In a recent visit to campus, Dean Galea shared brief remarks on his vision for the future of public health at WashU, expressing his desire to create a school that leads with scholarship but cares deeply about its commitment to the people we serve both locally and worldwide.

Now is the time for public health leadership. And leadership is the business of a great university like WashU.

— Dean Sandro Galea

Attendees also heard from Margaret Kruk who will be the director of the university-wide QuEST Center. The center will expand the consortium’s work to new areas, including inequities in health-care quality in the U.S.

The Higher Learning Council has approved the accreditation application for WashU's Public Health & Society major. This marks an important milestone in preparing the major for enrollment in fall of 2025.

This program will join the existing Public Health & Society minor which is open for student enrollment this fall.

Click here for a detailed SPH development timeline. 

Public Health at WashU Annual Conference

Other upcoming events:

For those interested in or currently integrating community-engaged research in their work, here is some great advice for success from James Krings, a Public Health Faculty Scholar and Asst. Professor of Medicine.

According to a recent paper by Elizabeth Dodson research assistant professor at the Prevention Research Center at the Brown School, clear policy briefs and local data are key to communicating with policymakers.

A new project called NutriConnect, led by Assoc. Professor of Medicine, Jing Li, will compare the effectiveness of two produce prescription approaches for encouraging healthy eating and addressing food insecurity. 

Karen Joynt Maddox, co-director of the Center Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research, recently assisted the American Heart Association with a presidential advisory offering statements about the dire future of heart disease outcomes.  

Paid leave and employee well-being are the focus of a three-part policy series developed by the Clark-Fox Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis. Gary Parker, associate dean for external affairs and director of the institute says the series focuses on paid leave, attracting good employees and the future of the workforce. 

A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that people with COVID-19 who used cannabis were more likely to be hospitalized and require intensive care than those who did not use the drug. 

Do you have a question about the School of Public Health?