Community Garden Health Research
WashU researchers in biology, public health, and environmental engineering are studying the health benefits of community garden participation. This research aims to strengthen community partnerships and position WashU as a university recognized for expertise in community garden research.
Steensma installed as E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Professor
Joseph T. Steensma, a professor of practice in the School of Public Health, has been installed as the inaugural E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
Four named senior members of National Academy of Inventors
Four researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Ignite Interdisciplinary Grant awardees announced
WashU’s Fall 2025 Ignite Interdisciplinary Grants were awarded to researchers with projects on pressing public health problems
WashU’s FARM hosts visit by international food and ag experts
Visit part of effort to strengthen collaboration among Latin America, US, UK
SPHERE convening addresses how environmental change shapes disease risk
The first annual convening of WashU Public Health’s Solutions through Planetary Health Research (SPHERE) network explored how infectious disease risk is changing as the environment changes, and why coordinated, multisectoral collaborations are essential to respond effectively.
WashU to support UN’s ‘Life on Land’ sustainable development goal
Washington University in St. Louis has been appointed to a United Nations (U.N.) group dedicated to protecting life on land.
WashU Public Health launches research network to solve urgent health, environmental challenges
The School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis has launched a new research network — Solutions through Planetary Health Research (SPHERE) — to integrate public health and environmental research with the goal to improve the interconnected health of people and the planet.
WashU students challenge Missouri air pollution findings
Two students from Washington University in St. Louis’ Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic (IEC) recently took aim at the state’s arguments about who bears responsibility for harmful air pollution in the St. Louis region.
Drilling deep to study the oxygenation of Earth
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Some 2.3 to 2.4 billion years ago, Earth underwent a monumental transformation that forever altered the planet’s course. Cyanobacteria evolved a new kind of photosynthesis that unleashed tremendous amounts of oxygen into the oceans and atmosphere, setting the stage for life as we know it.