Sandro Galea, dean of the WashU School of Public Health, discussed a 5-step, evidence-based roadmap to reduce firearm harm. With 44% of St. Louisans naming gun violence as the top public health concern, Galea outlined how to move beyond politics and toward solutions.
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Evidence — not politics — is key to tackling gun violence, says WashU dean
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November 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Sandro Galea, dean of the WashU School of Public Health, discussed a 5-step, evidence-based roadmap to reduce firearm harm. With 44% of St. Louisans naming gun violence as the top public health concern, Galea outlined how to move beyond politics and toward solutions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tyR...
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Matt Kreuter and Rachel Garg @ WashU School of Public Health show how 211 helpline data captured an immediate, nationwide spike in food-pantry calls as the shutdown threatened SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans. theconversation.com/national-211...
National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters
As the government shutdown wore on in October, calls began surging, signaling that Americans are very concerned about paying their bills and feeding their families.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Matt Kreuter and Rachel Garg @ WashU School of Public Health show how 211 helpline data captured an immediate, nationwide spike in food-pantry calls as the shutdown threatened SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans. theconversation.com/national-211...
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▪️ Invest in communities
▪️Advance safer technology
▪️Expand the evidence base
Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean of WashU's School of Public Health, is among the co-authors of a groundbreaking report on building a safer, healthier world. https://bit.ly/3LmmStZ
▪️Advance safer technology
▪️Expand the evidence base
Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean of WashU's School of Public Health, is among the co-authors of a groundbreaking report on building a safer, healthier world. https://bit.ly/3LmmStZ
Toward a safer world by 2040
National experts — including WashU’s Sandro Galea — call for rethinking violence as a preventable public-health crisis and investing in community, technology and research to create lasting safety.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
▪️ Invest in communities
▪️Advance safer technology
▪️Expand the evidence base
Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean of WashU's School of Public Health, is among the co-authors of a groundbreaking report on building a safer, healthier world. https://bit.ly/3LmmStZ
▪️Advance safer technology
▪️Expand the evidence base
Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean of WashU's School of Public Health, is among the co-authors of a groundbreaking report on building a safer, healthier world. https://bit.ly/3LmmStZ
National experts — including Sandro Galea, dean of WashU School of Public Health — call for rethinking gun violence as a preventable public health crisis and investing in community, technology and research to create lasting safety. #publichealth #gunviolence source.washu.edu/2025/11/towa...
Toward a safer world by 2040
National experts — including WashU’s Sandro Galea — call for rethinking violence as a preventable public-health crisis and investing in community, technology and research to create lasting safety.
source.washu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
National experts — including Sandro Galea, dean of WashU School of Public Health — call for rethinking gun violence as a preventable public health crisis and investing in community, technology and research to create lasting safety. #publichealth #gunviolence source.washu.edu/2025/11/towa...
WashU School of Public Health is growing fast — with new faculty, staff, students and interdisciplinary initiatives in motion across 2 locations. source.washu.edu/2025/09/buil...
Building momentum: School of Public Health marks milestones
The School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis is rapidly expanding with new people, spaces and initiatives. In August, faculty and staff gathered to begin shaping the school’s stra...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
WashU School of Public Health is growing fast — with new faculty, staff, students and interdisciplinary initiatives in motion across 2 locations. source.washu.edu/2025/09/buil...
#WashU #publichealth researchers Lindsay Stark and Ilana Seff warn that vital survey systems are at risk of disappearing.
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WashU Expert: US cuts threaten global efforts to prevent violence against women, children
As U.S. public health funding falters, Washington University in St. Louis experts warn that vital global data systems protecting women and children from violence are in danger of disappearing.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#WashU #publichealth researchers Lindsay Stark and Ilana Seff warn that vital survey systems are at risk of disappearing.
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This story provides many ways to get involved with ongoing tornado relief: source.washu.edu/2025/05/wash...
WashU community answers call to help in north St. Louis
In the wake of the devastating May 16 tornado, several Washington University in St. Louis teams, as well as numerous individual employees and students, have answered the call to help through service a...
