Garg joins Brown School faculty
Rachel Garg, assistant professor research track, examines the impact of individual-level unmet social needs – such as housing instability and food insecurity – on health outcomes and behaviors such as smoking cessation. She seeks to build theory around mechanisms linking social needs and health to inform future intervention development to address social needs and reduce […]
Nearly 1 million assistance calls made to 211 in August
In August 2023, Americans made nearly a million calls for help to the 211 emergency resources helpline, according to 211 Counts, a national tracking system in 36 states developed by the Brown School’s Health Communication Research Laboratory (HCRL) at Washington University in St. Louis. Read more at The Source.
New ranking lists HCRL’s Matthew Kreuter among top social scientists in the US, world
Research.com released the 2nd edition of its ranking of the best social science scholars and Dr. Kreuter ranked #300 in the U.S. and #586 in the world out of 15,317 social scientists considered. The ranking is based on scholarly papers published and cited in social sciences and humanities. Data included publications through December, 2022. Research.com reported 189 such papers, cited 22,555 times for […]
2023 William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award winner presentation
Matthew Kreuter, along with his collaborators and community partners, shares a presentation ‘Community Partnerships to Address COVID Disparities in St. Louis’. This community-engaged research was selected as the 2023 William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award winner. Watch the video here.
Kreuter and Broadus present iHeard
Matthew Kreuter and Damon Broadus, a community partner from the St. Louis County Department of Public health, presented the iHeard project at the National Conference on Health Communication. COMMUNITY-ENGAGED RESEARCH: PARTNERING FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE 2022 National Conference on Health Communication , Marketing and Media. Atlanta, GA. August 17, 2022.