Environmental futures

Environmental futures

June 13, 2025

Across all Washington University in St. Louis campuses, scores of researchers share a drive to understand the natural forces that shape our climate, health, culture and physical world.

Machine learning could help predict adherence to HIV treatment
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Machine learning could help predict adherence to HIV treatment

April 2, 2025

Nearly 85% of the 1.7 million adolescents with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa, along with half of the nearly 40 million people in the world living with HIV. Although the government in Uganda provides free antiretroviral treatment (ART), adherence to the regimen by adolescents ages 10-16 is low, increasing the potential for the virus to further spread.

Ssewamala awarded $3.3M grant for research on adolescent girls in Uganda
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Ssewamala awarded $3.3M grant for research on adolescent girls in Uganda

August 16, 2024

Fred Ssewamala, the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School and Founding Director of the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), has been awarded a $3.3 million research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for a new study focused on adolescent girls transitioning into young adulthood. The new study, known as […]

Call for action on girls’ vulnerability in Ghana
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Call for action on girls’ vulnerability in Ghana

A recent publication by Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Co-Director of the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), in the journal Lancet Child & Adolescent Health addresses the pressing issue of adolescent girls’ vulnerability to child labor and migration in Ghana. The paper is a call to action for national and local leaders, policymakers, researchers, and community […]

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