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Actor Noah Wyle at the School of Public Health

5 of the top Yinzer-approved moments from HBO Max hit ‘The Pitt’

HBO Max recently renewed its breakout hit “The Pitt” for a second season. Based in Pittsburgh and led by veteran actor Noah Wyle (who recently visited Pitt’s School of Public Health), the drama follows the emergency department staff of a city hospital through a particularly harrowing shift.

Suresh Kuchipudi, PhD, MVSc, MBA

Kuchipudi receives Fulbright Specialist award

School of Public Health researcher Suresh Kuchipudi, PhD, MVSc, MBA, will lead a One Health-based research and education program at the Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this September.

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‘The disease list goes on and on’: The health risks posed by rats, and how to keep them at bay

In addition to the destruction and nuisance they can cause, rats have long posed serious health risks to humans, explained Suresh Kuchipudi, a professor and chair of infectious diseases and microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health.