“St. Louis’ STI rates are very concerning,” says Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, co-director, Public Health Data Training Center & Public Health Faculty Scholar, who is principal investigator on a grant to offer expanded STI testing/treatment in north county. tinyurl.com/44y446yu

Adetunji T. Toriola, M.D., Ph.D., professor, Division of Public Health Sciences, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, explains the advantages of eating a diet higher in plant-based proteins, in a Feast Magazine article. tinyurl.com/34pfk7x6

Join the Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences on May 17, 9 am to 1 pm, at the Eric P. Newman Education Ctr for the 6th Annual ICTS Symposium and Poster Display, with Ruth O’Hara, PhD, of Stanford University giving the keynote presentation. tinyurl.com/3kv9csab

Can AI improve medical outcomes? Philip Payne, PhD, professor of medicine, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, discusses the benefits of applying data science and AI methods and technologies in health and healthcare and the future of AI in medicine. tinyurl.com/5n92f2v6

Congratulations to Trish Kohl, PhD, professor, Brown School, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, selected as a top 10 finalist for the 2024 William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award for her work improving well-being for children & their families. t.ly/KcYBn

Our Global Health Seminar Series, on the 2nd Monday of each month, brings members of the WashU global health community together. On May 13, Felicia Anumah, MD & Dominic Reeds, MD, will co-present about their diabetes-related work in Nigeria and Rwanda. tinyurl.com/4ayrkxth

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Joe Steensma, EdD, professor of practice, Brown School, co-led a webinar hosted by the World Bank on advancements in food production, spotlighting “Lean management in Aquaculture: A practical guide for smallholder fish farmers,” which he co-authored. t.ly/nm9HF

Congratulations to Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, co-director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research and Public Health Faculty Scholar, for getting work published in JAMA, along with lead-author Michael Liu! tinyurl.com/mhdnwcvm

Shenyang Guo, PhD, and Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD, professors of social work research, Brown School, and Public Health Faculty Scholars, are included in the 100 Most Impactful Global Contributors to Social Work Publications. t.ly/eO2sL

Join the Center for Dissemination and Implementation for happy hour at iTap on Delmar at their WUNDIR Café, tomorrow, May 8, from 3 to 6 pm, and casually network with others interested in implementation science! tinyurl.com/8d3pcd4y

Congratulations to Ziyad Al-Aly, MD Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, asst prof, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, chosen as one of the most influential people in health, for his research on the long-term effects of COVID-19, in Time Magazine’s TIME 100 HEALTH! time.com/6966812/ziyad-…

WashU now has an influential leader of its planned new School of Public Health! As the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean, effective Jan. 1, Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, will help establish & shape WashU’s newest school in 100 years. Congratulations & welcome! t.ly/vPWPG

The mHRC Seminar Series: Digital Solutions Studio, is on May 15, 3 pm, presented by Albert Lai, PhD, deputy director, Inst. for Informatics, Data Science & Biostatistics & Public Health Faculty Scholar, & Saif Arif, dir. of digital solutions. tinyurl.com/yc265ekb

A new Arts & Sciences minor program, Public Health & Society, is launching in the fall! E.A. Quinn & Diana Parra Perez, Public Health Faculty Scholars, will be co-teaching the first course. Lindsay Stark, Public Health Faculty Scholar, is co-director. tinyurl.com/ypbx5ss4

Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, PhD, associate professor, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, was recently featured on a St. Louis Magazine podcase about a sustainability project she developed with her students. tinyurl.com/39rsr6mj

Brian Carpenter, PhD, Co-Director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging & Public Health Faculty Scholar, writes about the intersection of climate change & aging and how older people can be a part of climate advocacy. Check out this & other blogposts at tinyurl.com/3e8ujap5

Congratulations to Gautam Dantas, PhD, professor of pathology & immunology and Public Health Faculty Scholar, who received funding from the Longer Life Foundation to study how the gut microbiome affects neurodegeneration in early Alzheimer's disease. tinyurl.com/5498hxcw

Diana Parra Perez, PhD, assistant professor & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is ensuring that activities in the REACH -STL grant, helping improve health & reducing health disparities in parts of north St. Louis city and county, are community driven. tinyurl.com/fyytk5h7

Our Global Health Seminar Series, on the 2nd Monday of each month, brings members of the WashU global health community together. On May 13, Felicia Anumah, MD & Dominic Reeds, MD, will co-present about their diabetes-related work in Nigeria and Rwanda. tinyurl.com/4ayrkxth