St. Louis Magazine

ROSS BROWNSON

is the kind that you don’t need in the first place. Yet the prevention of illness and the encouragement of healthy behaviors-the twin goals of public health-receive only a tiny fraction of research spending in the United States. That’s not news to Ross Brownson, a professor at Washington University who’s an expert in chronic-disease prevention and applied epidemiology. It has become a central issue, however, as the nation

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