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.
Reis named co-editor of Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Expert on physical activity, built environment will serve three-year term
WashU to host panel in Geneva focused on improving health systems post-COVID-19
Inaugural WashU Ideas discussion a side event at World Health Assembly 2025
New FARM grants program supports research for healthier food, planet
Cultivate Grants Fund aims to amplify, accelerate research with the potential to transform food systems
Class Acts: Mayah Clayton
Finding purpose in public health
How researchers can influence policy today
A Q&A with policy expert Ross Brownson
Building connections between public health, business is focus of panel led by WashU and WHO
2-day international dialogue featured WashU public health, business deans
In the News
Public health-related stories in the news media about or featuring comments from people at WashU.
As Republicans Eye Sweeping Medicaid Cuts, Missouri Offers a Preview
Timothy McBride comments on how the proposed federal cuts to Medicaid could affect Missouri.
Trump’s Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention
Ross Brownson comments on efforts to improve rural health by building walking trails to promote physical activity.
A New Study Raises Alarms About Plastics and Heart Disease. Here’s What to Know
WashU Medicine’s Mark Huffman comments on paper linked phthalates