WashU research funding exceeds $1 billion for first time

For the first time, annual research funding to Washington University in St. Louis has surpassed $1 billion. External funding supports WashU investigators tackling big challenges from Alzheimer’s disease to air pollution to childhood depression. Research funding also ripples across the economy, sparking job growth, new construction and local spending, said Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. “There […]

Galea named editor of JAMA Health Forum

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, dean designate of the planned School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named editor in chief of JAMA Health Forum, effective Jan. 1. Also that month, Galea will take the helm as the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean and the Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor […]

Universitywide effort aims to bring WashU to the world

As a new academic year begins, Washington University in St. Louis is unveiling a new visual identity and an enhanced effort to communicate its important contributions in the areas of education, research and patient care to key internal and external audiences. The update includes a new university logo and website and the official adoption of […]

Seeking environments that ‘generate health’

“As time passes, we understand more and more that health is much more about the world around us than it is about medicine,” says epidemiologist and sought-after speaker Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, in the 2023 TEDMED Conversation “Creating a healthier future for all.” Galea stresses during the discussion that health is made by many conditions: […]

‘Why public health at WashU?’

Next January, Sandro Galea, MD, DrPh, will become the Margaret C. Ryan Dean for the planned School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis. During a June 7 welcome reception, he talked about building a world-class school and shaping a healthier world. Galea also will serve as the Eugene S. and Constance D. Kahn Distinguished […]

Drake appointed inaugural St. Louis Confluence Collaborative faculty director

Bettina Drake, PhD, professor of surgery in public health sciences at the School of Medicine, will be the inaugural faculty director of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice, Washington University in St. Louis Provost Beverly Wendland announced May 31. The new role takes effect July 1. The collaborative, identified as […]

Galea appointed inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of planned WashU School of Public Health

Washington University in St. Louis announced today that Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, one of the world’s most influential public health leaders, will become the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the university’s planned School of Public Health, effective Jan. 1. In this critical leadership role, Galea will help shape and launch WashU’s first new school […]