Building WashU’s first new school in 100 years—the School of Public Health—presents an opportunity to design a truly transdisciplinary, collaborative, innovative, data-driven, and digitally supported model for research and education equipped to meet 21st century and future challenges. 

WashU has a plan. Preview what’s ahead in public health. The next era in public health begins HERE.

Meet Sandro Galea, the inaugural dean at WashU’s School of Public Health.
Why health? New directions for population health science and the foundations of a new school of public health was presented by Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, MPH, Margaret C. Ryan Dean Designate of the planned WashU School of Public Health at the 2024 Public Health at WashU Annual Conference on October 22, 2024 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the WashU Medical Campus. In his talk, Dean Designate Galea offers a preliminary look at his vision for building on WashU’s existing public health strengths and expanding its commitment to the field by shaping WashU’s first new school in 100 years.

The conference focused on The Next Era of Public Health: Equity-informed approaches to innovative technologies & workforce development and took place over two days, October 21 & 22, 2024.

WashU has a plan. Preview what’s ahead in public health. The next era in public health begins HERE.

The next era in public health begins here

Learn about WashU’s vision to establish a School of Public Health and its creation of a robust undergraduate Public Health & Society program in Arts & Sciences.