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Alumnus Dietrich Stephan Named Pitt Legacy Laureate
Stephan is founder, president, and CEO of Silicon Valley Biosystems, a genome interpretation company. He received his PhD degree in human molecular genetics from Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health in 1996. After completing a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute, Stephan held faculty positions at some of the nation’s premier institutions, including Boston Children’s Hospital, where he served as executive director of the Gene Partnership. He began to delve into entrepreneurship with the cofounding of Navigenics Inc. in 2006, followed by the founding and launching of other companies, including Amnestix and Aueon, Inc. Read more in Pitt Public Health...
Alumnus Lucile Adams-Campbell Named University of Pittsburgh African American Alumni Council Distinguished Alumni
She has also been elected to the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine and inducted into theWashington, D.C., Hall of Fame. She served as director of Howard University Cancer Center for 13 years and is currently the associate director for minority health and health disparities research, associate dean for community health and outreach, and professor of oncology at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center. Read more in Pitt Public Health...
Alumnus Robert J. Henkel Named Pitt Legacy Laureate
On October 17, 2011, Robert J. Henkel, MPH '83 was one of 16 named to the University of Pittsburgh Legacy Laureates, alumni recognized for their outstanding personal and professional accomplishments. Henkel has overseen the operation of a number of health care organizations, instituting changes to improve health, safety, and operational practices that have benefited patients across the country. He is president of healthcare operations and chief operating officer of Ascension Health, the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic health system. Read more...
Alumnus Wen-Ta Chiu is Named Taiwan’s Health Minister
Taiwan’s premier, Wu Den-yih, appointed Pitt Public Health alumnus Wen-Ta Chiu the new minister of Taiwan’s Department of Health, effective Feb. 1. Chiu, a 2009 Pitt Legacy Laureate, was one of four new ministerial appointments to the premier’s cabinet. Chiu received his master’s and doctoral degrees in public health from Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health in 1987 and 1989, respectively. In 1999, Chiu was recognized by Pitt Public Health as one of the 50 most influential faculty members or students in the school’s history. The Chiu family represents three generations of Pitt Public Health graduates: Yung-Tsong Chiu, Wen-Ta’s father, received his Master of Public Health degree from the school’s Department of Health Policy and Management in 1954; and Wen-Ta’s son, Jason, graduated from the school’s epidemiology program in December 2010. Read more...
Alumna Coleen Boyle Appointed Acting Director of NCBDDD
Effective September 13, 2010 Coleen Boyle, PhD, serves as acting director of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). Boyle received advanced degrees in biostatistics (MS Hyg) and in epidemiology (PhD) from Pitt Public Health. Read more...
Alumnus Bill Holman Leads Louisiana Hospitals and LOPA to Reach Final Donor Registry Goal
Hospitals throughout Louisiana, in collaboration with the Louisiana Hospital Association (LHA) and the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA), achieved the Donate Life Louisiana (DLL) Hospital Campaign’s third and final benchmark to help increase the DLL Registry by 250,000 individuals. In August 2009, the hospital campaign reached its initial goal of a 10 percent increase, or 160,000 new registrants. The second goal, increasing the registry by an additional 40,000 individuals, was met in February of this year. Over 65 hospitals are currently participating in the DLL Hospital Campaign. Read more...
Alumnus Valdiserri Named Deputy Assistant Secretary at DHHS
Ronald O. Valdiserri, MD, MPH ’88, was named the deputy assistant secretary for health, infectious diseases, in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In this capacity, Valdiserri works closely with the assistant secretary for health to develop scientific and policy advice to ensure coordinated approaches within and across DHHS agencies to address infectious diseases of national public health significance. His office plays a major role in implementing the recently released National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Read more...
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