Improving heart health to save lives during, after pregnancy aim of programs
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Improving heart health to save lives during, after pregnancy aim of programs

December 6, 2023

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Abuja in Nigeria have received grants to work with community organizations in St. Louis and Abuja to improve cardiovascular health during and after pregnancy. Both projects are partnering with Parents as Teachers, a national organization that has long provided support to young families through […]

Global Health Center partners bring local to global effort full circle
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Global Health Center partners bring local to global effort full circle

On November 15, leaders from the Global Health Center at the Institute for Public Health and Department of Medicine, cardiovascular experts from the University of Abuja, Nigeria and project partners and leaders from Parents as Teachers National Center joined WashU alumni, faculty, students, and members of the WashU Alumni and Development team for a special […]

Seed grant-funded projects reap life-changing results
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Seed grant-funded projects reap life-changing results

October 23, 2023

The McDonnell International Scholars Academy at Washington University, with support from the Office of the Provost, awards seed grants that stimulate high-impact research linking university experts with our partners around the world. These investments help research teams, often representing cross-disciplinary fields, demonstrate the power and potential of their work. 

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NIH Award fuels research on intergenerational trauma in refugee children

October 18, 2023

Dr. Nhial Tutlam and the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) was awarded the prestigious National Institutes of Health Career Development award in the amount of $750,000, which will fund Dr. Tutlam’s research focused on addressing Intergenerational Trauma in Second Generation Refugee Children in the U.S. His initiative, titled “Resettled Refugee Families for Healing,” fuses established […]

Ssewamala awarded $3.5M to study interventions in Uganda
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Ssewamala awarded $3.5M to study interventions in Uganda

September 12, 2023

Fred Ssewamala, the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School and director of the International Center for Child Health and Development, and Byron Powell, co-director of the Brown School’s Center for Mental HealthServices Research, all at Washington University in St. Louis, have won a five-year $3.5 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, part of the National […]

Rwanda’s privatized polis and the people in the path of progress
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Rwanda’s privatized polis and the people in the path of progress

April 18, 2023

Interview with Faculty Fellow Samuel Shearer “When most non-Rwandans hear ‘Kigali’ or ‘Rwanda,’ they often think one word: ‘genocide,’” says Samuel Shearer, assistant professor in the Department of African and African-American Studies and a Faculty Fellow in the Center for the Humanities. Shearer’s book-in-progress, “The Kigali After: A New City for the End of the […]

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