Public Health Ideas

Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Morgan Shields, MS, PhD, an assistant professor at WashU School of Public Health, about mental health, substance use, and the personal autonomy of those with mental illness.

Shields studies the quality and accountability of behavioral health care. Her research focus is on identifying and implementing strategies to improve the use of evidence-based practices, ensuring patient-centered care and promoting equity.

Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Dan Giammar, PhD, about climate change and the impact of environmental regulations on the health of populations. Giammar is the Walter E. Browne Professor of Environmental Engineering, and the director of the Center for the Environment, and a secondary faculty member and co-director of the Planetary Health Innovation Research Network at the School of Public Health.

Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Phillip Marotta, PhD, MPH, about how the criminal justice system affects health disparities, harm reduction and substance use. Marotta is an assistant professor at the Brown School and the School of Public Health, and editor-in-chief of the Harm Reduction Journal.

As part of Public Health Ideas, a platform for the dean of WashU School of Public Health to share and discuss work in public health, Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Timothy McBride, PhD, MS, the Bernard Becker Professor at WashU Public Health, and a health analyst and health economist. They discussed the future […]

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 Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, a WashU Public Health secondary faculty member and a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at WashU Medicine. […]

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 […]

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 Lindsey Filiatreau, MPH, PhD, an assistant professor at the School of Public Health. They discussed a paper Filiatreau co-authored, “Intersectional HIV- and Depression-Related Stigma Among […]

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 Salma Abdalla, DrPH, MBBS, MPH, an assistant professor at the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis. They discussed a paper Galea […]

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 Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD, associate dean for faculty affairs and the Joyce and Chauncy Buchheit Professor in Public Health at Washington University. They discussed a paper […]

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 Maura Kepper, PhD, an assistant professor at the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis. They discussed a paper Kepper co-authored: “Multilevel […]