School of Public Health

Shrinking public health funding, workforce shortages and misinformation are straining systems. A WashU forum explores how leaders can safeguard preparedness and sustain population health systems.

A WashU analysis highlights how geography, employment and Medicaid changes shape health insurance access across Missouri communities.

WashU scholars wrote the textbook on dissemination and implementation and have been building on that expertise ever since. Their work is needed now more than ever.

A multinational survey led by WashU public health researchers reveals strong links between social isolation and depression and anxiety, underscoring growing global mental health concerns.

Public health scholar and entrepreneur Joseph T. Steensma bridges research and real-world impact, translating science into scalable solutions that address environmental and population health challenges.

A WashU public health researcher, collaborating with international pediatric scientists, urges qualitative approaches to reveal how children experience care — and why it succeeds or fails.

She will shape the intellectual agenda of the first new institute at the WashU School of Public Health.

Leaders from seven countries explored the WashU FARM initiative’s public health-driven research and global partnerships advancing sustainable, equitable food systems.

WashU researchers urge institutions to reward implementation science that demonstrates benefit, improves health, reduces inequities and justifies research investment.

Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan, an assistant professor at the WashU School of Public Health, is working to shape young people’s lives by developing ways to promote healthy eating and physical activity. Those behaviors can pay dividends from better learning to preventing chronic disease down the road.