![Beth Hoffman](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/Hoffman%2C%20Beth.jpg?itok=BEZBg2OX)
July 12, 2024
Class explores how media impacts perceptions of health issues
“For better or worse, media is such a large part of our lives,” notes Beth Hoffman, assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences who started a new class this spring, “Entertainment Media and Health.” The challenge is to harness it for good, she says.![East Palestine train derailment fire](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/vlcsnap-2024-07-10-21h32m34s098-668f3642e96cb.jpg?itok=bnZu0Mcn)
July 11, 2024
Pitt toxicologist: Based on EPA sampling, 'a source of vinyl chloride' could remain in East Palestine
"If it's still turning up, that tells me that there is a reservoir or a source of vinyl chloride that remains in the community," said Dr. James Fabisiak, associate professor of environmental and occupational health.![Alexander Sundermann](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/3BcvGOwK_400x400.jpg?itok=SnTTAkEd)
July 10, 2024
Dr. Alexander Sundermann joins Next Gen Diagnostics as its Director of Infection Prevention Services
Next Gen Diagnostics announces that Alexander Sundermann, assistant professor of epidemiology, has joined NGD as its Director of Infection Prevention Services.![Julie Bonnett, Photo Credit: Ashley Hoffman](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/ag-perimenopause0707-1720060526.jpg?itok=W87ThEXj)
July 8, 2024
When it comes to menopause, 'it's not all in your head,' and Pittsburgh-based research is proving it
Samar El Khoudary, a professor of epidemiology, researches cardiovascular disease in midlife women, and how menopause may contribute.![Plastic water bottles. Photo Credit: Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/GettyImages-1273261955-1-scaled-578x324-c-default.jpg?itok=NSjYoWYk)
July 3, 2024
Plastics are everywhere and pose a real threat to our health
Jennifer Adibi, assistant professor of epidemiology said, “So, these chemicals are not bound within the product to something that would make it inert or unable to move out of the product.”![Mary Tranchine and Kim Beringer (second row, first and second from the left, respectively.)](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/40%20years.jpg?itok=55u3RyhL)
July 1, 2024
After 40 years, these Pitt employees have seen plenty of change
Congratulations to Department of Epidemiology's Kim Beringer and Mary Tranchine for 40 years at the University of Pittsburgh!![Older women walking. Photo credit: Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/FINAL_14.jpg?itok=XFz3douz)
June 28, 2024
Older women's health is woefully understudied
Jane Cauley, a distinguished professor of epidemiology , wants more data about the condition among older Black, Asian and Hispanic women, who are undertreated. She also wants better drugs with fewer side effects.![Photo credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/66703dade8477.image_.jpg?itok=GfjH-Hq3)
June 24, 2024
Record-breaking rise in deadly infections in Japan renews focus on the mysteries of strep
“When a patient comes in with group A strep in the blood, unless they have a wound, you often don’t know how it got into the body,” said Lee Harrison, professor of epidemiology and infectious diseases and microbiology.![(LEFT TO RIGHT) TINA NDOH, SALLY WENZEL, TIFFANY GARY-WEBB, JEANINE BUCHANICH, AND DARA MENDEZ,](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/ABC_1053.jpg?itok=bQgbHijm)
June 21, 2024
Advocates listen and learn, celebrate and plan at first Environmental Justice Summit
May 9-11 was Pittsburgh’s first Environmental Justice Summit with the theme Reflections, Connections, and Collaborative Action.![Pitt Public Health Building](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/GSPHbuilding_1.jpg?itok=flV7rvqi)
June 18, 2024
Pitt Public Health reaccredited for another seven years
Pitt Public Health was reaccredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for an additional period of seven years.![Photo credit: Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/20201022arTrailsNorthShore02-1718399247.jpg?itok=ukxI-Utu)
June 17, 2024
'Every one of us is at risk': How to protect against the health risks that accompany extreme heat
“Every one of us is at risk,” said Dean Maureen Lichtveld.![Attendees of the EJ Summit](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/ABC_1058.jpg?itok=yANFH8rS)
June 17, 2024
Finding affinity and joy in environmental justice work
Ndoh and Wilson met in January to begin planning the “Environmental Justice Summit: Reflections, Connections, and Collaborative Action,” which was held May 9-11 at Pitt’s Community Engagement Centers in Homewood and the Hill District, as well as additional locations in Hazelwood and Clairton.![Lindsay Sabik, associate professor of health policy and management](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/Sabik%2C%20Lindsay%20M.jpg?itok=Nw1B23XU)
June 11, 2024
Learning to “aim high” within male-dominated fields in public health
During a Breaking Barriers: Women in Oncology discussion, Lindsay Sabik, associate professor of health policy and management discussed her research on disparities in the health care system, learning to navigate the field as a woman and mother and advice she would give to women just beginning to work in her field.![Photo credit: Arden S. Barnes / The Washington Post via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/FINAl.jpg?itok=4514zqH7)
June 10, 2024
Climate change is deadly. Exactly how deadly? Depends who's counting
"We went from the federal government saying 89 [people died] to another academic institution saying 2,000 and yet another saying 5,000," says Dean Maureen Lichtveld.![Members of the Pitt Staff Council](/sites/default/files/styles/lan/public/news-img/Staff%20Council.jpg?itok=RNT1njMw)
June 4, 2024