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Pitt Public Health Part of International Study that Reveals New Genetic Clues to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

 The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health recruited hundreds of local participants and analyzed data for an international study that has significantly expanded the number of genetic factors known to play a role in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss among people age 50 and older. 

CRAB Invite

The Center for Health Equity (CHE) invites any faculty member or student doing research to utilize its Community Research Advisory Board (CRAB) for assistance. 

How Do We Agree On What “Good” Patient Studies Look Like?

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It seems intuitive: Want to do a good study to improve patient care? Then use real-world evidence to find out what works and what doesn’t – and how to fix it. But without common standards for conducting such studies it can be difficult to gather the support needed to make research-based changes. Sally Morton , Ph.D., professor and chair of biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and director of the Compara... 

JHF Health Innovators Fellowship Application

The Health Innovators Fellowship is designed as a competition and a learning experience. Fellows form a team and pitch technology ideas for an opportunity to win $5,000. 

Obituary: Niel Wald

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UNIVERSITY TIMES - Radiation researcher Niel Wald , professor emeritus in the Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, died Nov. 28, 2015, at the Charles Morris Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Squirrel Hill. He was 90. Wald’s research focused on the health effects of radiation. His early work included the study of survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as radiation exposure in nucl... 

Congratulations Marian Jarlenski

Marian Jarlenski, PhD, MPH, has been appointed as a scholar in the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Career Development Program (K12HD043441). 

New Course Announcement- BCHS 2515 Worksite Health Promotion

BCHS 2515: Worksite Health Promotion, Dr. Elizabeth Felter, Thursdays 11-1, 2 Credits, Spring 2016  

Give Us Your Feedback - Win a Gift Card

Tell us what we're doing well and how we can improve. Complete the survey by November 30 and enter to win a $15 Starbucks gift card. publichealth.pitt.edu/studentsurvey  

Russell Rule Rycheck Award Application Deadline

For MPH students to develop skills to add to their professional tool bag. Get details at publichealth.pitt.edu/scholarships and apply by December 4. 

Velpandi Ayyavoo appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Velpandi Ayyavoo , PhD, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, has agreed to serve as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Pitt Public Health,  taking the reins from Todd Reinhart, ScD, who will be leaving the University of Pittsburgh to take a position as Dean of Sciences and Health Professions at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.  The associate dean for faculty affairs oversees all faculty activities including the appointments... 

Congratulations Kevin MacDonald!

HPM is pleased to announce that MHA candidate Kevin MacDonald has accepted the UPMC Health Services Division Administrative Fellowship in Allegheny County. 

Congratulations Adam Kramer!

HPM is pleased to announce that MHA candidate Adam Kramer has accepted the UPMC Health Services Division Administrative Fellowship in Erie County. 

Congratulations Bill Beutler!

HPM is pleased to announce that MHA candidate Bill Beutler has accepted the Cleveland Clinic Administrative Fellowship. 

Congratulations Eva Harpst!

HPM is pleased to announce that MHA candidate Eva Harpst has accepted the OhioHealth Administrative Fellowship in Columbus. 

Dr. Buchanich Interviewed About Increase in Drug Overdoses

Faculty member Dr. Jeanine Buchanich was interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer about the increase in drug overdoses in Pennsylvania. 

Pitt study looks at HIV+ older adults leading healthy lives

Ron Stall, PhD, Professor in BCHS and Director of the Center for LGBT Health Research, was featured in the Pittsburgh Trib Total Media for his HIV study.  

Pilot Grants for Research on Opioid Drug and Heroin Addiction

Given the intensity of the overdose epidemic, Dean Burke has launched a new Pilot Grant Program entitled Advancing Research on Opioid Drug and Heroin Addiction. Awards will be for $25,000 for one year, and we expect to fund 3 projects. Projects should address important aspects of opioid drug and/or heroin drug addiction and build on existing studies in the Graduate School of Public Health, adding new science by obtaining novel measures or outcome... 

Apply for JHF Fellowships on End of Life and IT Innovation

Graduate students from different disciplines can apply to JHF's 2016 QI2T Health Innovators Fellowship and/or the Fellowship on Death and Dying by Friday, December 11, 2015. 

Apply for JHF Summer Internship by Feb. 3rd

Graduate students can apply to the Jewish Healthcare Foundation's summer internship program by February 3rd: http://www.qitcenter.org/2016-jhf-summer-internship.html  

Kudos for Faculty Member Book

Statistical Inference on Residual Life (Springer, 2014) by Dr. Jong-Hyeon Jeong, Professor and Vice Chair of Biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh, received great reviews in the Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, and Biometrics. Read more at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/biom.12321/full.   

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This Pitt researcher is using data to fight the opioid epidemic  

This Pitt researcher is using data to fight the opioid epidemic

PITTWIRE - Jeanine Buchanich, a research associate professor in Biostatistics, is taking a big-picture approach to figuring out what programs will best tackle the problem.Buchanich has evaluated public health interventions as varied as community-level training for first responders on naloxone use a... (07/19/2022)
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Two public health leaders on COVID-19 and what's next 

Two public health leaders on COVID-19 and what's next

PITTWIRE - Dean Lichtveld and Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, sat down to discuss lessons learned from the U.S. response to the pandemic and the future of the nation's health. As the United States settles into a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, mas... (05/10/2022)
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Advocating for affordable health care landed these Pitt people invitations to the White House 

Advocating for affordable health care landed these Pitt people invitations to the White House

PITTWIRE - HPM's Amy Raslevich received an invitation to attend President Joe Biden’s April 5 signing of the Executive Order on Strengthening Access to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid at the White House.  The event also marked President Obama’s first public return to the White House since leav... (04/06/2022)