for the social work profession.
Collins to co-lead childcare affordability research
With a grant from Melinda French Gates’ organization, Pivotal, Caitlyn Collins, in Arts & Sciences, will investigate how parents navigate childcare and what policies could best meet their needs.
Loneliness as a Public Health Problem
Does loneliness pose the same health risk as smoking? And from medicine to government, what kind of interventions are even possible? In this episode, WashU’s Sandro Galea, dean of the Bursky School of Public Health, and Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor at Brigham Young Unversity, explore what’s driving the loneliness problem in today’s world.
Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Gephardt Institute volunteers promote voting access
Members of the Voter Champions Network and WashU Votes, both initiatives of the Gephardt Institute, connect students, faculty and staff to voter information.
Nartey wins 2026 APHA Public Health Social Work Student Award
Portia Nartey, a doctoral student in social work at the WashU Brown School, has been selected to receive the 2026 Public Health Social Work Student Award from the American Public Health Association.
Naseh to receive International Institute of St. Louis award
Mitra Naseh, an assistant professor at the Brown School, will receive the Beacon Award for Recognition of Excellence in Community from the International Institute of St. Louis.
Leath earns award from brain science professionals
WashU Arts & Sciences’ Seanna Leath has received an award from the Federation of Associations in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Supreme Court case tests limits of online privacy
A dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court over the Video Privacy Protection Act could have significant implications for surveillance-based advertising and the future of internet privacy, says Neil Richards, a privacy law expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
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