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Washington University in St. Louis has started the process to identify the inaugural dean of the new School of Public Health, planned its annual public health conference and announced a new Assembly Series speaker.
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Dancers in the St. Louis region have been stuck at home over the past two years as they try to keep safe during the coronavirus pandemic. But health officials lifted restrictions in recent weeks, and many dancers are returning to classes and clubs.
The COVID-19 crisis could reshape public health for the better. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the already-existing fault lines in public health. How the field re-builds in the next 5-10 years could make all the difference for the next pandemic. Illustration by Molly Magnell, BFA '18 April 9, 2021 SHARE Few are happy with how the COVID-19 pandemic was handled in the United States in its first year: staggering infection rates, hospitals running out of beds, a death toll that topped 500,000 (as of March 1, 2021). Restaurants and small businesses closed, opened and closed again, with many g...
(Image source: Shutterstock) April 6, 2021 SHARE Moving scientific research results into public health and patient care more quickly could have a significant impact on health equity, finds a new paper from researchers at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Implementation science is the study of methods and strategies that help to speed evidence-based practice and research into regular use by public health and medical practitioners. “The rallying call for implementation science is that it takes 17 years for 14% of original research to reach patient care — this is som...