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Alison Sanders

Pitt Public Health’s Alison Sanders awarded Pitt Momentum Funds

A research team led by Alison Sanders, PhD, assistant professor of environmental and occupational health, was awarded a scaling grant from the 2023-24 Pitt Momentum Funds program to establish a research c

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Pitt receives nearly $870,000 in grants to study aftereffects of East Palestine train derailment

“These two grants are very much addressing community concerns,” said Dean Maureen Lichtveld. 

Annika Spencer and Rachel Turkington

It takes two: Undergraduate students thrive at Pitt Public Health

Two School of Public Health undergraduate students presented scientific posters of their research at the annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology, on  March 10-14, in Salt Lake City.