November 4, 2024
Grappling with stress over the election? Here's how to address it.
Beth Hoffman, assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences, teaches her students that getting involved and meeting other volunteers can provide a sense of community that can improve mental health.
October 24, 2024
Introducing the 2024-2025 Health Justice Scholars
Pitt’s Center for Health Equity welcomes a new cohort to the Health Justice Scholars Program.
October 23, 2024
Current tobacco use trends in Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Kar-Hai-Chu join Fox 8 (Johnstown) to talk about some vaping and smoking issues in Pennsylvania.
October 21, 2024
Election and truth: Health misinformation in 2024
Part of media literacy, said BCHS's Beth Hoffman, is knowing when to unplug. She makes time every day to go outside, even just for a short walk. She also sets limits on consuming online media, which can be done easily with phone timers or restrictions within a specific social media app.
August 23, 2024
New funding to empower youth in Madagascar through comprehensive sexuality education
Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Professor Jessica Burke, PhD, MHS, and Assistant Professor Sara Baumann, PhD, MPH, have received $400,000 in funding from the Spencer Foundation.
August 9, 2024
Doctor's work in Nigeria supported by Monroeville Rotary
“I knew I had to give back, to do something,” said Abi Fapohunda, assistant professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences.
July 30, 2024
Learning by doing
Students thrive at Pittsburgh Summer Institute.
July 22, 2024
Amid TikTokers erroneously linking sunscreen to cancer, here’s what dermatologists want you to know
“This doesn’t mean all sunscreen is harmful or that all science in this field is discredited,” said Beth Hoffman, assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences.
July 16, 2024
Parks Township nuclear waste cleanup faces awareness gap
Preliminary results from a survey sent out by Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences master’s degree candidate Ariana Scott suggest a startling lack of awareness, with a majority of respondents indicating they aren’t attending community information meetings.
July 12, 2024
Class explores how media impacts perceptions of health issues
“For better or worse, media is such a large part of our lives,” notes Beth Hoffman, assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences who started a new class this spring, “Entertainment Media and Health.” The challenge is to harness it for good, she says.
May 17, 2024
Media project gives families outlet to help process grief of losing a child
Vice Dean Jessica Burke and Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Sara Baumann developed the collaborative filmmaking model as a research tool to let people tell their own stories.
April 23, 2024
Center for Global Health-sponsored team takes second at Global Health Case Competition
A team of six University of Pittsburgh juniors placed second in Emory University’s 2024 Emory Morningside Case Competition held March 21-23. The team was sponsored by the Global Studies Center and the School of Public Health’s Center for Global Health, headed by Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Assistant Professor Cynthia L Salter, PhD.
April 22, 2024
ART Heals Pittsburgh showcases the role of community art in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Through the collaboration of professors Sara Baumann and Jessica Burke, ART Heals Pittsburgh showcases 27 artists from the greater Pittsburgh region.
April 17, 2024
Comprehensive sexuality education benefits youths, schools and communities
The team led by Dr. Sara Baumann, assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, examined the effects of a unique program working with school communities in rural Madagascar.
April 2, 2024