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Graduate School of Public Health is a top-ranked, world-renowned institution with contributions that have influenced public health practices and medical care in the Pittsburgh region as well as all across the world.

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Drug Costs, Not Volume, Causes Regional Differences in Medicare Drug Spending

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Researchers Propose New Model to Design Better and More Cost Effective Flu Shots

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Former GSPH Associate Dean Known for his Public Health Service Role

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Bayles Named a 2011 Mon River Fleet Woman of Achievement

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Morton Appointed to the U.S. Census Bureau's Scientific Advisory Committee

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Pitt Center Aims to Reduce Health Disparities, Excess Mortality Among Disadvantaged Populations

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health Appoints Chair of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences

Monday, November 14th, 2011

University of Pittsburgh Recruits Renowned Cancer Epidemiologist

Friday, November 11th, 2011

GSPH to Host Second Annual Marcellus Shale Scientific Conference

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Alumnus Robert J. Henkel, MPH '83 Named Pitt Legacy Laureate

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Pitt's Center for Late Life Depression Receives Nearly $9 million for New Research

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Bayles, Healthy Aging Program, Honored

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Professor Sally Morton Appointed to Scientific Advisory Committee

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

GSPH Featured in October's American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Anthony Fabio's Research Highlights the Rise of Child Abusive Head Trauma During Recession

Monday, August 15th, 2011

GSPH Scientists to Investigate Rare Blood Disorder in Eastern Pennsylvania

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

Assistant Professor Felicia Wu Honored for Environmental Health Research

Monday, August 1st, 2011

GSPH Earns a 2011 Breastfeeding Friendly Place Award

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Linda Duchak Named in First Class of Master Certified Health Education Specialist

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Maria Mori Brooks, PhD, Announced as 2011-2012 Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) President-Elect

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Youth Experience Bullying and Abuse More Often Than Peers

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Dean Burke Honored as Distinguished University Professor

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Systems Engineering Approved by the University of Pittsburgh

Friday, June 10th, 2011

GSPH Study Examines Environmental Risk Factors for Childhood Autism

Friday, June 10th, 2011

MIDAS Study Shows Inequitable Access to Flu Vaccinations Could Worsen Flu Epidemic

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Assistant Professor Shawn Brown Awarded 2011 PHASYS Pilot Grant

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

GSPH Student Luis Duran Receives the 2011 Bernard D. Goldstein Student Award

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

GSPH Student Ashley Hill Named 2011-12 Schweitzer Fellow

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Samuel Stebbins Commended for Work with the Pittsburgh-based Minority Emergency Preparedness Task Force

Friday, May 13th, 2011

GSPH Students Awarded Seven Out of Eleven 2011 Global Health Travel Scholarships

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Former Dean Bernard Goldstein to Head Center for Healthy Environments and Communities

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Professor Linda Frank Elected as Secretary of University Senate

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Syndemics Reveal Resiliencies, and Strengths Within the Gay Community

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

In Memoriam: Joseph Schwerha

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Terry Receives the 2011 Craig Award for Excellence in Teaching

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

El Khoudary Receives AHA Research Award

Monday, March 28th, 2011

GSPH Genetic Counseling Program Granted Full ABGC Reaccreditation

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Cauley Selected as Recipient of the 2011 Provost's Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

GSPH PhD Candidate Jia Xu Speaks at University of Pittsburgh Honors Convocation

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

GSPH Alumnus Wen-Ta Chiu is Named Taiwan's Health Minister

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Academic-Community Partnership to Address Maternal and Child Health in Allegheny County

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

GSPH Partners with the Pennsylvania Department of Health on WalkWorks to Increase Physical Activity in Western PA

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

In Memoriam: Karen S. Peterson

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

GSPH Represented on Governor-Elect Corbett's Transition Team

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

GSPH's Stall Among HIV/AIDS Experts Interviewed at International AIDS Society Conference

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Bernard Goldstein Named Chair of EPA Committee

Monday, November 29th, 2010

GSPH Marcellus Shale Conference Explored Health Issues

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Patt Sweeney Receives Grant to Study Influenza Immunization Regulations

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

GSPH Researchers Present at Gerontological Society Meeting

Friday, November 5th, 2010

GSPH Appoints New Associate Deans of Education and Student Affairs

Friday, November 5th, 2010

GSPH Study: Higher Medication Spending Does Not Indicate Better Prescribing Quality

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Provost's Mentoring Award Open for Nominations

