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Washington University School of MedicineDigital Commons@BeckerNewsletters from the Division of Public HealthSciences Division of Public Health Sciences9-2017Research Digest - September 2017Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicinein St. LouisFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/phs_newslettersThis Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the Division of Public Health Sciences at Digital Commons@Becker. It has been acceptedfor inclusion in Newsletters from the Division of Public Health Sciences by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Becker. For moreinformation, please contact engeszer@wustl.edu.Recommended CitationDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, "Research Digest -September 2017" (2017). Newsletters from the Division of Public Health Sciences. Paper 59 Division of Public Health Sciences,Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.http://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/phs_newsletters/59  Research Digest  September 2017 From the Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, Chief    A randomized controlled trial of disclosing genetic risk information for Alzheimer disease via telephone   | Cancer Genetics Research |  Erin Linnenbringer, PhD; et al.  Published in Genetics in Medicine  PubMed | Linnenbringer Profile  Insight into infection-mediated prostate damage: Contrasting patterns of C-reactive protein and prostate-specific antigen levels during infection   | Epidemiology Research |  Siobhan Sutcliffe, PhD, ScM, MHS; et al.  Published in Prostate  PubMed | Sutcliffe Profile  Adiposity during early adulthood, changes in adiposity during adulthood, attained adiposity, and mammographic density among premenopausal women    | Epidemiology Research |  Adetunji Toriola, MD, PhD; Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH; et al.  Published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment  PubMed | Toriola Profile | Colditz Profile  Read our open access publications online    ABOUT US This newsletter provides a select summary of research news from the Division of Public Health Sciences.   We are a team of researchers and clinicians dedicated to preventing disease, improving health outcomes, and promoting quality and access to health care.  The Division of Public Health Sciences is part of the Department of Surgery.  CONTACT US henkeka@wudosis.wustl.edu 314.454.7650 Division Website Cancer News in Context Blog Your Disease Risk Twitter  Division News Briefs • The Division of Public Health Sciences congratulates Su-Hsin Chang, PhD, assistant professor of surgery, on receiving NIH funds for a two-year R21 grant that will examine the lifetime health and economic consequences of obesity in context of multiple obesity-related chronic diseases. Read the news announcement.  • The Division also congratulates Adetunji Toriola, MD, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of surgery, on funding for a two-year R21 grant from the NIH. Dr. Toriola and colleagues will investigate the associations of RANK pathway with mammographic density in postmenopausal women. Read the news announcement.    Research Digest  September 2017 • Congratulations to Joaquin Barnoya, MD, MPH, associate professor of surgery, and Yikyung Park, ScD, associate professor of surgery, for funding from the Sackler Institute, part of The New York Academy of Sciences. The project will address and improve healthy eating interventions aimed at rural Guatemalan adolescent women. Read the news announcement.  • The Division congratulates Jean Hunleth, PhD, MPH, on her promotion to faculty as an instructor of surgery effective September 1. Read Dr. Hunleth's current research.  • Congratulations to Aimee James, PhD, MPH, associate professor of surgery, and Jessica Hudson, MD, MPHS, general surgery resident, on funding from the Institute for Public Health at Washington University. Dr. Hudson submitted the funding proposal while completing her Master of Population Health Sciences (MPHS) degree and will begin research this year with Dr. James' guidance.  • The Division welcomes Justin Moore, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate, who begins September 1. His research focuses on cancer survival and mortality rates, and survivorship.   • Save the date for the Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship Conference addressing Social Inequalities in Health and How to Address Them. The event will be held October 9 on the Danforth Campus.  • Join Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, Niess-Gain professor of surgery, as he chairs a NIH workshop on Improving Health Research on Small Populations November 30 in Washington, DC.  • Media Notes: 1) Su-Hsin Chang, PhD, wrote August's Gateway Region YMCA blog on the economic burden of chronic diseases. 2) Hank Dart, MS, was featured for August's In Good Taste section. Hank spoke about the nutritional health benefits of stone fruit in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 3) Joaquin Barnoya, MD, MPH, was highlighted by The Institute for Public Health at Washington University for his research on sugar-sweetened beverages and the impact on Guatemalan adolescents. 4) Mary Politi, PhD, wrote a blog for The Conversation about her research findings which analyzed physicians' interactions with parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their children. This was also shared by STAT News. 5) IRB Advisor interviewed Goldie Komaie, PhD, about community-based participatory research and the Community Research Fellows Training program. 6) Newsday reported on the link between obesity and cancer risk spotlighting Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH.   Learn more about our research | Master of Population Health Sciences degree program for clinicians | Cell to Society Pathway     

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