The Department of Health Policy & Management is pleased to announce that Pragna Prahalad (MHA anticipated April 3013; pkp11@pitt.edu) will be a Financial Analyst through the UPMC Financial Management Rotation Program.
The Department of Health Policy and Management, in collaboration with the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), will have major presence at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon and GNC Live Well Health and Fitness Expo on May 3, 2013-May 5, 2013 with their Organ Donors Matter Campaign.
PanAf GPSU serves all graduate & professional students at Pitt with research and/or cultural interests in Black America, the African Continent, the Caribbean, West Indies, Latin America, and the entire Diaspora.
Pennsylvania lags in public health spending
April 10, 2013
Wait! The Public Health System Looks Like That?
Public Health System & Systems Research
Keeneland Conference
Lexington, Kentucky
March 12, 2013
Real Tools for Emergency Preparedness
NACCHO Preparedness Summit
Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Zhang will visit Peking University in Beijing China in June 2013. She will present her research and actively collaborate with faculty members at Peking University. She will serve as primary research mentor for 2 junior faculty members in the Peking University China Center for Health Development Studies.
The Department of Health Policy & Management is pleased to announce that Sumaiya Ahmed (December 2012 MPH; sumaiya0420@gmail.com) will work as an Interactive Patient Care Manager for the GetWellNetwork
On April 1, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health will kick off the morning with the first in a series of poster sessions sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs. In this annual student research competition, students will present their findings during one of six poster sessions throughout the week where faculty will judge presentations. The winners will be invited to deliver oral presentations during the Dean’s Day Awar...
Pitt Faculty Lend Expertise to Institute of Medicine for Report That Could Influence How Medicare Pays Providers
William Holman (HPM ’79) was honored with the 2013 Alumni Award for Practice during the March 28 Alumni Awards event.
Coleen Boyle (BIOST '78, EPI ’81) was recognized with the Alumni Award for Research on March 28, 2013, during the annual Alumni Award dinner.
Anita Caufield (HPM ’84) received the 2013 Alumni Award for Teaching and Dissemination during the March 28 Alumni Awards dinner.
Mary Patricia Nowalk (EPI '81, ’93) was presented with the Margaret F. Gloninger Service Award on March 28, 2013, at the annual Alumni Awards ceremony.
Four University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health alumni will be recognized for their outstanding service in the field of public health at the school’s Alumni Awards ceremony tonight.
Three alumni were inducted into the Pitt Public Health Omicron Chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society during the March 28, 2013, Alumni Awards dinner: CHARLES CHRISTEN (BCHS '10), GREGORY HOMISH (EPI ’03), and DANIEL PATTERSON (EPI ’12).
In Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, the statistics on infant mortality tell a disturbing story of racial health disparities. Here, African-American babies are three or even four times more likely to die in their first year of life than white infants.
Health Department program has eliminated almost 400 tons of the pollutants a year
EOH student Kyle Ferrar interviewed by Chemical & Engineering News
EOH student Kyle Ferrar was interviewd by the Chemical & Engineering News for their article. Check out the article HERE.
Yuting Zhang was interviewed by Genevra Pittman, a Health Reporter from Thomson Reuters in New York. Dr. Zhang was interviewed as an outside expert to comment on a study published on March 18, 2013 on JAMA-Internal Medicine.