Public Health Ideas conversations
Public Health Ideas are videotaped conversations, primarily about research, between Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPh, and faculty scholars or other public health experts. An archive of these videos will live here.
WashU Public Health Ideas with Karen Joynt Maddox
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, a WashU associate professor of medicine and an associate professor at the Brown School, about a paper she co-authored, “Forecasting the Economic Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association.”
WashU Public Health Ideas with Proscovia Nabunya
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Proscovia Nabunya, PhD, an assistant professor at the Brown School, about a paper she co-authored, “Preliminary Impact of Group-Based Interventions on Stigma and the Mental Health of Caregivers of Adolescents Living with HIV in Uganda.”
WashU Public Health Ideas with Lora Iannotti
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Lora Iannotti, a professor at the Brown School, about a paper she co-authored, “Wild Foods Are Positively Associated with Diet Diversity and Child Growth in a Protected Forest Area of Madagascar.”
Assembly Series talk with Dean Galea
Reimagining what we think about health?
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, the inaugural dean of Washington University School of Public Health, gave an Assembly Series talk, “Why Health? Reimagining What We Think About When We Think About Health,” on Jan. 29, 2025, at the university’s Graham Chapel.
2024 Public Health Conference
Why Health?
“Why Health? New directions for population health science and the foundations of a new school of public health” was presented by Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, then the Dean Designate of WashU School of Public Health, at the 2024 Public Health Annual Conference in October at WashU’s Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus. In his talk, Galea offered a preliminary look at his vision for building on WashU’s existing public health strengths and expanding its commitment to the field by shaping WashU’s first new school in 100 years.