Public Health Research and Practice

Research and Practice Centers

Research and Practice Centers

AIDS Education Center
Center for Aging and Population Health
Center for Healthy Aging
Center for Healthy Environments and Communities
Center for Injury Research and Control
Center for Minority Health
Center for Public Health Practice
Center for Public Health Preparedness
Center for Research on Health and Sexual Orientation
Center for Rural Health Practice
Epidemiology Data Center
Health Policy Institute
Pennsylvania and Ohio Public Health Training Center
Public Health Adaptive Systems Studies
Reduce Smoking and Exposure to Tobacco Center
University of Pittsburgh Center for Global Health
 

 

AIDS Education Center

The Pennsylvania/MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center provides custom designed training and technical assistance to support, motivate and educate physicians, nurses, physician assistants, dental professionals, pharmacists, advanced practice nurses, and members of the clinical team to provide quality HIV care.

www.pamaaetc.org

Center for Aging and Population Health

The Center for Aging and Population Health strives to generate new solutions to the challenges of an aging society through the conduct of population-based research that promotes healthy aging, longevity, and prevention of disability.

www.caph.pitt.edu

Center for Healthy Aging

The Center for Healthy Aging provides health promotion and disease prevention in the older adult population.

www.healthyaging.pitt.edu

 

Center for Healthy Environments and Communities

The Center for Healthy Environments' mission is to improve environmental health in Western Pennsylvania.

www.chec.pitt.edu

Center for Injury Research and Control

The Center for Injury Research & Control (CIRCL) conducts and promotes injury control research, gathers and disseminates information on injuries, provides training for health professionals, and informs public and community leaders on injury control issues.

www.circl.pitt.edu

 

Center for Minority Health

The mission of the Center for Minority Health (CMH) is to improve the health and wellbeing of racial and ethnic minority populations by eliminating health disparities.

www.cmh.pitt.edu

 

Center for Public Health Practice

The Center for Public Health Practice is a catalyst for engaged scholarship in public health through applied research, practice-based teaching, and professional service.

www.cphp.pitt.edu

 

Center for Public Health Preparedness

The University of Pittsburgh Center for Public Health Preparedness (UPCPHP) trains public health professionals, including professionals in related organizations, to respond to bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies.

www.prepare.pitt.edu

 

Center for Research on Health and Sexual Orientation

The Center for Research on Health and Sexual Orientation was established in 2001 in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the Graduate School of Public Health.

http://www.crhso.publichealth.pitt.edu/

Center for Rural Health Practice

The Center for Rural Health Practice is located on the Pitt-Bradford campus and serves as the rural health focal point for the entire university system, working to engage researchers in rural health research and practice.

www.upb.pitt.edu/crhp.aspx

 

Epidemiology Data Center

The Epidemiology Data Center (EDC) provides a research environment in which complex health questions can be explored and answered using the combined tools of biology and statistics.

www.edc.pitt.edu

Health Policy Institute

The mission of the Health Policy Institute is to enhance health in the Pittsburgh region by improving the policies and other decisions that influence health.

www.healthpolicyinstitute.pitt.edu

Pennsylvania and Ohio Public Health Training Center

The goal of Pennsylvania and Ohio Public Health Training Center (POPHTC) is to enhance the ability of public health agencies to provide training programs that focus on a continuous quality improvement model.

www.pophtc.pitt.edu

Public Health Adaptive Systems Studies

The Public Health Adaptive Systems Studies (PHASYS) conducts research to develop, test, and apply criteria and metrics for measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of preparedness and emergency response to hazards with public health consequences.

www.phasys.pitt.edu

 

Reduce Smoking and Exposure to Tobacco Center

The mission of the Reduce Smoking and Exposure to Tobacco (ReSET) Center is to reduce tobacco exposure regionally, nationally, and globally through research and education.

ReSET Center

University of Pittsburgh
Center for Global Health

The Center for Global Health, Health Sciences, provides a unifying framework for multidisciplinary global health research and scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh. Our mission is to effectively address health issues that affect populations around the globe.

www.globalhealth.pitt.edu