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Strong showing for Pitt Public Health at American Heart Association conference
Early-career investigators from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health were well represented at the American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention Scientific Sessions, held March 17-20 in Boston.
Aman named 2025 winner of Bernard D. Goldstein Student Award
Miranda Aman, MPH, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Bernard D. Goldstein Student Award in Environmental Health Disparities and Public Health Practice. A doctoral student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Pitt Public Health, Aman focuses her research on asthma and indoor air quality.
West Coast visit brings Pitt Public Health alumni together
In March, Pitt Public Health Dean Maureen Lichtveld joined University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Joan Gabel and Provost Joseph McCarthy on the West Coast for a series of alumni events that brought the Pitt community together in California. “The West Coast events were a chance to reconnect with alumni and strengthen relationships across the Pitt Public Health community," shared Dean Lichtveld.
A civic science conversation with Maureen Lichtveld
The transdisciplinary One Health approach underlines the complexity of interactions between natural and human environments and health—an area where Dr. Maureen Lichtveld says artificial intelligence is becoming an important tool for combining and assessing a vast array of data sources. It also makes data collection in partnership with vulnerable populations—where funding is “less than minimal”—all the more important, she says.
How to take a climate and health history
Researchers led by Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, propose a practical approach for integrating climate-related health risks into routine clinical care in a new article published in the Annals of Global Health.
Pitt’s CESF awards community impact in the Health Sciences
Tina Ndoh, associate professor of environmental and occupational health and associate dean for public health practice, School of Public Health, was recognized with a Pitt’s Community Engaged Scholarship Forum (CESF) Collaboration Champion award. These individual awards are given to Pitt community members and partners who’ve made significant contributions to Pitt’s culture of collaboration.
Introducing the 2026 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum awardees
Tina Ndoh, associate dean for public health practice and associate professor of environmental and occupational health in Pitt’s School of Public Health, was honored at Pitt's Community Engaged Scholarship Forum for her deep commitment to community partnerships and meaningful collaboration rooted in trust-building, healing and a sustained commitment to equity.
Climate Alert: Warmer temperatures worsen kidney disease
A gradual rise in global temperatures that has intensified over the past decade is associated with a higher risk of kidney disease, according to a study published in the journal Kidney Medicine.
How biologic insights are refining severe asthma care
Environmental and Occupational Health Department Chair Sally Wenzel discusses the complexity of severe asthma management within Type 2 inflammation and the limitations of relying on a single biomarker assessment. She also differentiates childhood-onset allergic asthma from adult-onset disease, underscoring how age of onset—along with underlying biology—can inform therapeutic strategy.
Public Health faculty selected for Leadership Academy
Firoz Abdoel Wahid, MD, PhD, MPH and Jiebiao Wang, PhD, MS, have been selected to join the newest class of the Health Sciences Leadership Academy for Early Career Faculty, a yearlong professional development program designed to cultivate a generation of transformative academic leaders through shared leadership training.
Study: Air pollution in Pittsburgh region responsible for 3,500 deaths in 2019
Jim Fabisiak, associate professor of environmental and occupational health, warned that the role of pollution in children’s IQ is still an evolving corner of public health science. “There’s a lot of uncertainty when it comes to IQ in terms of the effects of air pollution,” Fabisiak said. “What’s the appropriate exposure window for the effects of pollution on IQ? Is it prenatal? Is it something in early childhood?”
The growing health concerns of microplastics and what you can do to reduce your risks
Aaron Barchowsky, PhD, professor of environmental and occupational health, noted that the presence of microplastics in human systems has increased scientific interest. “But really, actually seeing that there is accumulation of the nanoplastics and microplastics in placentas or brains or kidneys has really fueled a lot of the concern."
Faculty named to list of highly cited researchers
Three School of Public Health faculty are among 16 from Pitt who have been named to this year’s Highly Cited Researchers list, an annual compilation of researchers whose work has made a significant impact across a broad range of disciplines.
Kiyanda awarded prestigious fellowship
Alexis Kiyanda, MS, a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, has been selected to join the All of Us Data Fellows Program, a competitive national training initiative supported by the All of Us Research Program through the University of Arizona and Banner Health.