“Our findings go beyond medical and public health and link mental health to international development,” Trani wrote.
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Addressing Global Challenges: The Role of Research Universities
Experts led sessions on the following themes: aging; food and water; energy and environment; and public health.
McDonnell Academy 5th International Symposium
The 5th Mcdonnell Academy International Symposium will focus on the global challenges of energy and environment, food and water, public health and aging.
Africa Speak: A Series
Join Washington University’s Africa Initiative and the Institute for Public Health for the fall kick-off of Africa Speak with Wash U Faculty on their research engagements in Africa. September’s panel will focus on Innovative Approaches to Address Nutritional Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. September 10 Guest Speakers: Lora Iannotti, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Public Health, Brown School […]
Events | Africa Initiative
Africa Speak! Innovative Approaches to Address Nutritional Challenges in Sub-Saharan AfricaSeptember 10 │ 4:30-5:30 PM│ Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Room 2018Join us for a conversation with WashU faculty on their current work in Africa. This event will foster learning and offer opportunities for collaboration. Guest Speakers: Lora Iannotti, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Public […]
Engaging with Africa
April 23, Washington University in St. Louis hosted the inaugural meeting of the university’s Africa initiative. The Africa initiative was founded in 2018 to enhance the university’s impact on the continent through research, teaching and entrepreneurship. Benjamin Akande, assistant vice chancellor for international affairs-Africa, reported at the meeting that there are 128 faculty members engaged […]
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports research to fight elephantiasis, river blindness
Over the past decade, research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has helped advance a global campaign led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to eliminate two neglected tropical diseases that have left tens of millions of people permanently disabled or disfigured. One of those diseases is lymphatic filariasis, which in severe cases […]
Obesity, climate change, hunger: A ‘Global Syndemic’
The international Lancet Commission on Obesityreleased its major new reportJan. 27. The main takeaway? Obesity, climate change and hunger are inextricably linked and must be fought as one challenge. Ross Hammond, the Betty Bofinger Brown Associate Professor, and Peter Hovmand, director of the Social System Design Laband professor of practice, both of the Brown School at Washington University in […]
Jr-Shin Li
Professor, Electrical & Systems Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering
Ambassador to: National Chiao Tung University
McDonnell Alumni Wrighton Award
The Mark S. Wrighton Award for McDonnell Academy Alumni will recognize an alumnus having a significant impact on their communities or professional career, based directly on their experience in the program. Established in 2019 in honor of Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, founder of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, the award is presented to one McDonnell […]