WashU scholars wrote the textbook on dissemination and implementation — the science of how to put research into practice — and have been building on that expertise ever since. Their work is needed now more than ever.
In the United States and around the world, public health is under enormous strain. Entire divisions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been dismantled; the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has been shuttered; science funding through the National Institutes of Health has been slashed and thousands of public health jobs cut. As preventable crises mount — from hunger and chronic disease to health misinformation — the systems meant to protect lives are faltering.
For Elvin H. Geng, MD, a global HIV expert, the consequences are personal.