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Recap: Environmental Justice with Just Moms STL
When Karen Nickel’s parents moved to the banks of Coldwater Creek in Hazelwood, Missouri 20 miles northwest of St. Louis, they did not realize they were moving to an area contaminated by radioactive material. Karen later moved to nearby Maryland Heights, where she raised her own family in a house 1.5 miles from the West […]
Dissemination and Implementation Science: An alternative post-doctoral career option
One of most dreaded question you can ask a PhD student is, “what are you going to do after you graduate?” There are many career paths one can take with a PhD, both within and outside of academia, but how to navigate which one to pursue? It is estimated that only 14% of evidence-based research will […]
Policy Memo: Prohibiting Unnecessary Use of Antibiotics in Food-Producing Animals
In April 2020, two teams of ProSPER members participated in the National Science Policy Network‘s policy memo competition. This is the memo by Ananya Benegal, Kevin Blake, and Lauren Koenig; the memo by Hannah Frye, Emilee Kotnik, and Rachel Rahn can be found here. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Antibiotics are the foundation of the modern healthcare system, […]