$3M grant fuels global effort to transform health research and policy
WashU public health experts are leading a $3 million global initiative to revolutionize health research, making it faster, more inclusive and more responsive to urgent policy challenges.
WashU summer camp merges art, public health education
The LIGHT Creativity in Public Health Summer Camp at WashU encourages students to tap into their imaginations and lived experiences to create artwork, poetry and stories that communicate the importance of health and science.
Tiny and toxic: Researchers track smaller air pollution particles across US skies
To help understand air pollution health effects, researchers in St. Louis quantified how the amount of submicron particles in the air has changed over the past 25 years.
US cuts threaten global efforts to prevent violence against women, children
As U.S. public health funding falters, WashU experts warn that vital global data systems protecting women and children from violence are in danger of disappearing.
Reis named co-editor of Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Rodrigo S. Reis, a professor at the School of Public Health and an expert on the intersection of physical activity, the built environment and health, has been appointed co-editor of the Journal of Physical Activity and Health.
WashU experts defend fluoride with facts
Amid growing misinformation, WashU health experts provided Rolla leaders with clear data to support smart health policy. City leaders voted to preserve fluoride in the water supply.
Private equity ownership tied to lower psychiatric hospital staffing, higher quality performance
Private equity ownership of psychiatric hospitals in the United States is associated with lower staffing levels, but also higher performance on certain quality measures, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
New Medicaid policy lab brings data to the debate
As Congress weighs $715 billion in Medicaid cuts, WashU’s new Medicaid Policy Analysis Lab offers timely briefs showing how policy changes impact real people — especially in Missouri.
New FARM grants support research for healthier food, planet
The Food and Agriculture Research Mission at the School of Public Health has launched the Cultivate Grants Fund to spark practical, scalable solutions to improve food systems and public health.
Deans lead international panel on business-public health connections
WashU School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, and Olin Business School Dean Michael Mazzeo led a two-day dialogue bringing together dozens of experts in academic public health and business from around the world.
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