SPH Students
Educate Community During Public Health Week
2008
In
celebration of National Public Health Week,
Saint Louis University School of Public
Health students kicked off a campaign to
raise awareness of the important role public
health plays in protecting health and safeguarding
the lives of St. Louis residents. The
campaign, which will run April 7-11, will
focus on childhood obesity prevention, asthma
education and the environment. . . . more
SPH
Students Awarded National Fellowships in
Epidemiology
Four
students from the Department of Community
Health became finalists for the Council
of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
(CSTE)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Program,
and three students have been awarded fellowships.
Those students already notified of their
acceptance are Katelin Bugler, Mariah Dreisinger
and Tiffany Marchbanks. Julianne Sefko is
awaiting notification of her status. This
is a very competitive fellowship, and this
year, of the 369 total applicants, only
35 were selected to attend the in-person
interviews in Atlanta . . . . more
SPH
Study Finds That Physician Advice to Get
Vaccinated Works with Older Patients
Doctors
have long known that concerns about safety
and effectiveness were a barrier that kept
many older adults, African Americans in
particular, from getting the flu vaccine.
According to Ricardo Wray, Ph.D., assistant
professor of community health and principal
investigator of the study, the purpose of
this study was to identify specific concerns
and ways to address these fears and encourage
vaccination. . . . more
Institute
for Biosecurity Receives $160,000 Grant
for Training
Saint
Louis University's Institute
for Biosecurity in the School of Public
Health has been awarded a one-year $160,000
grant from Meridian Medical Technologies.
With the grant they will develop training
materials that show emergency first responders
how to administer an antidote injector that
counteracts the effects of a chemical nerve
agent or insecticide poisoning attack.
SPH's
Heartland Center Receives Grant for Public
Health Collaboration
The
Heartland Center at Saint Louis University's
School of Public Health has received a three-year,
$171,000 grant from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention to expand and improve
leadership development and collaboration
opportunities for public health practitioners
in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. The new
initiative will provide public health officials
with access to comprehensive, life-long
learning opportunities. . . . more
Research
Finds More U.S. Children Taking Drugs to
Treat Chronic Conditions
Researchers
from the Saint Louis University Schools
of Public Health and Medicine and pharmacy
benefit manager Express Scripts found dramatic
increases in children's use of drugs to
treat type 2 diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol,
asthma and depression. Findings were
presented at the annual meeting of the American
Public Health Association, in Washington,
D.C. . . more
School
of Public Health Receives $530,000 Grant
to Clean Up Lead in St. Louis City Homes
A
team of researchers lead by Roger Lewis,
PhD, the director of Saint Louis University
's Environmental Health Research Laboratory
and an Associate Professor in the School
of Public Health , is working to develop
a strategic, proactive approach to removing
lead from St. Louis city homes. They have
received a $530,000 grant from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) to develop and pilot a strategy to
help city official determine which properties
should be targeted for removing lead. .
. . more
SPH
to Lead $26 Million Long Term Study of Children's
Health
Saint
Louis University School of Public Health
leads a group of research institutions that
has received a $26 million, five-year contract
from the National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development to carry out the National
Children's Study, the largest study of child
and human health ever conducted in the United
States. This project will study the health
of children from before birth to age 21.
The study seeks information to prevent and
treat some of the nation's most pressing
health problems, including autism, birth
defects, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
. . . more
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