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4.27.26

New funding expands Brown School–linked suicide prevention initiative in Missouri schools

Brown School
Salma Abdalla and Liz Chiarello
4.21.26

2026 Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows: Abdalla (Public Health) and Chiarello (Sociology)

Office of Public Scholarship
WashU Public Health's Global Health Futures research network aims to re-envision the field of global health and emphasize closing health gaps, translating global knowledge to local contexts, and strengthening international partnerships. (Photo credit: Zachary Linhares/WashU Public Health)
4.13.26

Global Health Futures research network aims to re-envision global health

School of Public Health
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4.6.26

What gives you hope?

School of Public Health
A young adult sits alone at home. New research from WashU School of Public Health explores how social connection relates to depression and anxiety. (Photo: Shutterstock)
3.23.26

Nearly half of young adults report loneliness in eight-country study

The Source
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3.18.26

Built to meet the moment

The Source
A new study by researchers at WashU School of Public Health shows that falls are tightly linked to Alzheimer's disease. Older adults with a history of falls experienced significantly faster cognitive decline than those with no such history. (Credit: Getty Images)
3.12.26

Falls signal faster cognitive decline in older adults

School of Public Health
Two-thirds of Americans are very worried about being able to pay for their health care. Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images
2.23.26

Why is US health care still the most expensive in the world after decades of cost-cutting initiatives?

The Conversation
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2.17.26

A conversation with medical decision-making expert Mary Politi

School of Public Health
Afghan primary school students who received a school-based intervention to teach life skills such as self-regulation and problem solving did better academically and showed fewer signs of mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. (Photo: Norwegian Afghanistan Committee)
2.16.26

School-based psychosocial program enhances children’s well-being amid crisis

School of Public Health
pawns from a game with lines connecting them
2.9.26

Closing the research-practice gap

The Source
As Americans live longer, responsibility for long-term care increasingly falls to families. (Photo: Shutterstock)
2.2.26

Caregiving burdens, medical debt are reshaping health in the US

The Source

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