Medicine & Health

Two new grants support efforts at WashU Medicine to design vaccines, drugs for understudied virus families.

Researchers at Washington University use data science to improve adolescent compliance with HIV treatments in low-resource areas.

Refugees resettled in the U.S. often define success in ways that go far beyond economic self-sufficiency, according to a new study co-authored by WashU researchers. The study challenges long-held assumptions about what makes resettlement successful in the U.S.

Jessica Backman-Levy (left), at the Brown School, and Beryne Odeny, MD, PhD, at the School of Medicine, have been selected to participate in a yearlong program aimed at advancing women into senior leadership positions in global health.

Rob Bilott, the attorney who exposed DuPont’s water contamination cover-up, will speak April 7 for the Assembly Series. “Dark Waters,” a film based on his fight for justice, screens in advance.

The top 20% of high-income, college-educated Americans have far lower rates of cardiovascular disease than the rest of the population, WashU public health researchers find.

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have developed a sensor that detects airborne H5N1 avian flu and can be used on poultry and dairy farms.

Rooted in public health, WashU’s new FARM initiative reimagines agriculture to improve nutrition, sustainability and food access for communities worldwide.

A graduate student in Arts & Sciences at WashU will study ways to improve the lives of people with disabilities.

WashU has celebrated Sandro Galea’s installation as dean, marking a major milestone for public health and the launch of its first new school in a century.