Join us on October 21-22, as WashU Public Health faculty, students and community partners explore these questions and others at the 2024 Public Health at WashU Annual Conference.
What do members of our community think about the way faculty and researchers engage with research participants and partners? How can the researchers forge genuine partnerships throughout the community and the region that can help create greater trust and ultimately, equity? Beginning October 4, the Center for Community Health Partnership and Research presents a three-part Collaborative Café series on equitable community-academic partnerships, but this time, there’s a twist.
Collaborating with public health departments and other agencies to deliver training in evidence-based public health can offset the effects of high staff turnover, strengthen academic-practice relationships, and promote population-wide health and health equity, found a new study led by Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan, assistant professor at the Brown School.
In a new policy brief, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research co-director Timothy McBride, PhD, MS, reviews recent data from the Census Bureau in research supported by Missouri Foundation for Health. The brief gives an overview of the impact of MO Medicaid expansion, and resulting economic and policy changes.
How do older adults understand and experience ageism? The Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, is organizing community focus groups to increase knowledge about ageism for intervention development. The World Health Organization defines ageism as the stereotypes (how people think), prejudice (how people feel) and discrimination (how people act) directed towards others or oneself, based on age.
The 2024 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program has ended with happy students taking home vital information and fond memories from eight weeks of hands-on research in three tracks of mentored and collaborative study: Public and Global Health Track (nine students), Aging and Neurological Diseases Track (14 students) and the Cardiovascular Disease and Hematology (RADIANCE) Track (15 students). In total, more than 240 students from 15 different universities in the U.S. and Ireland applied to participate, with 38 selected for the summer program at Washington University in St. Louis.
By Institute for Public Health • August 12, 2024 Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager, Institute for Public Health The Next Era of Public Health Equity-informed approaches to innovative technologies& workforce development Monday, October 215:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Clark-Fox Forum | Hillman HallWashU Danforth Campus Tuesday, October 228:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) WashU […]
The Center for Community Health Partnership and Research is joining forces with universitypartners the Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and Siteman Cancer Center to call for projects that connect community and academic partners in service of lowering cancer disparities and providing equitable cancer care. Selected projects will be presented at the September 26 […]
By Deb Parker July 17, 2024 The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the crucial role of public health, while simultaneously exposing deep political divides and systemic flaws. Confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plummeted by about 20 points per a State Policy Network opinion poll, showing how quickly public trust can be lost and how hard […]
By Center for Dissemination & Implementation • July 16, 2024 Written by April Houston, MSW, MPH, manager of communications, WashU Division of Infectious Diseases The latest supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, released earlier this month, and co-edited by director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation, Elvin Geng, MD focuses on the latest advancements and […]
Participants can expect to gain knowledge and skills to address the challenges and complexities of implementing evidence-based interventions in diverse settings. The institute aims to enhance future research endeavors, foster collaborative projects, and contribute to the collective advancement of implementation science.
The center aims to support HIV research at all levels, from laboratory experiments to community program pilots. To ensure that research funded by the center will answer the questions most critical to public health efforts and to people living with HIV, projects will be selected by a committee composed of people from academic and nonacademic organizations.
Offered each spring, and facilitated by the Center for Dissemination and Implementation, the workshop focuses on core definitions, mechanisms, methods and stages of D&I science while convening and connecting like-minded investigators.
By Center for Dissemination & Implementation • June 14, 2024 Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager, Institute for Public Health The Center for Dissemination and Implementation is pleased to announce pilot funding for two projects that use dissemination and implementation science to advance health outcomes. Annually, D&I Pilot Grants fund up to $30,000 in direct costs per project […]
By Institute for Public Health • May 28, 2024 Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager, Institute for Public Health The Institute for Public Health is offering two new funding opportunities for partnerships and projects that address the needs of people experiencing severe mental illness and housing insecurity. The new funding opportunities stem from a March 2024 Next Steps […]
“It was a real privilege to see this vibrant network continue to grow” said Elvin Geng, director of WashU’s Center for Dissemination & Implementation. “It’s a testament to the power of collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to advancing health care for all. So, here’s to breaking new ground, forging new partnerships, and paving the way for a journey toward a healthier, more equitable future.”
Through its Pitch Partners² funding mechanism, and Community Partnership Support Funding program, the Center for Community Health Partnership and Research is pleased to announce seed funding for two community-academic partnerships that center on achieving racial equity.
By Guest Author • March 27, 2024 Written by April Houston, MSW, MPH, knowledge translation & communications director, HLB-SIMPLe Research Alliance, Division of Infectious Diseases, WashU School of Medicine Scientists from Washington University have uncovered new insights into how HIV weakens the immune system of those it infects. Their findings were published in a recent edition of the journal Cell. CD4 T […]
By Institute for Public Health • If you hear a presentation by Professor of Medicine, Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD, from the Division of Infectious Disease at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, you immediately sense that she is passionate, well spoken, driven and committed to work that drives impact. Since joining the Department of Medicine in September […]
By Center for Dissemination & Implementation • February 6, 2024 Written by Kim Furlow and Ashley Sturm, Center for Dissemination and Implementation The Center for Dissemination and Implementation invites those who have a new interest in or who are entrenched in implementation science to visit the monthly WUNDIR Café. WUNDIR stands for Washington University Network of Dissemination and Implementation […]