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.
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.
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.”
July 2, 2024
Department of Epidemiology welcomes two new faculty
The Department of Epidemiology is pleased to announce the faculty appointments of Seyoung Kim, PhD, as visiting associate professor and Alexander J. Sundermann, DrPH, MPH, as visiting assistant professor.
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!
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.
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.
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.
June 4, 2024
Alum Kruthika Doreswamy (EPI '22) receives Fulbright
Kruthika Doreswamy (EPI '22) is one of 13 Pitt students and alumni to be named award recipients by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
May 13, 2024
Dara Méndez and Amy Hartman selected as Health Sciences Ascending Star Awardees
Congratulations to Dara Méndez, associate director of the center for health equity and associate professor of epidemiology and Amy Hartman, associate professor of infectious diseases and microbiology, on receiving 2024 Ascending Star Awards.
May 7, 2024
Staff Spotlight: The Many Faces of Nicole Leckenby
There is more than one Nicole Leckenby.
One of them is on staff in the School of Public Health, where she is a post-award grants administrator for the Department of Epidemiology. Another is vice president of the Pleasant Hills Borough Council. Another is “soccer mom” to sons Liam and Colin, and wife to husband Brian, an information technology professional. Then there’s the one who writes children’s books.
May 6, 2024
2024 Postdoctoral Research Symposium award winners
Congratulations to Department of Epidemiology PhD students Andrea Kozai and Benjamin Warner on winning the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 17th annual University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Research Symposium!
May 3, 2024
Grant funds study of inflammation’s effect on heart, brain health
Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, former professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, is coprincipal investigator on a $1.2 million, four-year study being funded by the American Heart Association.
April 22, 2024
Africa intensifies battle against mpox as ‘alarming’ outbreaks continue
The global outbreak helped bring new attention to mpox and led to a boom in research, Jean Nachega associate professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology and Epidemiology says, but almost all of it came in Europe and North America.
April 16, 2024