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East Palestine train derailment fire

2 Pitt studies looking at health risks of chemicals spilled during East Palestine train derailment

Head researchers Juliane Beier and Dean Maureen Lichtveld said the two-year study started last year and have five community researchers on the ground in East Palestine.

Rachael Rush

Rachael Rush receives Postdoctoral Leadership Award

The University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association (UPPDA) has honored Rachael Rush, PhD, with the Postdoctoral Leadership Award in recognition of her outstanding service and leadership within the postdoctoral community.

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19 people were honored at Pitt’s Postdoctoral Research Symposium

Jacob Whitman, a postdoctoral associate in health policy and management, was recognized for one of the Best Poster Presentations and Rachael Rush, a postdoctoral associate in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, received the Postdoctoral Leadership Award.