Thrilled to celebrate Stefani Tica, MD, MPH, a star at WUSTLPedsGI and truly the best at the Cao lab! She will be a beacon in her field! 🌟 Washington University Department of Pediatrics WashU Public Health Sciences Can't wait for her presentation at Digestive Disease Week!

Siobhan Sutcliffe, PhD, ScM, MHS, and researchers from Miami, Boston and Baltimore analyzed the association between birth weight and prostate cancer risk and mortality in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study: nature.com/articles/s4141…

Erika Waters, PhD, MPH, and colleagues in psychology and psychiatry from throughout the country found that colorectal cancer information avoidance is associated with screening adherence. Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

.WashU Participant Engagement (PE-CGS) Co-Director/Co-PI Bettina Drake, PhD, discusses how her team is studying molecular changes in tumors on GovCIO Media & Research Cancer Healthcast: govciomedia.com/cancer-healthc…

Saira Khan, PhD, MPH, and researchers from SLU Medicine, VA St. Louis HCS, VA Puget Sound @FredHutch and UW Medicine analyzed overall survival in patients with de nova metastatic prostate cancer: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Ashley Housten, OTD, MSCI, OTR/L collaborated with researchers in Calgary to study physical activity behavior changes in Black prostate cancer survivors. Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Coming up at AACR's annual meeting, Adetunji Toriola, MD, PhD, will chair a session today about the potential of chemoprevention to reduce cancer burden. Learn more about the session: aacrmeetingnews.org/news/panelists…

Recently published in The Lancet Haematology: Ana Baumann, PhD, researchers, and implementation scientists worked to address differences in health care transition services for patients with sickle cell disease. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, will serve as chair of today's 'The Advances in Population Sciences' session at the AACR Annual Meeting. The presentations during this session highlighted the urgent challenges and opportunities in early-onset cancers. Read about: aacrmeetingnews.org/news/presentat…

Don't miss this at #AACR24 . We're excited to be part of this session, with Dr. Erin Linnenbringer presenting: 'Conducting community cafes to enhance cancer genetic research and referral approaches for Black Americans.' #pecgs #CancerMoonshot

Accelerated aging linked to cancer risk in younger adults, research shows

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In case you missed it: The 2023 Department of Surgery Annual Report is now live.

Visit our website to take a comprehensive look at our team's achievements in patient care, education, and research. bit.ly/49MxQ2W

The Department of Surgery was thrilled to announce several leadership updates, including the installation of endowed professors, promotions, and new institutional roles.

Learn more about these updates in the 2023 Department of Surgery Annual Report: bit.ly/49RiXw2

In 2023, the Division of Public Health Sciences welcomed Beryne Odeny, MD, PhD, MPH, to our faculty.

Meet the latest additions to the Department of Surgery's team in the 2023 Department of Surgery Annual Report: bit.ly/49TOCxb

It’s one of the greatest honors of this job to serve as a mentor. Watching people
I mentor win awards, go to grad school, get jobs, and make their ideas into research projects, articles, theses, zines, etc is what keeps me going. I truly appreciate the nomination and recognition

The Division of Public Health Sciences is home to nearly 30 epidemiologists, statisticians, behavioral scientists, economists, health communication scientists, and other researchers. Meet our faculty in the 2023 Department of Surgery Annual Report: bit.ly/49reznK

My Anesthesia Choice Co-PI Mary C Politi, PhD leads the Washington U. Med WashU Surgery Center for Collaborative Care Decisions.

Learn more below about how the Center is improving the quality of health decisions for patients & clinicians alike

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The Academic Women's Network (AWN) at Washington U. Med has selected Jean Hunleth, MPH, PhD, as the recipient of the 2024 AWN Mentor Award. This honor recognizes faculty of any gender who serve as outstanding mentors, in many senses of the word, to women at WUSM. Congratulations!

Members of the Division of Public Health Sciences have brought an overwhelming amount of research funding and clinical trial support to our institution. Learn more about our division's impact on research in the 2023 Department of Surgery Annual Report:

The faculty, staff, and trainees throughout the Department of Surgery represent a diverse range of specialties united by a tripartite mission.

Learn more about our Department's dedication to this mission in the 2023 Department of Surgery Annual Report: bit.ly/3IzuGUJ