Our mission is to bridge research, practice and policy to improve community health and achieve equity.
The Prevention Research Center in St. Louis (PRC-StL) explores behaviors that place people at risk for chronic diseases such as obesity, cancer and diabetes. Center researchers conduct and share research on physical activity, policy, the built environment, and the translation of evidence into public health practice, while placing particular emphasis on vulnerable populations.
Faculty Spotlight: Sarah Moreland-Russell
Celebrating her 15th year at the Brown School, Sarah Moreland-Russell is at her upbeat and energetic best as she enjoys the most recent leg of a career expedition that has taken her to Kansas City, California, and St. Louis with a single professional goal: Making policy changes to improve public health.
An associate professor of practice based at the PRC, Moreland-Russell began her career in Kansas City in a six-year program she envisioned leading to a degree in medicine. But when she took a break to add a degree in public health, she found her true calling. “I knew public health policy was the important place to be,” she said.
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