Sandro Galea is a physician, epidemiologist, and author, and currently serves as the Margaret C. Ryan Dean and the Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health at the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis.

Galea’s goal is to...take public health to the forefront of American discourse.”
— Barbara Moran

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Installation of Dean Sandro Galea

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, the inaugural dean of Washington University School of Public Health, is installed as the Margaret C. Ryan Dean of Public Health and the Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health. The ceremony was Jan. 30, 2025, in the Clark-Fox Forum at Hillman Hall on the university's Danforth Campus.

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Installation of Dean Sandro Galea

Ceremony at Hillman Hall, Jan. 30, 2025...

Assembly Series talk with Dean Sandro Galea

Graham Chapel, Jan. 29, 2025...

2024 Public Health Conference

WashU's Eric P. Newman Education Center...

CommonHealth Live!

With J. Stephen Morrison, episode 5...

How health is threatened by hate — TEDMED

On hate, injustice, trauma, and bias...


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