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8.5.26

Student Ambassadors Help Tell the Story of Public Health & Society

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7.31.26

WashU Expert: Why students need to take charge of their healthcare in college

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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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6.29.26

EA Quinn: Promoting Public Health Leadership and Research

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
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 postdoctoral researcher 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)
6.22.26

A conversation with population health scientist Mohammed Abba-Aji

Bursky Public Health
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6.19.26

Health-related ballot measures more likely to pass

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Mia Kouveliotes, AB ‘26, speaks at the 2026 College of Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony, May 14. As a student ambassador for the Public Health & Society program in Arts & Sciences, Kouveliotes helped shape curricular pathways and communicate its mission to prospective students. (Photo: Sean Garcia/WashU)
6.16.26

A new generation of public health students

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