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The Quality Evidence for Health System Transformation (QuEST) Network has launched the People's Voice Survey dashboard to track public attitudes about health systems across 23 countries. (Credit: Getty Images and Emily Sabens May/Bursky Public Health)
7.27.26

Global public attitudes about health systems on display in new interactive dashboard

Bursky Public Health
Vehicle traffic is a major source of nitrogen dioxide, the air pollutant most strongly associated with persistent depressive symptoms during pregnancy, according to a recent study. (Photo: Shutterstock)
7.10.26

Early-pregnancy air pollution exposure linked to persistent depressive symptoms

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People who attended preschool have better cognitive function at age 50 than those who did not, according to a study by researchers at Bursky School of Public Health and the University of California, San Francisco. The benefit was greatest for Black and Hispanic men and people from marginalized backgrounds. (Photo: Getty Images)
7.7.26

Early-childhood education linked to better brain function in midlife

Bursky Public Health
Tyler Cargill (right), a recent PhD graduate of WashU McKelvey Engineering, looks over air monitoring equipment on a roof in south St. Louis with his adviser, Jay Turner, the James McKelvey Professor of Engineering Education. Turner’s lab will collaborate with the city to do similar air monitoring as tornado cleanup continues. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/WashU)
7.2.26

WashU partners with St. Louis to expand CLEAN STL tornado recovery project

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As North America hosts the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is highlighting the importance of global disease surveillance and rapid outbreak response. (Photo: Shutterstock)
6.26.26

WashU Expert: Ebola and public health preparedness during the World Cup

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Innovations in engineering address clean water and air, sanitation and waste management systems and harmful pollution in many parts of the world, while outreach work continues to implement solutions worldwide, all through partnerships between engineers and those who work in public health. Image: iStock
6.24.26

Engineering public health

McKelvey School of Engineering
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6.19.26

Health-related ballot measures more likely to pass

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WashU researchers led a population-based study of thousands of college students showing that a phone app with text coaching increased access to care and eased symptoms of depression, anxiety and eating disorders. (Photo: Shutterstock)
5.22.26

Study finds digital therapy app improves student mental health

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The WashU Danforth Campus at dawn. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/WashU)
5.14.26

WashU receives $200M commitment for public health

The Source
A global study of more than 32,000 adults in 18 countries finds that people with poor mental health experience more unmet needs and lower confidence in care. (Photo: Getty Images)
5.6.26

People with poor mental health report worse care worldwide

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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

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