WashU Expert: Trauma, histories of victimhood will influence Israeli response
On Oct. 7, Palestinian militants launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, killing nearly 900 Israelis and taking 150 more hostage. The hostages include civilians, children, elderly and soldiers. The attack, which many have compared to the 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States, took the world and the Israeli military by surprise. Carly Wayne, an […]
Iannotti to Lead Effort Linking Environment to Human Well-Being
For more than two decades, Brown School Professor Lora Iannotti’s work has focused on nutrition around the world, from a study of wild foods in Madagascar to an intervention aimed at feeding fish to more children in Kenya. Her new job title is certainly a mouthful, but it signifies important work that she believes will help carry […]
Addressing crimes against humanity
Law professor and international criminal lawyer Leila Nadya Sadat explains why she’ll ‘never give up’ in the pursuit of a global treaty to prosecute mass crimes taking place in Ukraine and around the world.
Ssewamala awarded $3.5M to study interventions in Uganda
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 Health Services 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 […]
World can now breathe easier
WashU team’s analysis, published Sept. 2 in Nature Communications, showed that global, population-weighted PM2.5 exposure, related to both pollution levels and population size, increased from 1998 to a peak in 2011, then decreased steadily from 2011 to 2019, largely driven by exposure reduction in China and slower growth in other regions.
How Italy’s ChatGPT ban hurt businesses, economy
In March, Italy’s Data Protection Agency took the extraordinary step of banning ChatGPT within the country over concerns about consent and personal data privacy. Ironically, this one-month ban may have provided the strongest evidence to date of the technology’s transformative impact on business and the economy.
Blowing snow contributes to Arctic warming
Atmospheric scientists led by Jian Wang discovered abundant fine sea salt aerosol production from wind-blown snow in the central Arctic, increasing seasonal surface warming.
Amarasinghe awarded $16.8M NIH grant for Ebola virus research
Gaya K. Amarasinghe, PhD, Alumni Endowed Professor of Pathology and Immunology, and a multi-institutional team of researchers were awarded a $16.8 million grant from NIH for their Ebola virus research.
Advancing care retention in patients living with HIV in Zambia
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Aaloke Mody’s soon-to-be-funded NIH grant will support a project in Zambia that helps patients who are living with HIV to remain in care long term.
Two faculty named to human rights panel
Washington University in St. Louis’ Leila Sadat and Kim Thuy Seelinger have been nominated to serve on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)’s Moscow Mechanism panel of experts. Sadat is the James Carr Professor of International Law at the School of Law and a fellow at Yale Law School’s Schell Center for Human Rights; Seelinger is a research […]