Sandro Galea

Sandro Galea (born April 24, 1971) is a physician, epidemiologist, and author. He is the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean at the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis.

Prior to joining Washington University in St. Louis, Galeo was dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, and the chair and Gelman Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University.

He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and has received awards for his research, including the Michael J McGinnis Award from the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science, the Wade Hampton Frost and the Rema Lapouse Awards from the American Public Health Association, and the Robert S Laufer Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress. Galea is most known for his research on social and psychiatric epidemiology. His work has focused on the social causes of health, mental health, and trauma. His peer-reviewed academic articles include publications in JAMA, the New England Journal of Medicine, and The Lancet. He has also edited and authored books including Well: What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Health, The Contagion Next Time, and Healthier: Fifty Thoughts on the Foundations of Population Health. In 2025, he became editor of JAMA Health Forum, a health policy journal.