Our people
Galea named editor of JAMA Health Forum
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, dean designate of the planned School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named editor in chief of JAMA Health Forum, effective Jan. 1.
Our expertise
Study offers strategies to ensure equitable access to digital health tools
As digital health tools gain popularity with advanced technology, Maura Kepper, a Brown School assistant professor, stresses the urgent need for equitable designs to reach marginalized populations.
WashU Expert: Small business plans should include ownership transition support
Peter Boumgarden, director of Olin Business School’s Koch Family Center for Family Enterprise, discusses Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to expand the small business tax credit and other ways in which the government can support existing small businesses.
Our impact
A new era for the humanities
As director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, Stephanie Kirk wants to empower humanities graduate students to use their expertise in a range of meaningful careers.
New home for world-class cancer care opens on Medical Campus
Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, soon will open a newly constructed nine-story, 657,250-square-foot building on the Washington University Medical Campus. The state-of-the-art building will be dedicated exclusively to outpatient cancer care and will welcome its first patients Sept. 30.
Videos
Field Notes: South Pacific
WashU earth scientists in Arts & Sciences are mapping Earth’s interior and analyzing lava rocks from a volcanic hotspot near the islands of Samoa.
