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Tim McBride comments on the importance of Medicaid to rural Missouri voters.

WashU Olin Business’ Patrick Aguilar argues that how pharmacies are owned and managed is as much a public health issue as it is a financial one.

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 Mark Huffman, MPH, MD, a secondary faculty member at WashU Public Health and a professor of medicine in cardiology at WashU Medicine. They discussed papers […]

Weekly news from the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis Dear colleagues,  Recovering from a natural disaster  The past week was marked in St. Louis by recovery from the worst tornado to hit the city in 15 years, and certainly the worst to hit WashU. Many members of our community had […]

As pharmacies across the United States close, primary care offices should reevaluate their methods of distributing medicine to patients, writes WashU Olin Business’ Patrick Aguilar.

As of 2021, 14% of U.S. psychiatric hospitals were owned by private equity firms, with ownership concentrated in southern states, according to a study by WashU researcher Morgan Shields.

WashU’s Timothy McBride co-leads the Medicaid Policy Analysis Lab, providing timely analyses for Medicaid policy development and evaluation. The lab also offers a Missouri Medicaid Enrollment Dashboard to visualize enrollment data and support legislative efforts.

Medicare cuts could mean that “these rural hospitals won’t survive,” says Timothy McBride.

Volunteering in community recovery efforts can help protect against developing mental health problems following disasters, according to WashU public health expert Salma Abdalla

Expert on physical activity, built environment will serve three-year term