Perspectives

Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, a disease prevention expert at Siteman Cancer Center, writes on the American Association for Cancer Research blog about starting healthy habits during youth to lower breast cancer risk.

A group of Brown School students, studying both social work and public health, write a piece, featured in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, about preventing mental illness.

Economist Stephen Williamson, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, writes on his blog about lessons from the financial crisis.

Rebecca Rothney (AB ’71) has been named a “Traveler of the Year” by National Geographic Traveler. Rothney founded the nonprofit organization Pack for a Purpose.

Darren Dochuk, PhD, discusses evangelical Protestantism’s relationship with the oil industry for “Hold That Thought,” a podcast series from Arts & Sciences.

James V. Wertsch, PhD, director of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, writes in The Straits Times about the debate within Russia over its destiny.

Martin Jacobs, PhD, has published a new book, “Reorienting the East: Jewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World,” which studies Jewish travel writing from that era.

R. Marie Griffith, PhD, director of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, offers a historic perspective on debates about birth control to launch a Religion and Politics series for Arts & Sciences’ “Hold That Thought.”

Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, professor of medicine, writes about America’s system of residency training in this blog about his new book, “Let Me Heal.”

Amber Jamilla Musser, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, recently published a book, “Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism,” examing power, race and gender.