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Talking Public Health with Elyse Thulin

Thulin presented, “Digital influences on health and well-being: Help-seeking, school interventions, and public health applications of LLMs.”

March 27, 2026

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The Moment, March 22, 2026

Rural-urban insurance gap; Race, Reason & Health; Susan Vorkoper

March 22, 2026

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Susan Vorkoper, a staff member at the School of Pubic Health, poses with a smile wearing a red shirt against a plain white wall and a gray pillar.

A conversation with research development director Susan Vorkoper

With significant cuts in federal funding, researchers are having to find other ways to support their work. Vorkoper draws on her years at NIH to help WashU Public Health's researchers adapt

March 21, 2026

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Rural Missourians are far more likely to be uninsured than urban ones

Nearly 10% of rural Missourians lack health coverage, compared to about 7% in urban areas, according to a policy analysis by WashU Public Health's Tim McBride and Sarah Eisenstein.

MissouriNet

March 20, 2026

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WashU study finds no clear link between food aid and childhood obesity

Amid policy debates over SNAP food restrictions, WashU Public Health's Sarah Moreland-Russell says that there's no pattern of evidence to suggest food aid promotes unhealthy weight.

The St. Louis American

March 20, 2026

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6 in 10 women will develop heart disease or stroke by 2050, heart association projects

WashU Medicine cardiologist Karen Joynt Maddox, a member of the SPH secondary faculty, is the lead author of an American Heart Association scientific statement that projects a dramatic rise in heart disease among women — driven by rising rates of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes.

STAT News

March 20, 2026

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A welcome instance of hope

Evidence from a small island in Indonesia points to the successful elimination of a parasitic worm that causes a devastating tropical disease. The achievement was documented by the DOLF Project, led by WashU Medicine's Peter Fischer, a member of the SPH secondary faculty.

The Source

March 20, 2026

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