St. Louis International Film Festival screenings begin on campus Nov. 10
WashU will host more than a dozen screenings as part of the 32nd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival. The citywide event showcases the best in contemporary cinema.
Student addresses Sierra Leone HIV epidemic in Lancet
Samuel Kizito, a PhD student in public health sciences at the Brown School, co-authored a correspondence published in The Lancet addressing the HIV epidemic among adolescents in Sierra Leone.
Gena Gunn McClendon, CSD engagement director, 65
Gena Gunn McClendon, director of community engagement at the Brown School’s Center for Social Development, died Oct. 21, 2023, in St. Louis after a battle with cancer. She was 65.
Washington University partners on $3.8 million CDC grant
Washington University is partnering with the St. Louis Integrated Health Network on a five-year $3.8 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The funding aims to help improve health, prevent chronic diseases and reduce health disparities.
Cabassa appointed to mental health advisory board
Leopoldo Cabassa, a professor at the Brown School, has been appointed as a member of the Mental Health First Aid Research Advisory Board.
Advocating for kids, from practicum to policy
Rachel Marsh, CEO of the Children’s Alliance of Kansas, leverages her two WashU degrees to promote child safety and well-being.
Tutlam receives $720,000 NIH grant to address trauma among refugee children
Nhial Tutlam at the Brown School, associate director for research at the International Center for Child Health and Development, won a research scientist career development award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Medicaid expansion in Missouri led to reduction in out-of-pocket costs
After Medicaid expansion began in Missouri in July 2021, the proportion of emergency department visits financed by Medicaid rose by nearly 15 percentage points, while the proportion of such visits financed by the uninsured dropped by 14 percentage points, finds a new analysis from the university’s Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research.
An named AAHB fellow
Ruopeng An, an associate professor at the Brown School, has been accepted as a fellow in the American Academy of Health Behavior, the professional home for health behavior scholars and researchers.
Steensma named Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor
Joe Steensma, a professor of practice at the Brown School, has been named Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at The Engineering & Design Institute London.
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