November 1, 2026

Implications of the election for health policy and public health will be discussed at Bursky Public Health convening on November 17.

Four-day event includes Champion Conversations, book signings, research presentations and a happy hour.

Breton studies how environmental exposures affect human health, particularly during pregnancy and childhood.

Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, gave a presentation titled “Food, Nutrition, and Population Health” on October 26.

Bursky Public Health's Kate Barbier, MPH, MSW, the director of student applied practice, spoke about the school's practicum program on October 28. She was joined by Bridget McDermott-Flood, the executive director of the Incarnate Word Foundation, and MPH students Benny Dana and Prince Boateng.

Amanda Gilbert, PhD, a T1 postdoctoral fellow at Bursky Public Health, gave a talk on, “Building Scalable Approaches to Chronic Disease Prevention Through Implementation Science and Digital Innovation” on October 30.

This week, we will have three Talking Public Health seminars.

On Wednesday, November 4, Liz Yanik, PhD, ScM, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at WashU Medicine and a Bursky Public Health secondary faculty member, will speak on “Leveraging Biobank Data to Investigate Genetic and Non-Genetic Determinants of Musculoskeletal Disease.” The presentation will be at noon CT in Room 276 of the Danforth University Center (DUC). Register to attend Yanik's talk in person or to get the Zoom link.

On Thursday, November 5, Anaise Williams, PhD, the Mary M. McKay Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ryan Institute for Interdisciplinary Health Solutions at Bursky Public Health, will give a presentation titled, “Use of Violence in Sexual and Romantic Relations: Interdisciplinary Solutions.” The seminar will be at noon CT in Room 234 of the Danforth University Center (DUC). Register to attend Williams' talk in person or to get the Zoom link.

On Friday, November 6, Erika Garcia, PhD, MPH, an associate professor of population and public health sciences at the University of Southern California, will give a talk on “Climate Change and Health Research: Informing Adaptation and Mitigation Efforts” at noon CT in the Havana Room at 4240 Duncan Ave. Register to attend Garcia's seminar in person or to get the Zoom link.

Supporting global health is compatible with an America First strategy, write Bursky Public Health's Salma Abdalla and Joshua Bogus, and co-authors. (Source: Think Global Health)

Content warning: This story contains references to sexual and psychiatric abuse.

Psychiatric care quality expert Morgan Shields, an assistant professor at Bursky Public Health, speaks about her personal experiences with inpatient psychiatric care and why psychiatric hospitals so often fail to deliver the quality of care that patients need and deserve. (Source: Brain Stories Connections)

Rates of early-onset cancer — defined as cases diagnosed in those younger than age 50 — have been rising in the U.S., but few report having heard about it. Those under 50 are especially unlikely to have heard about it.

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.

Dean Galea's latest Healthiest Goldfish blog was co-written with Salma Abdalla, an associate professor at Bursky Public Health. Titled, "A Purple Public Health: When everything becomes a public health crisis," the post discusses the problem of scope creep and the discipline of holding two truths at once.