Another successful Global Health Week offered students an opportunity to network and learn from global and public health experts across WashU.
Global Health Week features experts in nutrition, air quality & global health research sustainability
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Call for applications! Apply for the 2025 Summer Research Program
Hard to believe it’s already that time again, but don’t forget to send in your application for the 2025 Summer Research Program!
2024 Summer Research Program Summary
Read a summary of the Summer Research Program and student response to the eight-week program.
Exploring AI in clinical data science: Successes and failures
A student in the Summer Research Program – RADIANCE Track reflects on his study of how to use large language models to extract useful data.
A deep dive into research on clots and outcomes
A student in the Summer Research Program – RADIANCE Track summarizes her time working with mentor, Kristen Sanfilippo, hematologist.
Heart repair 101: Zap back into rhythm with cardiac ablations
A student in the RADIANCE Track of the Summer Research Program, reflects on her time in the EP lab studying cardiac arrhythmias.
Beyond the diagnosis: Navigating diversity in summer research
A student in the Summer Research Program – RADIANCE Track describes her experience as a typically underrepresented individual who discovered new levels of research that she has never before experienced.
Understanding nutrient deficiencies
How can researchers combat short-term starvation? Read about one student’s experience in this research from her time in the Summer Research Program – RADIANCE Track.
Summer in St. Louis
A student in the RADIANCE track of the Summer Research Program finds there is more to St. Louis than she thought.
How experience broadens your horizons: Reflections from the Summer Research Program
A student from the Summer Research Program-RADIANCE Track reflects on her time in the lab of Associate Professor, Alex Ramsey and learning how to approach data on lung cancer.
Hidden Threats: Neglected local and global tropical diseases
Read about the experiences of a student researching neglected tropical diseases in the Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program, Public and Global Health Track.
When research hits close to home, and takes you far from it
A student in the Summer Research Program – Public & Global Health Track works with mentor, Jean Hunleth on two projects involving the roles children play in health care.
Trust and inequality: Insights into global health and COVID-19
Read a Summer Research Program student’s perspective on preparedness and proper communication during a health care crisis.
From adversity to achievement: The value of mentorship in medicine
A student in the Summer Research Program RADIANCE Track assesses diversity in medicine.
Metropolitan medicine: Reflections on health disparities in St. Louis
A student in the Summer Research Program – Public & Global Health Track reflects on what she’s learned about racial and health disparities in STL.
My experience in the 2024 Summer Research Program
Missouri Medicaid expansion is the focus of study for this student in the Summer Research Program – Public and Global Health Track.
A WashU summer: Learning the importance of Global Health through research
A student in the RADIANCE Track of the Summer Research Program reflects on her research experience with mentor, Allison King, MD.
Branch Chain Amino Acids and Type 2 Diabetes
Learn about diabetes research from the perspective of a student in the Summer Research Program-RADIANCE Track.
The ‘Mouseketool’ of cardio-oncology: Immune checkpoint inhibitors
What are some of the newest drugs to fight cancer and are good for heart health? One student writes about her experience in this research in the Summer Research Program – RADIANCE Track.
Maternal health matters, locally and globally
Learn more about perspectives on maternal health in Missouri from a student in the Summer Research Program – Public & Global Health Track.