Public Health Ideas convenings are events that bring together renowned experts across disciplines to discuss the myriad challenges confronting population health and the field — and innovative, collaborative ways to effect positive change near and far.
This symposium will explore how listening is a core strategy for building trust, strengthening relationships with communities, and improving health outcomes.
The second Better Ways of Knowing convening examines what types of evidence are needed to influence policy decisions.
This symposium is the annual convening of the Food and Agriculture Research Mission research network. Details to come.
This symposium will convene leaders from academia, industry, medicine, public health, and policy to explore the evolving role of artificial intelligence in shaping the future of health and healthcare.
As geopolitical influence, funding, and governance models change, global health faces a pivotal moment: Long-standing institutions are under strain, new actors are reshaping priorities, and expectations for effectiveness and accountability are changing. This event focused on the need to foster innovative approaches for the betterment of population health globally.
The inaugural symposium for WashU Public Health's Global Health Futures research network brought together leading voices to consider the future for global health amid reduced commitments to health-related development assistance, as well as calls to reform or replace the institutions underpinning global health policy and coordination.
Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice and WashU Public Health held the St. Louis Public Health Annual Lectureship, a lecture series that celebrates National Public Health Week and the impact of public health on our nation’s well-being.
This convening brought together leading scholars, community advocates, and practitioners to explore critical intersections of race and public health.
National leaders in public health gathered for a panel discussion moderated by WashU Public Health Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH. They discussed the erosion of public health infrastructure funding and related support, and the consequences for preparedness, workforce stability, and the health of the population.
This panel discussion focused on how the Better Ways of Knowing initiative is rethinking how public health knowledge is generated, communicated, and translated into action.
This gathering explored 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.
This event explored 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.
This event brought 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.
This was a talk by epidemiologist and scientific communicator Katelyn Jetelina, MPH, PhD, who discussed her pioneering approach to public health communication, and her experience translating complex data for audiences online through her Substack platform, “Your Local Epidemiologist.”
This conversation explored how collaborations between business, public health, and advocacy can drive measurable impact regarding population mental health.
The inaugural conference brought together researchers, policymakers, and implementers from multiple disciplines and regions of the world to share health system research methods and findings to maximize impact on health.
This symposium brought together leading experts to explore how we can harness the potential of Al while safeguarding against bias and ensuring its benefits reach all communities.
The inaugural convening brought together leading voices from academia, government, civil society, and the private sector to engage in critical dialogue on transforming food systems to support human and planetary health
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