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National experts — including WashU Public Health Dean Sandro Galea — call for rethinking firearm violence as a preventable public health crisis and investing in community, technology and research to create lasting safety.
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Good nutrition is essential across the lifespan. Reflecting that need, WashU Public Health’s first Cultivate Grants aim to improve access to nourishing food in early-childhood programs and clinical care for older adults.
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Among the 11,000 public health leaders, researchers and students at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association last week in Washington, D.C., were several from WashU Public Health, sharing research findings via talks, poster sessions and group meetings.
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WashU Public Health Professor Lindsay Stark brings insight from her extensive global research to her role as co-director of WashU's undergraduate Public Health & Society Program.
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Shields presents research to mental health directors council |
Psychiatric care quality expert Morgan Shields, an assistant professor at WashU Public Health, gave an invited talk to the Medical Directors Council of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors about ways to improve the crisis mental health-care system.
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Steensma gives talk on occupational medicine, public health |
Joe Steensma, professor of practice at WashU Public Health, gave a lecture last week at the University of Louisville School of Medicine on, "The Dangers of the Trades: Occupational Medicine and Public Health." This semester, Steensma is a professor in the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK). He has been teaching a course called "Innovation and Entrepreneurship," with a focus on public health, at The Engineering and Design Institute of London (TEDI-London).
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WashU Public Health Dean Sandro Galea joins other experts calling for a prevention-focused action plan to address the root causes of gun violence. (Source: NPR)
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WashU Public Health's Matthew Kreuter and Rachel Garg write about how requests for help at food pantries held roughly steady through much of 2025, with drops on weekends. But when the government shutdown began October 1, and as it continued, such requests rose sharply. (Source: Originally published in The Conversation, the story has since been picked up by The Independent, CNN, SFGate, and others.)
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WashU Public Health’s Tim McBride says rising premiums expose deep flaws in insurance markets, leaving working adults and some older Americans vulnerable amid political gridlock. (Source: Missouri Independent)
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WashU Medicine’s Margaret Kruk, a secondary faculty member at WashU Public Health, led a national survey of Americans’ perceptions of the U.S. health-care system. (Source: Missourinet)
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WashU's undergraduate Program in Public Health & Society, a collaboration between WashU Public Health and Arts & Sciences, opened as a major this fall with an aim of helping students develop liberal arts skills such as critical thinking and an understanding of foundational public health principles. (Source: Student Life)
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External partner strategic planning invitation |
WashU School of Public Health is the first new school at WashU in 100 years. As we build the school, we are consulting widely with stakeholders on our emerging strategic plan. We welcome feedback from all members of our extended community on our plan. You will find here a brief survey, which should take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for helping us better move forward toward our mission. And, as a bit of extra incentive, those who participate can choose to enter a raffle to win WashU SPH swag.
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In a typical week, most St. Louisans surveyed reported using a microwave oven every day (29%) or most days (32%); only 13% say they rarely or never use a microwave oven. Asked if they had microwaved food in a plastic container in the last 30 days, over half (52%) said yes.
iHeard is a listening project of WashU Public Health's Health Communication Research Laboratory. iHeard surveys about 200 people who live or work in St. Louis weekly to find out what they know, believe and care about in regard to health.
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Julia Lopez, an assistant professor at WashU Medicine and a member of the SPH secondary faculty, was the co-corresponding author on, "Patient and caregiver perspectives on language access in two St. Louis emergency departments," published in the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.
Philip Budge, an associate professor at WashU Medicine and a member of the SPH secondary faculty, was the corresponding author on, "Moxidectin combination therapies for lymphatic filariasis—36-month follow-up," published in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Co-authors include Peter U. Fischer, a professor at WashU Medicine and a member of the SPH secondary faculty.
Mark Fiala, an assistant professor at WashU Medicine and a member of the SPH secondary faculty, was the corresponding author of, "Financial toxicity and satisfaction with cancer treatment among patients with multiple myeloma: an analysis of the MMRF’s CureCloud Initiative," published in Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia.
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Designer Kenneth Cole joined WashU Public Health Dean Sandro Galea on Thursday, November 6, to discuss the intersection of Cole’s work as a designer and social activist. The two discussed, among other topics, how collaborations between business, public health, and advocacy can have a significant impact on reducing stigma around mental health, and building awareness of social-justice issues.
View more photos from the event on Instagram →
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Dean Galea's latest Healthiest Goldfish blog focuses on, "How understanding where 'our' ideas come from can help us have better ideas."
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Public Health Ideas convenings
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| Wednesday, November 12, 4 p.m. CT
At WashU and online
The noted epidemiologist will discuss her approach to public health communication and her experience translating complex data for audiences online.
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The WashU Public Health Moment is published by the School of Public Health Office of Communications. You can reach us at sphcomms@wustl.edu.
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