Perspectives

As cancer cases rise among aging baby boomers, so does the need for better assessing older patients, says School of Medicine medical oncologist Tanya Wildes, MD. She says there are tools to identify medical and psychosocial issues and to improve treatment plans.

Brown School student Kelly McGowan writes in the St. Louis American about health disparities in the region’s African-American community.

Clarissa Rile Hayward, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, writes in The Washington Post about what’s next for Ferguson and addressing the larger underlying challenges. She and other university faculty weigh in on what happened and how to move forward.

One in four women who undergo breast conservation surgery for stage 0-2 breast cancer return for more surgery. But breast surgeon Julie Margenthaler, MD, says in JAMA Surgery that new guidelines should reduce the need for subsequent surgeries.

Anthropologist Glenn Stone, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, writes on his Fieldquestions blog about the perspective of farmers in developing countries on genetically modified crops.

J. Aaron Hipp, PhD, of the Brown School, co-writes an article in Frontiers in Public Health about cutting-edge research on measuring and promoting physical activity.

David Brody, MD, PhD, director of the Concussion Clinic at the School of Medicine, has written a step-by-step guide for medical professionals that outlines the best procedures for diagnosis and treatment of patients with concussions.

Reuben Riggs, a senior in Arts & Sciences, writes a review on the Center for the Humanities website of the film “Dear White People.”

Todd Decker, PhD, of the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, has just released a book, “Who Should Sing Ol’ Man River?: The Lives of an American Song.” He also discussed the project for a “Hold That Thought” podcast.

Jason Q. Purnell, PhD, of the Brown School, writes in the St. Louis American about how Martin Luther King Jr.’s work informs the movement in Ferguson and the region today.