UMass Chan launches new center with study of digital intervention for patients using GLP-1 medications (Links to an external site)
WU-CDTR member, Jamie Faro, PhD, Assistant Professor of population & quantitative health sciences, co-leds a new study that will launch the Lifestyle Change Implementation Research Network Collaborating Center at UMass Chan’s Prevention Research Center.
Healthy Weight Clinic Program Helps Kids Eat Better, Feel Better, and Grow Healthier (Links to an external site)
Dr. Lauren Fiechtner, WU-CDTR Member, was senior author on a recently published study demonstrating that the Healthy Weight Clinic model can be effectively integrated into primary care to support children with overweight and obesity.
Cultivating Solutions (Links to an external site)
Two former WU-CDTR pilot awardees – Dr. Dan Ferris and Dr. Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan – have received the WashU School of Public Health’s first Cultivate Grants from FARM (Food and Agriculture Research Mission), marking a significant milestone in their journey from early-stage research to scalable, community-driven solutions.
Public Health People: A conversation with researcher Lora Iannotti (Links to an external site)
The Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor of Public Health [ WU-CDTR Enrichment Director] talks hunger, nutrition, and the promise she sees in the new School of Public Health.
Texted reminders can help people meet physical activity recommendations (Links to an external site)
WashU-led intervention boosted use of walking trails in rural Missouri. More than 25 years ago, Ross Brownson, PhD, the Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor at the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, helped build 40 miles of walking trails in southeastern Missouri to make it easier for people in […]