Center for Obesity Prevention & Policy Research

Mailing Address:
660 S. Euclid
Campus Box 8109
St. Louis, MO 63110

Package Receiving:
4940 Parkview Ave
Campus Box 8109
St. Louis, MO 63110

Physical Address:
216 S. Kingshighway
St. Louis, MO 63110

Ann Wren
(314) 362 - 9563
awren@wustl.edu

Welcome to COPPR overview

COPPR is a joint effort between George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. The center develops and disseminates new knowledge to inform the creation and implementation of programs and policies designed to prevent obesity.

The Center for Obesity Prevention & Policy Research (COPPR) is the organizational home to transdisciplinary faculty, staff, and graduate and professional students from fields such as biostatistics, business, epidemiology, nutrition, medicine, marketing and communication, public health, and health policy. These members are engaged in a series of research studies with community partners and other academic collaborators designed to prevent obesity. COPPR also collaborates with public health advocates and policy makers to translate science to policy and legislation designed to prevent obesity.

Mission:
To improve the health of underserved populations by engaging
in transdisciplinary research that discovers and integrates new science into policies designed to prevent obesity.

Vision:
To be the nation’s leading research center and source of information on obesity prevention science and policy.

 

 

  

The Center for Obesity Prevention Policy Research

Goals:

  • Conduct research designed to eliminate obesity in underserved populations

  • Collaborate with national partners to disseminate evidence-based research through their organizational networks

  • Work with national and state policymakers to ensure the development of evidence-based obesity policy

  • Support the development of transdisciplinary faculty with research expertise in some facet of obesity prevention

  • Act as a catalyst to enhance collaboration within and between the university with local, national, and international organizations to prevent obesity.
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