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May 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This story provides many ways to get involved with ongoing tornado relief: source.washu.edu/2025/05/wash...
WashU is launching Food and Agriculture Research Mission (FARM), an initiative that aims to address challenges in agricultural production, food distribution and access to nutritious foods by developing practical, scalable solutions for global impact. #publichealth #farming #foodsecurity
WashU launches FARM to drive food system transformation
Rooted in public health, Washington University in St. Louis’ new FARM initiative reimagines agriculture to improve nutrition, sustainability and food access for communities worldwide.
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February 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
WashU is launching Food and Agriculture Research Mission (FARM), an initiative that aims to address challenges in agricultural production, food distribution and access to nutritious foods by developing practical, scalable solutions for global impact. #publichealth #farming #foodsecurity
“I think we have to be careful not to over-invest in words that have become very difficult to have meaningful conversations about, and to take a step back and say, ‘What are we trying to achieve?’” said Sandro Galea, dean of #WashU #publichealth.
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C.D.C. Suggests Terms Like ‘Race’ and ‘Health Equity’ Are Off-Limits, Then Backtracks
President Trump’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are making life difficult for some public health officials, who view eliminating racial disparities as part of their mission.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“I think we have to be careful not to over-invest in words that have become very difficult to have meaningful conversations about, and to take a step back and say, ‘What are we trying to achieve?’” said Sandro Galea, dean of #WashU #publichealth.
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In a new ongoing Public Health Ideas series, WashU Dean Sandro Galea breaks down the importance of research papers with faculty in one-on-one video interviews. #publichealth schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/washu-public...
WashU Public Health Ideas with Ross Brownson - Public Health
As part of Public Health Ideas, a platform for the dean of WashU School of Public Health to share and discuss researchers' work, Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Ross Brownson, a professor at t...
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January 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In a new ongoing Public Health Ideas series, WashU Dean Sandro Galea breaks down the importance of research papers with faculty in one-on-one video interviews. #publichealth schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/washu-public...
The latest info on WashU's planned School of Public Health now can be found on its new transitional website, while a more comprehensive website is under development: schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu
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Welcome to WashU School of Public Health With the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, WashU is establishing its first new school in 100 years. More than a school, it will be...
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January 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The latest info on WashU's planned School of Public Health now can be found on its new transitional website, while a more comprehensive website is under development: schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu
Designing vaccines that will train a person’s own immune system to take out accumulations of amyloid beta and tau proteins. #dementia #Alzheimer's source.washu.edu/2024/12/gran...
Grant will fund development of vaccines to prevent dementia
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are looking to find new ways to design vaccines to protect against inflammation in the brain that causes dementia.
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December 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Designing vaccines that will train a person’s own immune system to take out accumulations of amyloid beta and tau proteins. #dementia #Alzheimer's source.washu.edu/2024/12/gran...
WashU research reveals that fructose promotes tumor growth in animal models by fueling lipid production in the liver, which feeds cancer cells. The study, published Dec. 4 in Nature, could pave the way for dietary and therapeutic strategies to fight #cancer. source.washu.edu/2024/12/rese....
Research reveals how fructose in diet enhances tumor growth
Fructose is a sweetener added to ultra-processed foods, typically in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. WashU research shows that the liver turns fructose into lipids that many types of cancers cra...
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December 4, 2024 at 4:22 PM
WashU research reveals that fructose promotes tumor growth in animal models by fueling lipid production in the liver, which feeds cancer cells. The study, published Dec. 4 in Nature, could pave the way for dietary and therapeutic strategies to fight #cancer. source.washu.edu/2024/12/rese....
Recruitment for inaugural faculty at WashU's planned School of Public Health is well underway. A faculty recruitment committee is reviewing applications. So far, 260 applications have been received, with about one-fifth being from inside WashU. #publichealth
December 4, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Recruitment for inaugural faculty at WashU's planned School of Public Health is well underway. A faculty recruitment committee is reviewing applications. So far, 260 applications have been received, with about one-fifth being from inside WashU. #publichealth
