Public Health Ideas

Public Health Ideas are videotaped conversations, primarily about research, between Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, and faculty scholars or other public health experts. An archive of these videos will live here.

Public Health Ideas

WashU Public Health Ideas with Douglas Luke

As part of Public Health Ideas, a platform for the dean of WashU School of Public Health to share and discuss researchers’ work, Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Douglas Luke, PhD, the Distinguished Professor in Public Health Systems Science at WashU. They discussed a paper Luke co-authored, “Bridges and Mechanisms: Integrating Systems Science […]

Public Health Ideas

WashU Public Health Ideas with Tim McBride

As part of Public Health Ideas, a platform for the dean of WashU School of Public Health to share and discuss researchers’ work, Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Tim McBride, PhD, the Bernard Becker Professor at the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis. They discussed a paper McBride co-authored, […]

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WashU Public Health Ideas with Lindsay Stark

As part of Public Health Ideas, a platform for the dean of WashU School of Public Health to share and discuss researchers’ work, Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Lindsay Stark, DrPH, of the Brown School — and soon, the School of Public Health — at Washington University in St. Louis. The two discussed […]

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Installation of Dean Sandro Galea

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, the inaugural dean of Washington University School of Public Health, is installed as the Margaret C. Ryan Dean of Public Health and the Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health. The ceremony was Jan. 30, 2025, in the Clark-Fox Forum at Hillman Hall on the university’s Danforth Campus.

Assembly Series talk with Dean Sandro Galea

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, the inaugural dean of Washington University School of Public Health, gave an Assembly Series talk, “Why Health? Reimagining What We Think About When We Think About Health,” on Jan. 29, 2025, at the university’s Graham Chapel.

2024 Public Health Conference

“Why Health? New directions for population health science and the foundations of a new school of public health” was presented by Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, then the Dean Designate of WashU School of Public Health, at the 2024 Public Health Annual Conference in October at WashU’s Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus. In his talk, Galea offered a preliminary look at his vision for building on WashU’s existing public health strengths and expanding its commitment to the field by shaping WashU’s first new school in 100 years.