Prather heads North American Spine Society
Heidi Prather, DO, professor and chief of physical medicine and rehabilitation, has been named president of the North American Spine Society (NASS). She is the first woman elected to the position.
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Middle School Summer Challenge new program for area middle school students
A new summer program targeting sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders will be available in the summer of 2015. The Middle School Summer Challenge combines advanced coursework in a range of academic interests with leadership development designed to provide participants with a complete scholastic and social experience.
Washington People: Jean Allman
Jean Allman, director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, discusses The Divided City, the nature of the humanities and the health of the field today.
Committee investigates ways to support growing Pell population
A committee of campus leaders is investigating the best ways to serve an anticipated increase in Pell Grant-eligible students at Washington University in St. Louis next fall and in future years. Harvey R. Fields Jr., PhD, assistant director for academic programs at Cornerstone, the Center for Advanced Learning, is leading the group.
Occupational sitting among women linked to obesity
You might want to stand up for this. Occupational
sitting is associated with an increased likelihood of obesity,
especially among black women, independent of occupational and leisure
time physical activity, finds a new study from the School of Medicine and the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Breast cancer vaccine shows promise in small clinical trial
A breast cancer vaccine developed at the School of Medicine is safe in patients with metastatic breast cancer, results of an early clinical trial indicate. Preliminary evidence from the small clinical trial, led by William Gillanders, MD, also suggests that the vaccine primed the patients’ immune systems to attack tumor cells and helped slow the cancer’s progression.
Most American presidents destined to fade from nation’s memory, study suggests
American presidents spend their time in office trying
to carve out a prominent place in the nation’s collective memory, but
most are destined to be forgotten within 50-to-100 years of their
serving as president, suggests a study on presidential name recall
released Nov. 27 by the journal Science.
The human eye can see ‘invisible’ infrared light
Wash U Expert: Police body cameras can be effective if used properly
As part of the White House response to unrest in
Ferguson, President Barack Obama has proposed $263 million for police
body camers and training. While body cameras can be effective,
they only work if the police don’t turn them off or delete their
records, says a privacy expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Tovar receives workforce training grant
Molly Tovar, EdD, director of the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies and professor of practice in the Brown School, has received a $710,505, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for her project, “Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals.”