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The changing landscape of disease on a warming planet

The inaugural convening of WashU Public Health’s Solutions through Planetary Health Research (SPHERE) network will be January 21 at WashU and online. The convening will bring together experts to discuss how climate change is affecting human health and disease.

Upcoming events

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Wednesday Jan 21

Disease Ecology on a Changing Planet

The event will bring together academics, clinicians, policymakers, and community leaders to explore the role climate change plays in reshaping patterns of infectious disease, and why coordinated, multisectoral collaborations are essential to build future readiness.

Monday Jan 26

The Resilience & Recovery of Former Child Soldiers

This event explores the long-term impact of war on child development, the ethics of cross-cultural trauma research, and how evidence-based interventions can support recovery in the most challenging circumstances.

Tuesday Feb 10

Implementation Science & the Public Health Information Ecosystem

In a world where false and misleading information spreads quickly and trust in institutions is shaky, it’s becoming harder for public health messages to reach people. This gathering will explore how implementation science — the field that studies how to put evidence into practice — can help us communicate more effectively so that accurate, trustworthy health information is able to hold its ground in a crowded information landscape.

Join us and change the world

WashU School of Public Health is the first new school in 100 years at Washington University in St. Louis. More than a school, it is an interdisciplinary, collaborative, innovative, data-driven and people-focused home for research and education equipped to meet current and future challenges in public health in St. Louis and globally.

Admissions

We aim to attract visionary students who will become future leaders and change agents in public health. We offer excellence in research, mentorship and practicum opportunities at a top-tier university.

Education

Our master’s and doctoral programs are designed to prepare students to be ready to meet myriad and ever-shifting challenges in public health locally, nationally, globally.

Research

We are committed to generating interdisciplinary, world-class science that advances the field of public health and leads to actionable breakthroughs that improve the lives of people everywhere.

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Welcome to WashU School of Public Health

The changing landscape of disease on a warming planet

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