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Anne Newman

Grant funds study of inflammation’s effect on heart, brain health

Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, former professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, is coprincipal investigator on a $1.2 million, four-year study being funded by the American Heart Association.

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Virus gone wild: Which wild animals carry the COVID-19 virus? An ambitious U.S. project aims to find out

Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Chair Suresh Kuchipudi, and others aim to collect and analyze more than 24,000 samples from 58 wildlife species over the next 2 years.

SPH Graduation 2024

Pitt Public Health’s 2024 graduation ceremony celebrates both undergraduate and graduate students

In an historic first, the 2024 Pitt Public Health graduation ceremony included nine graduates from the school’s Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) degree program, along with more than 240 master’s and doctoral-level graduates.