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.
School of Public Health welcomes its first official class a year ahead of schedule
The inaugural class includes MPH, PhD and dual-degree students as WashU’s School of Public Health begins formal planning for its academic future.
Global progress on physical activity at risk, WashU expert warns
Changing political priorities are siphoning resources away from efforts to promote physical activity and threaten to reverse decades of health gains, writes Rodrigo Reis.
Sports participation shields against suicide risk in teens, preteens — but fewer are taking the field
Analysis finds that students in sports are much less likely to report suicidal thoughts, behaviors.
Malone joins data council at national health services research group
Will advise AcademyHealth on trends, challenges in health services-research methods and data
NIH funding cuts to implementation science slowing progress on HIV
Implementation research has been critical driver toward ending HIV epidemic
$3M grant fuels global effort to transform health research and policy
WashU School of Public Health’s Sandro Galea and Salma Abdalla co-lead a $3 million initiative to transform health research and policy.
In the News
Public health-related stories in the news media about or featuring comments from people at WashU.
What experts think of the $50 billion rural health fund in Trump’s big bill
Tim McBride underscores long-standing challenges in rural health care that experts say may not be adequately addressed by the fund.
Both US senators for Missouri voted to pass One Big Beautiful Bill Act
“If you look only at the non-elderly — take out the children, take out the people over 65 — most studies suggest about 10% of people on Medicaid might not be working,” said Timothy McBride
Federal budget megabill would shift billions in cost to Missouri taxpayers
The cost of expansion could escalate quickly, said Tim McBride