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Mary Hawk, chair the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, describes the stigma addicts face as an obstacle to seeking treatment, even when it’s offered. 

Stop the Stigma: How This Pittsburgh Woman Came to Devote Her Life to Fighting the Addiction Narrative

Mary Hawk, chair the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, describes the stigma addicts face as an obstacle to seeking treatment, even when it’s offered. 

The Whale

'The Whale,' Pitt Researchers to Study Fat Representation in Film, TV

Beth Hoffman, postdoctoral associate, said the research team is limiting the analysis to medical dramas to develop a baseline and target a specific sample.

Richard Garland

Tony Norman: Richard Garland’s prison to personal responsibility pipeline

“MOVE is the reason I’m who I am today,” Garland says.