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10.9.26

New Article featuring Co-Director Lindsay Stark: How technology is reshaping violence — and what can be done about it

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10.5.26

New Book: Why Health? - What We Need to Think About When We Think About Health

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Lora Iannotti (left), Gabriela Vintimilla, MD, and Karen Ballardes, owner of Amazonic Gardens organic farm, fill bags with fresh vegetables, fruit, eggs and fish for expectant mothers at El Quinche Clinic. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/WashU)
10.1.26

Pregnancy nutrition trial in Ecuador improves fetal brain growth

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Violence is a major public health problem that leaves lasting physical, mental and emotional scars and individuals, families and communities. Bursky Public Health’s new Center on Violence and Health aims to advance the science of violence prevention and translate research into policies and interventions that improve health and save lives. (Credit: Getty Images)
9.18.26

PH&S Co-Director Stark's Center on Violence and Health unites prevention, intervention and policy research

Bursky Public Health
Nhial Tutlam’s early experiences of conflict, displacement and inequity motivate him to understand and find solutions for the challenges facing young people and families affected by conflict and poverty. (Photo credit: Zachary Linhares/Bursky Public Health)
9.16.26

A conversation with refugee health researcher Nhial Tutlam

Bursky Public Health
(Illustration: Monica Duwel)
9.14.26

Public Health & Society elective featured in WashU Magazine

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WIC benefits can be used only for approved foods that meet nutritional standards. (Photo: Shutterstock)
9.10.26

Assistance needed in Aisle 1: What Missouri WIC families face

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Jennifer Layden, MD, PhD, associate dean for practice and professor at Washington University in St. Louis’ Bursky School of Public Health
9.2.26

WashU Expert: How to navigate conflicting childhood vaccine guidance

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8.17.26

WashU Expert: Rural Missouri faces an overlooked HIV burden

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Mohammed Abba-Aji says the experience of leading a military medical team charged with providing care for a community of displaced people led him toward the field of public health. Now a physician and population health scientist, he uses complex systems science to study what drives health outcomes at the population level. (Photo: Zachary Linhares/WashU Bursky Public Health)
8.12.26

New article by Prof. Abba-Aji about natural disasters and mental health

PLOS Mental Health
This labor and delivery suite in Pujehun, Sierra Leone, reflects the limited resources common to many health facilities in low-resource settings, where outbreaks can further strain access to essential maternal care. (Photo: Jessica Parker)
8.10.26

WashU Experts: When fear becomes a public health risk

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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

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