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Missouri has one of the highest statewide smoking averages in the country, more than 23 percent. And racial and ethnic minorities, people with lower incomes and education levels, Medicaid recipients and the LGBT community smoke or experience secondhand smoke at a rate significantly higher than the state average.These findings are highlighted in a new report by the Center for Tobacco Policy Research (CTPR) at Washington University in St. Louis. The report, “Who is Most Affected? Tobacco-Related Disparities in Missouri,” identifies statewide differences related to who is smoking, who is exposed to secondhand smoke and who is quitting.CTPR is offering a media-only webinar on the new disparities report at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21. Researchers will discuss the report and be available to answer questions about the findings. Visit https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/895612886 to register. More information about CTPR’s report is available at: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21180.aspx  .ExternalClass p.MsoNormal, .ExternalClass li.MsoNormal, .ExternalClass div.MsoNormal {margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’;} .ExternalClass a:link, .ExternalClass span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass a:visited, .ExternalClass span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass div.Section1 {page:Section1;}    

Of note Gautam Dantas, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a two-year, $75,000 grant from the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative for research titled “Functional Metagenomic Discovery of Novel Enzymatic Functions from Ultra Low-Volume Samples with Whole Metagenome Amplification.” … Kavit Alan Desouza, MD, research scientist in biomedical engineering, has received a […]

The Daily Telegraph (UK) Gene predicts speed of Alzheimer’s development 9/17/2010 Knowing that certain patients are going to develop the disease very quickly could also help experts better analyze the effectiveness of trial drugs designed to slow its development, suggests a WUSTL study. “We have looked at data from three separate, international studies, and in […]

The Gephardt Institute is sponsoring the annual Public Service Fair featuring more than 40 nonprofit organizations from 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, in the Danforth University Center Tisch Commons and Edison Family Courtyard. The fair is open students, faculty, staff and the local community.

Students packed College Hall Sept. 13 to hear international human rights lawyer and prominent political commentator Arsalan Iftikhar, JD, speak on Muslim identity in the United States’ post-9/11 era. A lively question-and-answer discussion followed his lecture titled, “The Pacifist Fundamentalist.”

Time Higher Education (UK) WUSTL ranks 38 in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-2011 Employing a new methodology designed to capture the full range of university activities, from teaching to research to knowledge transfer, the UK-based Times Higher Education magazine has named Washington University in St. Louis as the world’s 38th best university. A […]

BBC ‘One-off’ prostate cancer tests backed for 60-year-olds 9/14/2010 A single blood test for all 60-year-old men could pick out the vast majority of those likely to die from prostate cancer, suggests a new study in the British Medical Journal. Professor Gerard Andriole, from the Washington University School of Medicine, said that while the findings […]

WUSTL’s 2010 United Way campaign began Sept. 8, with the goal of raising $615,000 for the United Way of Greater St. Louis. The United Way supports organizations in the St. Louis region that offer an array of services, including counseling and substance abuse recovery, affordable child care and disaster relief. This year’s goal of raising $615,000 is the university’s most ambitious yet.

chicagotribune.com Illinois SAT scores drop 09/13/2010 Overall, 8,508 Illinois high school graduates in 2010 took the SAT. The rival ACT college entrance exam is far more popular in Illinois, where high school juniors take it as part of state exams. Still, the SAT results shed light on the knowledge of top Illinois students competing for […]

Matthew Bishop, U.S. business editor and New York bureau chief of The Economist, will give a presentation on his book, Philanthrocapitalism, at 6 p.m. Thursday, September 16 in Simon Hall May Auditorium. The Assembly Series talk is free and open to the public. In this era of financial morass, is it odd that “mega-giving” is […]