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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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Degree Programs
Our graduate programs incorporate into the teaching program activities that provide a practical and clinically relevant educational experience that is based on a foundation of research excellence.
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Admissions
Students take a series of core courses in epidemiology and public health, and may choose to focus on one of several Areas of Emphasis. Learn about our admission requirements.
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Our Research
Our department offers interdisciplinary research opportunities in the City Of Pittsburgh, which is recognized as an international hub for health care innovation and practice.

Hiring Faculty!

We are recruiting two full-time faculty members in the tenure stream at the rank of assistant professor, associate professor, or at the full professor level in the areas of social epidemiology (including, but not limited to, research on health equity, discrimination, neighborhood environments, social policies, religion, and the criminal legal system) and epidemiologic methods. We are especially interested in expanding our commitment to use science and data to push and impact policy.

Upcoming Events

EPI Seminars

Fall 2024
Areas of Emphasis
Thursdays at 11:30 a.m.
G23 Public Health

Upcoming Seminars
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News

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Milwaukee’s approach: How officials and advocates want to address racism as a public health crisis

“If we’re not going to name racism in the first place, then we’re not going to start to develop solutions to address it,” said Dara Méndez, associate professor of epidemiology and associate director of the Center for Health Equity.

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In memoriam: Clareann Bunker, PhD

A trailblazer in advancing global epidemiologic research, Clareann Bunker, PhD, faculty member in the School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology for more than three decades, passed away on November 20, 2024.

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PulseNet identifies and stops foodborne illness outbreaks. Health care needs something similar

Alexander Sundermann, assistant professor of epidemiology, highlights the existence of PulseNet, a robust system for detecting foodborne outbreaks, and contrasts it with the lack of a similar system for tracking infections in healthcare settings.

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