Public attitudes may inform policies to address complex social problems such as substance use, homelessness and mental illness.
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| WashU convening to explore building primary care-based research networks to improve healthcare and public health.
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Bursky Public Health researchers examine how digital technology and generative AI are changing violence — and how decades of research can help shape effective responses.
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| Brig-Ortiz explores how public health knowledge is co-created with insights and knowledge from communities.
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This week, Ginger McKay, MA, PhD, an assistant professor at Bursky Public Health, will speak on “Integrating Implementation Science and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pediatric Healthcare.” Her talk will be at noon on Thursday, October 15 in the Havana Room at 4240 Duncan. Register to attend in person or to get the Zoom link.
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Bursky Public Health PhD student Lauren Nacke is part of a team that was awarded the 2026 Bernard J. Tyson Award for Pursuit of Healthcare Equity by Joint Commission and Kaiser Permanente. Based at WashU Medicine and BJC Healthcare, the team addressed variations in urine drug testing during pregnancy and the weeks following childbirth.
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Kim Thuy Seelinger, a professor at Bursky Public Health, has joined the board of directors of the Panzi Foundation. The foundation supports Panzi Hospital, which was established by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Denis Mukwege to provide comprehensive care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and war trauma.
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Media coverage of WashU Bursky Public Health's people, research, and other news.
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Bursky Public Health Dean Sandro Galea comments on the public health response to the ongoing measles outbreak. (Source: New York Times)
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Quotes falls expert Susan Stark, a professor at Bursky Public Health. (Source: USA Today)
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Quotes Bursky Public Health Dean Sandro Galea, who chaired a National Academy of Sciences report on social media and kids’ mental health. (Source: CBS News)
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Cites study led by Bursky Public Health postdoctoral researcher Yi Wang. (Source: FlatlandKC)
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Weather officials will soon determine if 2026 was the hottest September on record in St. Louis. But long-time residents have already spoken, and most say it was the hottest September they can remember.
iHeard is a listening project of the Health Communication Research Laboratory at Bursky Public Health. iHeard surveys about 200 people who live or work in St. Louis weekly to find out what they know, believe and care about in regard to health.
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Bursky Public Health’s Stephen Salerno is the first author on, “Deep learning of semicompeting risk data via a new neural expectation-maximization algorithm,” published in Annals of Applied Statistics.
Hilary Reno and Aditi Ramakrishnan, both of WashU Medicine and members of the Bursky Public Health secondary faculty, co-authored “LIMIT Trial: Lidocaine with intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin G for Treponema pallidum treatment,” published in Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Maura Kepper, a member of the Bursky Public Health courtesy faculty, and Dennis Dela Tsagli, a recent Bursky Public Health MPH graduate, co-authored “Multilevel determinants of digital health implementation in African clinical settings: an umbrella review,” published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics.
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Stefanie Friedhoff, Director of the Information Futures Lab and Professor of the Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health, joined us on campus during our "Leading with Listening" convening to discuss the importance of establishing trust at the ground level to build authentic community engagement.
Hear her perspective on what it takes to build a listening infrastructure with trust as the foundation.
Watch on YouTube →
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Dean Galea's latest post in The Healthiest Goldfish is titled, "On the politics of measurement." The post is part one of a two-part series on what we count and why.
In addition, Dean Galea will be discussing his most recent book, "Why Health? What We Need to Think about When We Think about Health" at the Novel Neighbor on Thursday, October 22. The event is free and open to the public.
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| Public Health Ideas convenings |
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Tuesday, October 13 and Wednesday, October 14, 2026
At WashU and online
This event will explore how agriculture, markets and public health can work together to strengthen communities and build a healthier food future.
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| Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 9 a.m. CT
At WashU and online
A half-day convening exploring how to revitalize the primary care and public health partnerships and innovation.
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| Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 4 p.m. CT
At WashU and online
A live taping of a candid conversation among people with diverse views on how to handle the next pandemic.
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| Thursday, October 29, 2026, 9 a.m. CT
At WashU and online
This symposium examines how AI is shaping healthcare and health policy.
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The WashU Bursky Public Health Moment is published by the Bursky School of Public Health Office of Communications. You can reach us at [email protected].
Visit publichealth.washu.edu for the latest news and information, and follow us on social media.
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Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky School of Public Health
at Washington University in St. Louis
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130
[email protected]
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