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Pitt’s Faculty Honors Awardees

Health Sciences award recipients at Faculty Honors Convocation

On April 3, five Pitt Public Health faculty members were celebrated at Pitt’s Faculty Honors Convocation for their outstanding achievements.

 Susanne M. Gollin

Susanne M. Gollin, Hillman Cancer Center researcher, dies at 71

A clinical cytogeneticist, student mentor and professor emerita of human genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Susanne M. Gollin pioneered major advances in cancers of the head and neck.

Susanne M. Gollin, PhD

In memoriam: Susanne M. Gollin, PhD

A respected cytogeneticist and teacher, Susanne Gollin was professor emerita of human genetics and one of the first faculty members to join what is now the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.