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Expertise: Chronic disease prevention, evidence-based public health, policy effects on physical activity and obesity
Bio: A leading expert in chronic disease prevention and an expert in the area of applied epidemiology, Ross Brownson is regarded as one of the great intellectual, educational, and practice leaders in the field of evidence-based public health.
Brownson co-directs the Prevention Research Center,—a major, CDC funded center jointly led by Washington University and Saint Louis University - that develops innovative approaches to chronic disease prevention. He leads a large number of other major research and training projects funded by a broad array of federal and foundation sources, including the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Brownson holds a joint appointment with the University's School of Medicine (Siteman Cancer Center).
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Education:
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B.A. in Cellular biology/chemistry at University of Montana
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Ph.D. in environmental health/epidemiology at Colorado State University
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Bad Habits Asserting Themselves
The New York Times
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June 9,
2009 -- Despite the well-advertised healthy lifestyle message, healthy habits are in decline, according to an authoritative national survey on health and nutrition. WUSTL epidemiology professor Ross Brownson, who is a leading expert in chronic disease prevention, comments.
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Buffets, exercise lack linked to obesity
United Press International
and 33 others
Dec. 22,
2008 -- People in Middle America may have larger middles from frequent buffet and cafeteria eating and perceived barriers to physical activity, U.S. researchers said. "It's not that people don't want to get physical activity or eat healthy foods, but we've made it difficult in many communities," senior author of the study Ross Brownson of the Washington University in St. Louis said in a statement.
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2009
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