Widespread research suggests that most girls stop feeling good about themselves by their teens. Girls on the Run (GOTR) works to counteract this through evidence-based programming that marries social and emotional learning with physical activity. The international organization strives to create positive experiences for girls in grades 3-8. While the pronouns “she” and “her” will […]
Study focuses on role of the hormone prolactin
Congratulations to Washington University TL1 trainees, Ameen Awad, Samuel Cortez, MD, Annahita Fotouhi, and Alexandra Zdonczyk for winning the inaugural TL1 Debate on November 9, 2021, defeating a team from the University of Michigan. The debate, a new event developed from an existing training exercise for TL1 trainees at Washington University in St. Louis, featured […]
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) announced 31 NORD Rare Disease Centers of Excellence across the United States, establishing a unique network of medical centers, clinics, and institutions to advance care and expand access for rare disease patients.
In an editorial in the November 5, 2021 issue of Science Magazine, Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, and Enola Proctor, PhD, ICTS Dissemination and Implementation Research Core leaders, suggest that science needs to add another lane, one called implementation research, to ensure the nation’s health discoveries are used to improve population health. Read the full editorial […]
The Washington University Pediatric and Adolescent Research Consortium (WU PAARC), a practice-based research network of community pediatric healthcare providers, has been an integral part of the ICTS since the inception of the CTSA program at Washington University in 2007. As a core of the ICTS and a part of the Integrating Special Populations function, WU […]
October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month as well as National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month. It’s also one of the busiest months of the year for Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support. A birth from loss In 1977, Sister Jane Marie Lamb began Share after listening to a bereaved family’s cry […]
Global Health Week is a university-wide event that brings together Washington University and the St. Louis community to engage around global health topics. Mark your calendars! The next Global Health Week will be November 1-5, 2021.
ICTS supports week of programming to help investigators more effectively communicate their science to diverse audiences In partnership with the Bernard Becker Medical Library at Washington University School of Medicine and to kick off Health Literacy Month, the ICTS supports #SciComm Week with a series of events to help researchers craft and disseminate stories about […]
This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ focuses on where we are and where we’re headed with COVID-19, from the perspective of 2 top experts in infectious diseases