Cross-continental collaboration on child behavioral health in Sub-Saharan Africa (Links to an external site)
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Physical intimate partner violence in Colombia costs $90 mil. annually (Links to an external site)
Dr. Carolyn Lesorogol Publishes Book: Conservation and Community in Kenya
About Conservation and Community in Kenya: Milking the Elephant This book, based on mixed-method anthropological research conducted in Samburu County, Kenya, demonstrates that, counter to simple narratives promising benefits, community-based wildlife conservancies (CBCs) are complex social institutions layered on pre-existing land use practices with differential impacts for members. Through in-depth research in three communities, Carolyn […]
WashU Experts: Conflict-related sexual violence needs urgent action (Links to an external site)
Ssewamala awarded $5.7M for work in Uganda (Links to an external site)
ICHAD Receives $5 Million NIH Grant for Global Health Research (Links to an external site)
Kim Thuy Seelinger Published in Oxford Handbook of Atrocity Crimes (Links to an external site)
Gender-Based Violence Among Refugee Women Increased During COVID (Links to an external site)
Brown School Faculty Among Most-Cited Scientists (Links to an external site)
Dr. Lindsay Stark Featured in Wash U’s Women Leading the Way (Links to an external site)
Sherraden, Huang Help Edit Special Journal Issue (Links to an external site)
Faculty Co-Edit Book on Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa (Links to an external site)
Financial Social Work will be added to Social Work Education in China
On January 8th, a major initiative to add Financial Social Work to Social Work education in China was made at the National Forum of China’s Financial Social Work Commission. According to the proposals, training in financial capability would become a component of general social work education in mainland China. This would cover over 1.5 million […]
Top social workers in China call for curriculum changes, financial capability (Links to an external site)
Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Join us in congratulating Fred M Ssewamala, Ozge Sensoy, Mary M McKay and other Brown faculty and researchers on their recent book. This book highlights the emerging research and policy development efforts to address child and adolescent behavioral health in Sub-Saharan Africa, where mental health policy is at an early stage and in need of […]
T37 LEAD Global Training Program 2022
LEAD provides skills to lead multi-disciplinary teams. LEAD provides trainees from under-represented groups with the skills and hands-on experiences needed to lead multi-disciplinary, collaborative research teams focused on mental health disparities research in low-resource communities.
LEAD Global Training Program Application web page.
Applications due January 10, 2022.
Contact Laura Peer at lpeer@wustl.edu.
Iannotti’s research profiled in Nature news (Links to an external site)
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Lombe Mwambwa, PhD Zambia Dec 7
Executive Director, National Organisation for Women in Sport Physical Activity and Recreation, Zambia In discussion with Dr. Heather Cameron from Brown School and www.girlsinthelead.org “Sport for Development” is an approach to health promotion that also has objectives regarding violence prevention and gender equity. This conversation explores themes of progress, tensions, and contradictions in sport for […]
Welcome new members to the Global Programs Office
Lindsay Stark has stepped into the role of Associate Dean of Global Programs and Strategies. In this role, she will follow in the esteemed footsteps of Carolyn Lesorogol, who held the position from 2014 to 2020. Professor Stark will work together with faculty, staff, students and other stakeholders to move forward the global priority area of the Driving Equity 2030 Strategic […]