Obesity | Department of Surgery | Washington University in St. Louis

A Constellation of Factors: Uncovering the Causes of Rising Incidence of Early-onset Colorectal Cancer

March 2, 2021January 22, 2026

Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, is researching the troubling rise of early-onset colorectal cancer. In a series of publications, Cao’s research points to risk factors for the condition and offers some methods of prevention and improved screening.

It Takes a Village: Treating Adolescent Obesity Through True Collaboration

June 24, 2020October 31, 2023

Shaina Eckhouse, MD, works in collaboration with Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the Healthy Start Clinic at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and fellow surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to treat adolescent patients with bariatric surgery.