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Pitt, Kentucky and Yale awarded latest NIH funding to study derailment impacts
The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health was awarded $440,000 of the $10 million research initiative that was announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier this year to assess and address the long-term health outcomes stemming from the 2023 East Palestine derailment.
Brunick and Soni 2025–26 TIPH Ambassadors
Two Pitt Public Health graduate students, McKenna Brunick and Maahi Soni, have been selected as This is Public Health (TIPH) ambassadors for the 2025–26 academic year.
Allison co-chairs NIH grant session
At the annual meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, researchers, public health leaders and community advocates gathered for a session titled “Joining Forces in the Face of Disaster: How Five Universities Address Exposure and Health Concerns Resulting from the East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment.”