Bursky Public Health’s Summer Experience Program offers undergrads, MPH students hands-on experience with diverse aspects of public health research, practice
September 11, 2026
Bursky Public Health-led center draws on universitywide expertise to address major public health challenge
September 11, 2026
Findings underscore need to boost trust to improve public health outcomes
September 11, 2026
Faculty Scholars program aims to accelerate the translation of ideas into solutions
September 4, 2026
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children — better known as WIC — reaches about 40% of U.S. families. But receiving WIC benefits does not always mean families can easily use them. WashU researchers are examining the obstacles that can stand between WIC benefits and the food families bring home.
The Source
September 3, 2026
Read the latest issue of The Moment, WashU Bursky Public Health's weekly newsletter, detailing the latest updates about our people, research, events, and how we are advancing public health at WashU and beyond.
October 11, 2026
Behavioral disability rights, primary care convening, digital violence
October 4, 2026
Food systems and rural health, mycobacteria initiative, family resilience
September 29, 2026
Fetal brain growth, leading with listening, planetary health expert
Read media coverage of WashU Bursky Public Health's people, research and other news.
CBS News
October 8, 2026
Quotes Bursky Public Health Dean Sandro Galea, who chaired a national report on social media and kids’ mental health.
New York Times
October 7, 2026
Bursky Public Health Dean Sandro Galea comments on the public health response to the ongoing measles outbreak.
USA Today
October 6, 2026
Quotes fall expert Susy Stark, a professor at Bursky Public Health.
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.
June 5, 2026
WashU Medicine's Jeffrey I. Gordon, a Bursky Public Health secondary faculty member, has received the Gabbay Award from Brandeis University in recognition of his contributions to the field of gut microbiome research.
WashU Medicine
June 28, 2026
Endowment to fund career-development award, professorship and dean’s fund named for Larry J. Shapiro
June 14, 2026
May 5, 2026
Bunn presented, “Evidence-Based Interventions and Systems Strengthening to Improve Mental Health for Forcibly Displaced Families and Communities.”
April 29, 2026
Lewis presented, “Reassessing the performance of primary care: Care delivery, user experience, and what populations can tell us.”
April 22, 2026
Trani presented, “Empowering communities to foster sustainable development goals: Case studies from Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
April 21, 2026
Zhang presented, “Digital Health Integration and Insurance Policy: Advancing Chronic Conditions Prevention and Management for Healthy Aging.”
April 15, 2026
Williams presented, “Maternal care in context: Integrating epidemiology, health systems and community contexts to understand perinatal inequities.”
April 11, 2026
PhD candidate prioritizes health equity and social justice when building community resilience
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