
Our department is dedicated to graduate training in human genetics research (including molecular, statistical, and bioinformatics research), public health genetics, and genetic counseling.
Meet Our Faculty
Meet the faculty who will teach and mentor you, and learn about the innovative research projects they’re directing.
Hiring Faculty!
We invite applications for two positions at the level of assistant or associate professor outside of the tenure stream. These full-time positions will be involved in the leadership of the MS program in Genetic Counseling. Candidates may focus primarily on the educational mission of the department or may have a substantial interest in teaching, fieldwork/clinical practice coordination and supervision, admissions, and/or research. Application review will begin November 15.
We also seek applicants for a tenure-stream assistant or associate professor or tenured associate professor to contribute to our research, teaching, and service missions. We welcome outstanding applicants from all quantitative genetics/genomics fields to reinforce or expand the department’s strengths in statistical and computational genetics/genomics, genetic epidemiology, and bioinformatics. Application review begins December 15.


News

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, 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.

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.