Malone, Stark named inaugural Ryan Institute faculty scholars
Sara Malone and Lindsay Stark, both of WashU Bursky Public Health, become inaugural faculty scholars of the Ryan Institute for Interdisciplinary Health Solutions.Their projects will examine housing as a health intervention and improve transitions from pediatric to adult care for children with chronic illnesses.
New Transcend Initiative to address mycobacteria threats
A new Transcend Initiative seeks to address and fight life-threatening mycobacterial infections.
Why Health?
What We Need to Think About When We Think About Health
A deeply reflective and urgently argued book that asks a deceptively simple question: why do we, as individuals and societies, pursue health–and what does that pursuit say about who we are?
Rural America Beyond the Caricature
How can we transcend politics and economics when thinking about rural America? How might policymakers better focus on rural aspirations rather than on rural decline? WashU’s Sandro Galea and USC’s Elizabeth Currid-Halkett discuss the very construct of the urban–rural divide.
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Pregnancy nutrition trial in Ecuador improves fetal brain growth
WashU researcher Lora Iannotti and colleagues tested whether a diverse diet inspired by ancestral eating patterns could support maternal nutrition and fetal development.
The doctor is in …
One podcast episode at time, Margaret Duncan, MD ’21, is striking a balance between creative pursuits and her medical practice.
What’s in a sidewalk?
A graduate public health course examines the effects of built environments, from local crosswalks to global cityscapes.
Assistance needed in Aisle 1: What Missouri WIC families face
Bursky Public Health and Brown School teams surveyed nearly 2,900 participants and co-developed retailer training to boost nutrition access during pregnancy and early childhood.
The Future of Foreign Assistance and Global Health
In this episode of Ideas Matter, WashU’s Sandro Galea, dean of the Bursky School of Public Health, and former USAID civil servant Nicholas Enrich discuss how assisting other countries in maintaining public health protects safety and stability across the globe—including here in America.
Nicholas Enrich
How to navigate conflicting childhood vaccine guidance
Jennifer Layden of Bursky Public Health explains conflicting childhood vaccine guidance, drawing on her experience leading state outbreak responses and national vaccination efforts at the CDC.
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