WashU Med alumni, Eugenia C. South, MD, MHSP and Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD awarded a nearly $10M grant to study the impact of environmental and economic interventions on reducing health disparities in Black Philadelphia neighborhoods.
“I knew I would devote my career to fighting gun violence after seeing the devastation wrought on Black men and their families as a WUSTL med student. I was introduced to concepts of neighborhoods, place and health by my mentor during research fellowship. It has been an honor to be part of a large team that is working to dismantle structural racism and its impact on the environment, all with the goal of building healthy and safe Black communities.”
Overview of Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience
The city of Creve Coeur rededicates park to African-American medical pioneer, Dr. Howard P. Venable, after his family’s land was acquired by eminent domain.
MD/PhD student, Peppar Cyr, discusses how health equity should require anti-ableism with the target audience being primary care pediatricians.
Leading physicians in St. Louis, including physicians affiliated with the School of Medicine, share lessons from the pandemic.
Daniel Mamah, MD, director of the Washington Early Recognition Center and associate professor of psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine, receives St. Louis American’s Excellence in Mental Health Award.
Ebony Carter, MD, associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, works with EleVate, a program led by Black mothers, health care professionals, and local community organizations that provides extra support to Black mothers. By providing extra support to mothers, the group hopes to address the fact that African-American women are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women.
Washington University School of Medicine alumni, Jason Stephenson, named University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health’s associate dean for multicultural affairs for health professions learners.
J. Gmerice Hammond, MD, a cardiologist and health policy research fellow in the Cardiovascular Division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a Merck Fellowship Research Award from the Association of Black Cardiologists and the American College of Cardiology.