Health & Society Archives

Private equity owns less than 4% of U.S. hospitals, WashU research finds

A new study led by researchers at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis finds private equity only accounts for a small share of the nation’s hospitals, with most investors exiting within five years.

Advancement

Spielman installed as Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor

Economist David Spielman brings global expertise in food policy and agricultural innovation to Bursky Public Health, advancing research connecting food systems and health.

Health & Society

How technology is reshaping violence — and what can be done about it

WashU Bursky Public Health researchers examine how digital technology and generative AI are changing violence — and how decades of violence-prevention research can help shape effective responses.

Health & Society

Medicine, Science, and Ancient Wisdom

Should medicine be more broadly defined? Can an emphasis on our shared humanity lead to better treatments? And what about joy? In this episode of Ideas Matter, WashU’s Sandro Galea, dean of the Bursky School of Public Health, and the University of Chicago’s Geeta Maker-Clark, a physician and expert on integrative nutrition, explore how a more holistic approach to medicine can benefit us all.

Geeta Maker-Clark

Health & Society

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.

Health & Society

New Transcend Initiative to address mycobacteria threats

A new Transcend Initiative seeks to address and fight life-threatening mycobacterial infections.

Medicine & Health

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?

Cultural Studies

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

Health & Society

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.

Health & Society

The doctor is in …

One podcast episode at time, Margaret Duncan, MD ’21, is striking a balance between creative pursuits and her medical practice.

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