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Two PHSA students receive the Justin Reid Ehrenwerth Emerging Scholar Award

Pitt Public Health established a new award, funded through the Jewish Healthcare Foundation

The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health is using a $15,000 grant through the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to establish the Justin Reid Ehrenwerth Emerging Scholar Award. The award will go to high school students from under-resourced schools in the Pittsburgh area, allowing them to attend the school's Public Health Science Academy.

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Donors study alongside students

The Fosters, longtime fixtures in Pittsburgh business and philanthropy, joined the 2025 class for “Public Health Threats in Suriname: From Ecosystem to Human Health,” meeting with public health and other government officials and observing ecological and economic threats to the country on the northeast coast of South America.

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Pitt researchers discover distinct Alzheimer’s pathways in Down Syndrome

By analyzing genetic samples collected by the Alzheimer’s Biomarker Consortium–Down Syndrome, a team of researchers led by Ilyas Kamboh, a professor of human genetics and epidemiology at Pitt’s School of Public Health, discovered several distinct gene regions associated with adverse levels of amyloid and clumping-prone tau in the blood.

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