Book excerpt: Welcome to our Editor’s Pick collection for Public Health Education and Promotion, a specialty section within Frontiers in Public Health. In this collection, we showcase a selection of the most innovative and impactful articles in the section. These articles were selected by our Specialty Chief Editor, Professor Christiane Stock, of the Institute of Health and Nursing Science at Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin. This geographically diverse collection brings together critical research addressing a wide array of issues, from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic to the climate crisis. These articles represent the forefront of public health education and promotion scholarship, including effective educational approaches to improve vaccination rates, to continuously evolve public health curricula to address emerging global health challenges, and develop personalised, participatory and inclusive approaches for public health education and promotion. Our hope is for this collection to offer a roadmap for public health advancement through diverse, innovative strategies tailored to various cultural and regional contexts. We wish to spotlight exceptional work of our authors, foster readership through our open-access principles, and extend our gratitude to our Editorial Board for their dedication.