WashU Public Health Ideas with Patrick Aguilar

Hayley Damboise

December 8, 2025

Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Patrick Aguilar, MD, MBA, managing director of health and a professor of practice of organizational behavior at WashU Olin Business School, with a secondary appointment at WashU School of Public Health. They discussed the topic of using better business practices to improve health outcomes.

https://youtu.be/8r6o69gbrzU?si=BtB0jz4DMZ7mHbk9

As part of Public Health Ideas, a platform for the dean of WashU School of Public Health to share and discuss work in public health, Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Patrick Aguilar, MD, MBA, managing director of health and a professor of practice of organizational behavior at WashU Olin Business School, with a secondary appointment at WashU School of Public Health. They discussed the topic of using better business practices to improve health outcomes.

See here to learn more about Patrick Aguilar: https://olin.washu.edu/faculty/patric...

Video produced by Zachary Linhares/WashU School of Public Health

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