Missouri: hungry for solutions
WashU Public Health’s Food and Agriculture Research Mission is taking a new approach to tackling global challenges associated with agricultural production, food distribution and access to quality nutrition.
Inside WashU Public Health, November 10, 2025
SPH convening this week A conversation with Katelyn Jetelina The School of Public Health will host epidemiologist and science communicator Katelyn Jetelina for a talk and Q&A at 4 p.m. Wednesday, […]
Missouri’s health coverage is shifting fast, WashU analysis finds
New findings from WashU Public Health researchers reveal how pandemic-era policies and widespread Medicaid removals fueled a sharp rise in Affordable Care Act enrollment.
National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters
WashU Public Health’s Matt Kreuter and Rachel Garg report a dramatic spike in 211 food assistance calls as SNAP disruptions during the government shutdown trigger disaster-level demand.
A conversation with global health researcher Lindsay Stark
WashU Public Health Professor Lindsay Stark brings insight from global interdisciplinary research to her role as co-director of WashU’s undergraduate Public Health & Society Program.
Students encouraged to shape their own learning in new Public Health & Society program
WashU’s undergraduate Program in Public Health & Society, a collaboration between WashU Public Health and Arts & Sciences, offers an opportunity for students to actively shape the evolving curriculum in which they participate.
Missouri Medicaid expansion is nearing a funding cliff few Missourians realize
WashU Public Health’s Tim McBride says Missouri’s Medicaid expansion faces a looming funding shortfall, with rural hospitals and patients likely to bear the brunt of delayed action.
Missouri residents trust their doctors, but doubt the health system
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.
A gun violence ‘action plan’ calls for a new emphasis on prevention
WashU Public Health Dean Sandro Galea joins other experts calling for a prevention-focused action plan to address the root causes of gun violence.
BJC teams with UnitedHealthcare for Affordable Care Act insurance in St. Louis region
WashU Public Health’s Tim McBride urges consumers to check provider networks when insurance shopping.