Thinking Public Health
This discussion will be 9-10 a.m. Friday, April 18, in Weil Hall’s Kuehner Court. RSVP here. Truth? We are in the business of science and scholarship. Our job is to uncover fundamental truths about nature, to document these truths, and to advance them so that we can better understand the world, and, in so doing, […]
Thinking Public Health
This discussion was March 27, 2025, in Cupples Hall I, Room 207, on the Danforth Campus. The problem of bad behavior At some instinctive level we all understand that health emerges from some combination of personal agency and choice, biology and genetic determinism, and the world we live in. And yet, this observation makes us, […]
Thinking Public Health
This Thinking Public Health gathering was Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at Kuehner Court in Weil Hall on the Danforth Campus. Navigating political divides to promote the health of the public We are at a pivot point for public health. Although public health has been responsible for extraordinary gains in population health over the past two […]
Thinking Public Health
The first Thinking Public Health gathering was Jan. 28, 2025, at Kuehner Court in Weil Hall on the Danforth Campus. Changing the conversation: On the utility of symbols and statements Building a healthier world starts with how we communicate the ideas of public health. When we speak, does the public listen? Or do we sometimes […]