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Dear colleagues, It is summer, so we shall lead with some lighthearted fun. Wearing public health on our sleeves Are you a fan of public health? Would you like to let the world know that you like public health?  You too can purchase SPH-branded polo shirts, half-zip fleece tops, green zip-up jackets and North Face […]

WashU School of Public Health’s Sandro Galea and Salma Abdalla co-lead a $3 million initiative to transform health research and policy.

Juliet Iwelunmor created the camp following the pandemic to show children that healthy communities are built by people, not just by government policies and scientific research.

Weekly news from the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis Dear colleagues, A milestone, a thank you, and cake This is a big week in the history of the WashU School of Public Health — our self-study report that summarizes what we are doing as a school is submitted to the […]

Research spurs federal push for transparency

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.