Expanded child tax credits did not reduce employment, study finds
An analysis of Census Pulse Survey data from Washington University’s Social Policy Institute shows that the expanded Child Tax Credit did not cause an exit from the labor force.
Cabassa appointed to NIH advisory council
Leopoldo J. Cabassa, professor at the Brown School, co-director of the Center for Mental Health Services Research and director of the PhD program in social work, has been appointed to the Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Scientific Review.
Younger moms hesitant to vaccinate kids against COVID, study finds
Fathers older than age 34 were more open to having their child vaccinated against COVID-19, while younger Black and white mothers were the least open to it, finds a new survey of Medicaid recipients from the Brown School.
Goldbach awarded $3.2 million grant for research on LGBTQ youth
Jeremy Goldbach, professor at the Brown School, has received a five-year $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project aimed at making schools safer for LGBTQ+ youth.
Rare trail marker tree planted at WashU
In April 2008, an oak that had guided travelers for nearly three centuries collapsed. Today, its spirit endures on the Washington University campus, maintaining an ancient practice of human connection with nature.
Racial equity in Alzheimer’s research focus of $7 million in grants
Two research teams at Washington University — one led by Joyce Balls-Berry; the other led by Darrell Hudson and Ganesh Babulal — have received grants totaling $7 million to advance racial equity in Alzheimer’s disease research.
Steering committee formed to guide efforts for Black youth in St. Louis
HomeGrown StL, an initiative born of the Race and Opportunity Lab at the Brown School, recently formed a Regional Steering Committee to provide direct community governance.
Honoring the past to build the future
Lisa G. Byers draws on her American Indian ancestry to shape her
students into culturally aware social workers.
Metzger named Open Door Awards honoree
Molly Metzger, senior lecturer at the Brown School, has been named one of this year’s Hedy Epstein Memorial Open Door Awards honorees by the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council.
Washington University joins major NIH effort to advance health data science in Africa
Researchers at Washington University are receiving one of 19 grant awards that will support data science research and training activities in Africa. The researchers will focus on developing new training programs in health data science in Rwanda.
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