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We aim to attract visionary students who will become future leaders and change agents in public health. We offer excellence in research, mentorship and practicum opportunities at a top-tier university.
A New Kind of School
Your future starts here
Public health is at a turning point. It needs leaders ready to rise to the challenge.
Come learn in the real world, guided by world-class faculty who know your name, at a moment when public health has to move faster and bring more people together to improve health for everyone, locally, nationally and globally.
A $200 million commitment to the future of public health
WashU has received a $200 million commitment to fortify the School of Public Health. The gift will boost faculty hiring, scholarships and research initiatives, while advancing a broader effort to rethink how public health is taught, studied and applied. The commitment is from the Bursky Family Foundation, established by Andrew M. Bursky, former chair of the WashU Board of Trustees, and his wife, Jane M. Bursky, both alumni and longtime supporters of the university. The school is now the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky School of Public Health.
Featured news
Digital violence is escalating — a new WashU center is investigating
Bursky Public Health's Lindsay Stark, Julia Fleckman and Ilana Seff spoke about the growing problem of digital violence
KMOX
October 22, 2026
When the next pandemic hits, whom should we trust?
A live podcast taping at WashU will challenge experts with differing perspectives to navigate a hypothetical pandemic as it unfolds
October 22, 2026
A St. Louis plant scientist discovers a trail first blazed by his grandma’s cooking
Traces the career of plant scientist Antonio Brazelton, PhD, now a postdoctoral fellow at Bursky Public Health's FARM
St. Louis Public Radio
October 16, 2026
New Bursky Scholars Program will offer 10 exceptional incoming MPH students robust financial, mentorship and networking support
Bursky Scholar candidates will need to demonstrate academic excellence, leadership experience, and a commitment to public health through work, study, or service
October 15, 2026
Upcoming events
Public Health People
Meet the faculty, staff, and students behind WashU Bursky Public Health.
A conversation with nutrition scientist Uriyoán Colón-Ramos
Colón-Ramos examines how policy and food environments interact to influence what people eat and how to effect lasting change
October 22, 2026
A conversation with health economist Zhang Zhang
Zhang works to promote healthy aging through better care and innovation
October 16, 2026
A conversation with environmental health historian Kristin Brig-Ortiz
Brig-Ortiz explores how public health knowledge is constructed with insights and knowledge from communities
WashU Arts & Sciences
August 28, 2026
A conversation with Amanda Gilbert, chronic diseases researcher
A one-time social worker, Gilbert transitioned from helping patients navigate serious illness to studying how to prevent it
October 1, 2026
A conversation with ecologist Jen Mandeville
From listening to farmers in Benin to training community researchers in Papua New Guinea to connecting planetary health scholars at WashU, Mandeville works to create a healthy planet for populations
September 25, 2026
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