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Pitt Public Health partners on new rare disease treatment effort
A new $25 million investment from the Richard King Mellon Foundation is bringing together Pittsburgh’s leading research, clinical and technology institutions to accelerate the development of treatments for rare diseases — and Pitt Public Health researchers are playing an important role in the effort.
Pennsylvania tick season can hide a second dangerous infection
“There is some evidence that your symptoms will be more intense if you've got both of the infections,” said Danielle Tufts, assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, about co-infection with Lyme disease and Anaplasmosis, the state’s second-most common tick-borne illness. “You can get co-infected with them, but... if you get a treatment of doxycycline, it should take care of both.”
5 practices behind sustained organizational success
Rick Anderson (HPM '71) earned his MPH in healthcare administration from Pitt Public Health in 1971. He went on to become president and CEO of St. Luke’s University Health Network, where he has led the organization for 41 years, making him the longest-tenured healthcare executive in the U.S.