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These are the 2024 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring winners

Congratulations to Department of Epidemiology Professor Caterina Rosano on receiving the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring!

2 Pitt Public Health professors led a Collaborative Filmmaking study on grief

Vice Dean Jessica Burke and Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Sara Baumann led a study on parent bereavement journeys, which resulted in the film “Visualizing Loss.”

Early birds prepare for avian flu threat

Among those alarmed by a possible future pandemic risk was Simon Barratt-Boyes, professor of infectious diseases and microbiology.

Chasing a rare disease

Postdoc's personal experience drives research.

It's tougher for non-white Americans to get opioid addiction drug

“Access is substantially better in areas that are very white," said Coleman Drake, assistant professor of health policy and management. 

Caterina Rosano selected for 2024 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring

Professor of Epidemiology Caterina Rosano, MD, MPH, has been honored with the 2024 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring. This accolade is a testament to the University's commitment to fostering an environment where mentoring is held in the highest regard, recognizing individuals who exemplify outstanding guidance and support to doctoral students.

Monitors find high levels of toxic benzene near Clairton Coke Works

“Benzene is well known to be able to produce leukemia in people that have been exposed for a long period of time,” said Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health James Fabisiak. 

RAND scholar appointed Chair of Epidemiology at Pitt Public Health

Tamara Dubowitz, ScD, MS, MSc, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation in Pittsburgh, has been appointed professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, effective April 15.

Brazil has a dengue emergency, portending a health crisis for the Americas

“Right now you have serotypes circulating in Brazil that have not circulated in 20 years,” said Ernesto Marques, associate professor of infectious diseases and microbiology.

Mary Ganguli: How does it matter that Biden and Trump are aging? That we are?

"We really must stop conflating age and aging with disease and disability," said Professor of Epidemiology Mary Ganguli.

New EPA rule could rein in air pollution in Western Pennsylvania

“It appears that public health considerations outweighed the convenience of setting a higher, more easily achievable limit,” said Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health James Fabisiak.

Ohio derailment reveals gaps in public health response to chemical emergencies, experts say

To understand the health impact of a chemical event, responders need to act quickly, according to Dean Maureen Lichtveld. 

14 Pitt people earned Year of Discourse and Dialogue funding

Congratulations to Human Genetics Professor and Director of the Center for Bioethics & Health Law, Lisa Parker, on her Year of Discourse and Dialogue funding!

A Pitt summer program helps local high school students take center stage

Graduates of the school’s 2023 Public Health Science Academy will be presenting their study results at the 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

A monthlong summer program hosted at the School of Public Health to immerse high schoolers in the science of public health will introduce two Pittsburgh-area students to an even grander venue when they present their research at one of the foremost scientific meetings in behavioral medicine.

Many cancers are on the rise in the U.S., even as overall deaths fall

“It has been hard because the idea is that it has to do with early-age exposures, and now the world is very different than it was 40 years ago,” said Associate Professor of Human Genetics Brenda Diergaarde.