WashU Public Health Ideas with Amy McQueen

Hayley Damboise

December 1, 2025

Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Amy McQueen, PhD, a professor at WashU School of Public Health who studies health behavior. She is also co-director of the School of Public Health’s Health Communication Research Laboratory. She and the dean discussed health behavior and shaping better approaches to health communication.

https://youtu.be/X9bKnGautOU?si=EMuhVs-sxDX8d6B-

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 Amy McQueen, PhD, a professor at WashU School of Public Health who studies health behavior. She is also co-director of the School of Public Health’s Health Communication Research Laboratory. She and the dean discussed health behavior and shaping better approaches to health communication.

Video produced by Zachary Linhares/WashU School of Public Health.

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