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Video Chat Focuses on Emergency Preparedness vs. Sustainability in Ebola Relief Efforts

Carolyn Rouse, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University, and Kimberly Bonner '08, MPA '12, participated in a live video chat on…

"Gold-Standard" Clinical Trials Fail to Capture How Personal Behavior Changes Influence Treatment

Double-blind clinical trials for new drugs are considered the "gold standard" of medical research because they're designed to determine the efficacy…

Video Chat Highlights Ebola Response, Lessons Learned

Raphael Frankfurter, a 2013 Princeton graduate and executive director of the nonprofit group Wellbody Alliance, participated in a live video chat…

A Deadly Shadow: Measles May Weaken Immune System Up to Three Years

The measles virus can cause serious disease in children by temporarily suppressing their immune systems. This vulnerability was previously thought to…

WooCast: The History of Plagues

Epidemics. Throughout history, they have obliterated populations and shattered economies. Crippling the public with fear, epidemics have disrupted…

Class Snapshot: 'Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic'

Class: "Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic" Description: This course, offered primarily to juniors and…

WWS Reacts: Iran and the Path to a Nuclear Agreement

A preliminary agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program was reached April 2 by Iran and six world powers: the five permanent members of the U.N…

Alumna Kate Grant Gives a Voice to the World’s Poorest Women

Fatima went into labor with her first child at the age of 16. As is custom in her nomadic community in western Sudan, she planned to deliver the baby…

Wailoo Serves on IOM Committee Focused on Mitochondrial Gene Therapy

The United Kingdom's House of Commons recently voted to allow British researchers to pursue a controversial new fertility treatment intended to help…

Alumni Join Ebola Intervention in West Africa

Ebola is difficult to contract. The disease is not airborne like influenza or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) – a healthy person must come…