How the pandemic inspired this Pitt student to pursue a career in public health
For Larisa Garza Chapa, a graduate degree is the first step to making meaningful changes in health equity.
4 ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health
As the world’s population approaches 8 billion people, reducing global health risks will require combating climate change, says Pitt Public Health Dean Maureen Lichtveld.
Pitt scientists discovered a key genetic step in melanoma’s race to live forever
The findings, published in Science, could change how oncologists understand and treat the cancer.
The School of Public Health named two new department chairs
Mary Hawk and Yan Ma will lead the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and the Department of Biostatistics, respectively.
Abdus Wahed received funding to develop SMART patient-centered clinical trial methods
The trials allow for more than one treatment to be given to a patient, or for treatment to change midway through.
Public Health alumna Mya Brady published a study examining visualizations of infection clusters
It’s her first, first-author publication.
4 health sciences faculty won the inaugural Ascending Stars Award
The honor supports highly productive and creative mid-career faculty with $25,000 in research support.
A summer academy for high schoolers aims to bring more students to public health
The Public Health Science Academy welcomed local students to Pitt to learn about the field and work on real-world projects.
Spousal caregivers with disabilities face a wide range of adversities
The first report from Pitt’s National Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Family Supports highlights the many challenges of caring for loved ones.
This Pitt researcher is using data to fight the opioid epidemic
Jeanine Buchanich’s work with the Pennsylvania Department of Health is pinpointing which public health interventions show the most benefit.