Building St. Louis … and Washington University
Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration, participated in an Oct. 8 news conference held at the Brown School expansion site to commemorate the Associated General Contractors annual Build St. Louis Week (Oct. 6-10). The week celebrates the construction industry and recognizes local construction’s accomplishments and impact on St. Louis’ economic well-being.
Brownson installed as Bernard Becker Professor
In an Oct. 8 ceremony, Ross C. Brownson, PhD, a leading expert in chronic disease prevention and applied epidemiology, was installed as the Bernard Becker Professor. Brownson holds joint appointments at the Brown School and at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Washington People: Sean Joe
A Q&A with Sean Joe, PhD, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School, who came to Washington University in St. Louis this fall from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on black adolescents’ mental health; the role of religion in black suicidal behavior; and the development of father-focused, family-based interventions to prevent black adolescent males from engaging in multiple forms of self-destructive behaviors.
Center for Social Development receives $1 million Treasury grant for retirement savings research
The U.S. Treasury Department has awarded a $1.08
million research contract to the Center for Social Development at the Brown School of Washington University in St. Louis. One of 11 contracts awarded
nationally under the Financial Empowerment Innovation Fund, this award
will fund research on “My Retirement Accounts.”
Assembly Series to tackle issue of energy impoverishment
In the 2013 book, “Fires, Fuel & the Fate of 3 Billion: The State of the Energy Impoverished,” Brown School Professor Gautam N. Yadama, PhD, and critically acclaimed photographer Mark Katzman, presented the complex story of energy impoverishment — an issue that affects a staggering 3 billion people worldwide — by inserting the reader into the personal stories of struggle and survival throughout rural India. At 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, in Anheuser-Busch Hall’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Yadama will present his work for the Assembly Series and the School of Law’s Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series.
Guo, Yadama named assistant vice chancellors for international affairs
Two Washington University in St. Louis faculty members with strong global ties will assume additional responsibilities as assistant vice chancellors for international affairs, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Shenyang Guo, PhD, will serve as assistant vice chancellor for international affairs-Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), and Gautam N. Yadama, PhD, as assistant vice chancellor for international affairs-India.
‘My Name is Strong’ exhibit Oct. 3
The anti-violence initiative “My Name is Strong” will present its second annual exhibition Friday, Oct. 3, at the Yeyo Arts Collective. The all-media, un-juried show features works by artists who have experienced gender-based violence and by their allies, including friends, family and loved ones.
Public health conference to weigh public good vs. individual choice
The differences between public good and individual choice will be highlighted at the seventh annual conference of the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis. Ellen Wright Clayton, JD, MD, an internationally respected leader in law and genetics, will give the keynote address.
Review identifies factors associated with childhood brain tumors
Older parents, birth defects, maternal nutrition and childhood exposure to CT scans and pesticides are increasingly being
associated with brain tumors in children, according to new research led by Kimberly Johnson, PhD, assistant professor of social work at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Child maltreatment underreported in Medicaid claims, study finds
Medicaid claims are a poor way to identify child abuse
and neglect at a population level, according to a study led by Ramesh Raghavan, PhD, associate professor at the Brown
School. The study was published online in the August issue of Child Maltreatment.
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