SLU Public Health and Social Justice

06/04/2026

Keon L. Gilbert, DrPH (Behavioral Science and Health Equity) published the research article "Fathering in a Pandemic: Low-Income Black Fathers’ Experiences and Mental Health Stressors" in the 'American Journal of Men’s Health' with faculty and researchers from other universities.

More: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15579883261445254

06/03/2026

🚨🎙🎧🆕NEW PODCAST EPISODE

In the final episode of season four of the ‘Public Health: Unscripted’ podcast, we feature second-year Master of Health Administration graduate and outgoing CPHSJ Marketing and Communications Graduate Student Worker, Molly Griffin.

Molly reflects on her overall experience at Saint Louis University. She shares highlights including favorite professors, memorable projects, and a few words of advice for the new host, Brady Huggins.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3q8UAjs8gZFF2gZxrQ3M65?si=6ZqLZyQgTL-5_MxrrBMFFg

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/public-health-unscripted-episode-58-molly-griffin/id1807536616?i=1000770203251

06/02/2026

Ricardo J. Wray, Ph.D. (Behavioral Science and Health Equity) contributed to the research article "Psychometric Testing of the Hospice Perceptions Instrument (HPI) for Patients and Families in the United States" with researchers from several departments at Saint Louis University and other universities in the "Journal of Pain and Symptom Management."

More: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885392426007761

05/29/2026

Kenan Li, Ph.D. led the publishing of the research article "Driving the neural exposome: Latent mobility states from naturalistic GPS data in older adults" with Enbal Shacham, Ph.D. in the 'Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.'

More: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13135912/

05/28/2026

The Heartland Center for Population Health and Community Systems Development, on Monday, June 1, 2026, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. is hosting Community Voices, Shared Solutions, a welcoming listening session for hospitals, community organizations, public health partners, and local leaders to share perspectives on current workforce development needs.

Register: https://forms.gle/RL71zSFWHdWdBPwq6

The session will help the Heartland Center identify opportunities to support partners through training, technical assistance, collaboration, and other resources that strengthen the public health and community-serving workforce.

Date: Monday, June 1, 2026, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location:
Delmar DivINe
5501 Delmar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63112

05/28/2026

Enbal Shacham, Ph.D. (Behavioral Science and Health Equity) appeared on KMOX-AM 1120 to talk about the Ebola outbreak.

Listen: https://www.audacy.com/kmox/podcasts/0eae2c711c4a1eac5bfc1431c3cb3252/episodes/who_declares_ebola_outbreak_a_-8395664

Enbal Shacham, Associate Dean for Research College for Public Health and Social Justice Saint Louis University joins Megan Lynch to talk Ebola the risks and more. |

05/27/2026

SangNam Ahn, Ph.D. (Health Management and Policy) led the publishing of the research article "Navigating Duty and Desire: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Motivations and Their Impact on End-of-Life Care Among Asian Family Caregivers" in the 'Journal of Integrative Nursing and Palliative Care (JINPC).'

More:https://journalinpc.com/storage/files/article/bf1ab615-7aea-42f5-ad6c-3f1aaa95db11-hbDRVLxc1UXrrfed/zSV1FwG6UQeTwDS.pdf

05/21/2026

Ananya Singla, an undergraduate HMP student had her abstract accepted, and won an award at a national radiology conference for the abstract titled "Gamme Knife Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Do Technicago Approach Variations Influence Pain Response and Numbness." Singla won the "Best Member in Training Abstract in the Functional Radiosurgery" category at the 2026 Radiosurgery Society Scientific Meeting in Orlando, Flordia.

More: https://therss.org/events/2026-rss-scientific-meeting

05/20/2026

Alexander G. Garza, M.D., (GRAD PH ’03) is chief community health officer at SSM Health, focusing on everyday factors that impact health, equity and social justice and supporting the well-being of entire communities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Garza served as the incident commander for the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force. He has received several awards for his service in the U.S. Army Reserve, including the Bronze Star and the Combat Action Badge.

More: https://www.slu.edu/alumni/news/2026-alumni-merit-awards.php

05/20/2026

Ibraheem Jawadi, a Health Management and Policy student on the pre-med track submitted an abstract, which was accepted, to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (sponsored by the National Council on Undergraduate Research), and was invited to present the paper.

The conference was held at VCU in Richmond, Virginia on April 13-15, and he presented the paper titled, "Healthcare Workplace Compassion Practices and their Associations with Patient-Care Provider Therapeutic Connections." Cheryl Rathert, PhD was co-author and worked with Ibraheem throughout the process.

More: https://www.cur.org/event/national-conference-on-undergraduate-research-ncur-2026/