Medicine & Health

Nutrition scientist Lora Iannotti and engineer Feng Jiao become inaugural Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professors, advancing interdisciplinary solutions for food, agriculture and health.

Bursky Public Health met all 36 accreditation criteria while documenting a new institution still taking shape behind the scenes.

WashU Bursky Public Health researchers found the first six weeks of pregnancy may be a particularly sensitive period.

Biomedical engineer Quing Zhu and WashU Medicine collaborators combined optical coherence tomography and machine learning for a rapid, accurate test for endometrial cancer.

Through a new program called Public Health & Society, students are connecting health to design, policy and the experiences that shape everyday life.

As millions travel for the World Cup, Jennifer Layden of WashU Bursky Public Health explains how officials track outbreaks, assess risk and prepare for emerging infectious disease threats.

AI for Health Institute researchers at WashU developed a framework that helps clinical language models know when to be confident and when to be cautious.

WashU researchers have found connections between sleep disruption and perinatal anxiety.

As voters are increasingly asked to decide complex health policy questions at the ballot box, new research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds that healthcare-related ballot measures draw more voters to the polls and are more likely to pass than other initiatives — but they’re also especially sensitive to opposition spending by special interest groups.

The largest gift in WashU history, from the Bursky Family Foundation, will advance the School of Public Health’s vision in a post-pandemic world.