Visit here for news about WashU School of Public Health and the many people at WashU whose lives and work intersect with public health. Here you can find monthly and weekly newsletters from the dean; stories and briefs written about WashU students, faculty, staff and initiatives that touch on public health; and stories in the news media involving the school’s faculty, students or staff or others at WashU whose work focuses on public health.
Public Health at WashU monthly community notes
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May 2025: The public health education of the future
On nurturing excellent teachers and students, paving the way for the next generation
April 2025: On excellence in science and scholarship
Engaging world-class faculty and staff to generate transformative science and scholarship
March 2025: Local and global impact
Aligning academic public health to improve the health of the public
Public Health in Progress weekly newsletters
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WashU public health news
Stories and updates that touch on public health and public health figures at WashU.
Shining a light on psychiatric hospital safety
Research spurs federal push for transparency
WashU Expert: US cuts threaten global efforts to prevent violence against women, children
Nearly one in three women globally — approximately 736 million — has been a victim of physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner, non-partner, or both at least once in their lifetime.
WashU experts defend fluoride with facts
Helping Missouri communities choose health
Listening to people in evaluating health systems across the world
WashU hosts talk, panel discussion at World Health Assembly side event
Private equity ownership tied to lower psychiatric hospital staffing, higher quality performance
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.
New Medicaid policy lab brings data to the debate
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.
In the News
Public health-related stories in the news media about or featuring comments from people at WashU.
Trump’s ‘one big beautiful bill’ continues assault on Obamacare
Republican efforts to make it harder for what they term “able-bodied” adults to get Medicaid is code for scaling back Obamacare, said Timothy McBride.
Unseen devastation of the St. Louis tornado: mental health. ‘I will never be the same.’
The people most susceptible to mental health problems after disasters are those already struggling, said Salma Abdalla.
Black St. Louis tornado victims likely to face disproportionate mental health impacts
Salma Abdalla talks about the importance of social connections and self-compassion in recovery from traumatic events.