June 7, 2026

Pregnancy makes people particularly sensitive to the heat, a growing concern as the climate changes and heat waves become longer, hotter and more frequent. A study led by Professor Carrie Breton of WashU Bursky School of Public Health has identified a marker of heat exposure in pregnancy that reflects an individual's heat exposure and may indicate risk of preterm birth.

An infectious disease epidemiologist and data management expert, Layden leads the Bursky School’s efforts to create effective partnerships with government agencies, community organizations and the private sector that enhance the health and well-being of all.

A lecturer in the Public Health & Society Program and a Bursky School secondary faculty member, Brig-Ortiz talks to Galea about the history of water systems in South Africa.

Fifteen primary and secondary faculty members at Bursky School of Public Health are among the top 1% of scientists in the world, according to Research.com's annual Best Scientists lists.

Media coverage of WashU Bursky Public Health's people, research, and other news.

Dean Sandro Galea joins the "Curious by Nature" podcast to explain why our environment shapes our health more powerfully than individual decisions, and how the school is working to change environments to improve health. (Source: "Curious by Nature"/Newswise)

Andrew and Jane Bursky's $200 million gift to the newly named Bursky School of Public Health will support faculty hiring, scholarships and research. (Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Patients with long COVID still sometimes get misdiagnosed with mental health conditions, says Beth Stelson, an assistant professor at Bursky Public Health and an expert on long COVID. (Source: WBUR)

A study by McKelvey Engineering's Alvitta Ottley, a member of the Bursky School secondary faculty, shows that many AI data-visualization tools prioritize clarity over accuracy. (Source: Medium)

On May 16, 2025, an EF-3 tornado struck St. Louis, killing four people and damaging 5,000 homes and buildings. Exactly one year later, iHeard asked city and county residents how they felt about recovery efforts. This is what they said.

iHeard is a listening project of the Health Communication Research Laboratory at WashU Bursky Public Health. iHeard surveys about 200 people each week who live or work in St. Louis, to find out what they know, believe and care about in regard to health.

Charlene Caburnay, a professor of practice at the Bursky School, is the first and corresponding author on, “Identification of best outreach strategies and delivery modalities for population subgroups for COVID-19 vaccination,” published in Vaccine. Bursky Public Health’s Matthew Kreuter is the last author.

WashU Medicine’s Denise Wilfley, a member of the Bursky School secondary faculty, is the last author on, “Population-based RCT of a digital cognitive-behavioural guided self-help intervention for anxiety, depression and eating disorders in college students,” published in Nature Human Behaviour.

Dean Sandro Galea co-authored, “Trials that inform health policy: a bridge too far?” published in JAMA.

WashU Medicine’s Graham Colditz, a Bursky School secondary faculty member, is the senior author on, “Generalizability of an AI-based mammogram risk score (MRS) for breast cancer among diverse populations of women,” published in Science Advances.

The latest post in The Healthiest Goldfish was co-authored by Dean Sandro Galea, and WashU Bursky Public Health colleagues Matthew Kreuter, a professor, and Rachel Garg, an assistant professor. They ask: "When public health succeeds and no one hears it, does it make a sound? Thinking about how we communicate public health better."