November 17, 2023
Pitt Public Health honors alumni at awards ceremony
The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health recognized nine alumni for their outstanding service to the field of public health at an awards ceremony.
November 8, 2023
School spotlight
Experts gather at Pitt Public Health to tackle health equity and disparities.
November 7, 2023
Wars can cause infectious disease outbreaks, posing potential threat to Northeast Ohio
Lawrence Kingsley, emeritus professor of infectious diseases and microbiology, said: “Globally, the leading cause of death is infectious diseases."
November 2, 2023
Pitt is part of a national effort to advance long COVID treatments
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Howard Degenholtz, will lead the evaluation component of the project, monitoring patient outcomes as well as the success of its overall implementation.
November 2, 2023
Chi-Chi's mixed legacy: Hepatitis A outbreak of 2003 left a trail of misery —and also helped to change America’s approach to food safety
“That has totally changed the epidemiology,” said Professor of Epidemiology, Lee Harrison. “If you look at the recommendation that was made in 2006, they actually cite this and other outbreaks. Just focusing on those who were high risk was not very effective.”
November 1, 2023
SURGE scholar wins poster prize for public health research in CDC showcase
Vanek was placed with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (GPCFB). Each day, they hopped on a bus and commuted 50 minutes one-way to Duquesne outside Pittsburgh.
October 31, 2023
Interactive data story capturing the impact of the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Project
The evaluation team at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity is proud to have been a leader in building this collaboration in the Pittsburgh region.
October 30, 2023
Dean Lichtveld discusses COVID-19 & climate change on KDKA Radio
Dean Lichtveld joined KDKA radio's new show “In Conversation with Natalie Bencivenga,” to talk about COVID and climate justice.
October 30, 2023
Japanese longevity is seen in Blue Zones — and on a Mt. Lebanon bocce court
It’s that cultural pattern, started early in life and represented to younger generations, that catches the attention of Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Andrea Rosso.
October 30, 2023
Lasting impressions at the Salk Legacy Exhibit
For Katherine Phillips, a visit to the Jonas Salk Legacy Exhibit at the University of Pittsburgh had personal resonance. Phillips contracted polio when she was 2, and three of her siblings had it, too.
October 26, 2023
New approach assesses frailty in older adults on a continuum
“By determining where patients fall on the continuum of frailty to vigor, we hope to better predict their resilience to stress, such as recovery from surgery," said Professor of Epidemiology Anne Newman.
October 24, 2023
Committee looking at health impacts of East Palestine train derailment for future research
A new committee on the East Palestine train derailment is gathering information on the physical and mental health impacts to improve research efforts. "It is critically important that we don't look at and consider the train derailment as something in the past, it's over," said Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, dean of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health, who is a member of the committee put together by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
October 23, 2023
Allegheny County's school-age immunization report shows a downward trend that worries vaccine experts
Vaccination rates are going down, and they don’t have to go down much further for things to be problematic,” said Mark Roberts professor of health policy and management.
October 19, 2023
How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
"I think it's way past the time that we were doing something about gas stoves," says Bernard Goldstein, professor emeritus of environmental and occupational health.
October 19, 2023
11 Pitt researchers earned support from the Competitive Medical Research Fund
Peng Gao, assistant professor of environmental and occupational health, is a 2024 award recipient.