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Teaching and Prevention Through Quality Research

Our department is leading research and prevention activities that impact public health by training students to evaluate and respond to important public health issues in aging and chronic disease prevention, reproductive health, environmental health, and infectious diseases.

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Pitt Public Health rises in latest U.S. News rankings

The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health continues to be recognized among the nation’s top programs in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. The school rose to No. 14 overall, advancing two spots from last year.

Left to Right: Akira Sekikawa, Andrea Kozai, Ryan Cvejkus, Lauren Carlson, Ruel Beresford and Iva Miljikovic

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.

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‘Move science into practice’: Pitt alumna returns to inspire next generation

Kimberly Gray (EPI ‘98), told Pitt Public Health students she once sat where they are now — worried about exams, defending her dissertation and what job opportunity might come next.