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

In Memoriam: Thomas P. Detre, MD

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

GSPH and Drexel University Partner on $3.2 Million Project to Train Public Health Professionals

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Alumna Coleen Boyle Appointed Acting Director of NCBDDD

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Alumnus Bill Holman Leads Louisiana Hospitals and LOPA to Reach Final Donor Registry Goal

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Chemo Was My Friend - The Power of Positive Thinking

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Everette James Named to New Health Planning and Policy Position at Pitt

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Anne Newman Appointed Chair of Epidemiology

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Computational Modeling Pilot Grants Available

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Ladies Hospital Aid Society Gala Benefits GSPH Aging Research

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

GSPH Alumnus Valdiserri Named Deputy Assistant Secretary at DHHS

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Moms Who Dont Breastfeed More Likely to Develop Type 2 Diabetes

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Drug Coverage Under Medicare Part D Leads to Increased Use of Antibiotics Among Seniors, Heightening Concern About Overuse

Friday, August 6th, 2010

GSPH Receives $1.5 Million to Help Prevent Falls in Older Adults

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Linda Frank Inducted into American Academy of Nursing

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Circumcising Gay Men Would Have Limited Impact on Preventing HIV Transmission, Says Pitt Study

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Sexual Abuse and Social Shaming in Childhood Linked to Health Problems in Gay and Bisexual Men Later in Life

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

GSPH Student Kathleen Sullivan Receives ACHE Scholarship

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Death Rates from Type 1 Diabetes Steadily Improving, Says GSPH Study

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in the Womb Has Lifelong Impact

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

GSPH Center Launches Online Tracking Tool to Assess Impact of Marcellus Shale Drilling

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

GSPH Researchers Present Findings at American Diabetes Association 70th Scientific Sessions, June 25-29

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

GSPH Center Awarded $23 Million to Improve the Health of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

GSPH Presented with Portrait of Renowned Epidemiologist Katherine Detre

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Yuting Zhang Publishes Article in New England Journal of Medicine

Friday, June 4th, 2010

GSPH Alumna Honored as Influential Woman of the Year in Virginia

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Sally Morton Appointed Biostats Chair

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

John Grefenstette Receives Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Eleanor Feingold Elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

GSPH Researchers Discover Gene Mutation Linked to Lymphatic Dysfunction

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Two GSPH Students Named Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellows

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Wei Scholarship Fundraiser Nets More than $3,300

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

GSPH Graduate Annie Nagy Is Named Schweitzer Fellow

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

203 Degrees Awarded at 60th GSPH Convocation

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Former GSPH Dean Herschel Griffin Passes Away

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Congratulations to Dean's Day 2010 Prize Winners

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Yuting Zhang Awarded R01 Grant

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

2010 Craig Award for Teaching Excellence Announced

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Letters of Intent for PHASYS Pilot Grants Due April 2

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Slowing Down the Immune Systems Brakes May Help Improve Therapeutic Vaccines for HIV

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Global Health Exhibit Comes to GSPH

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Rachel Mackey Receives Trudy Bush Fellowship for Cardiovascular Research in Women's Health

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

New Report on School-Based Research Available

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Linda Frank Receives Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Volunteers Needed for Have a Heart for Haiti

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

BCHS Announces New and Updated Degree Programs

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Leading Expert in Health Care Decision-Making Appointed Chair of HPM at GSPH

Friday, January 15th, 2010

2010 Craig Award Nominations Open

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Dementia in Older Women Linked to High Blood Pressure Years Earlier, GSPH Study Finds

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Short-Term School Closures May Worsen Flu Pandemics, Pitt Study Finds

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Charles Rinaldo Receives Red Ribbon Award

Monday, January 4th, 2010

CHEC Evaluates Childhood Asthma in Pittsburgh

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Conrad Dan Volz Recognized by GASP as Environmental Hero

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Sandra Quinn Serves as Panelist at the National Academy of Sciences

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Yuting Zhang Awarded $1 Million Grant from NIH

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Susanne Gollin Appointed to State Cancer Control Board

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

GSPH Congratulates Long-Serving Staff

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

GSPH Receives $7.2 Million to Develop Microbicides Against HIV/AIDS

Monday, November 30th, 2009

GSPH to Evaluate Environmental Threats in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Supercomputing Center Receives Top Award for Work on GSPH Grant

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Conference Explored Air Toxics Control in Allegheny County

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

IDM Student Receives Young Investigator Award

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Parran Lecture Featured Tobacco Control Expert

Monday, November 16th, 2009

SPHERE Students Vaccinate at the Ball Game

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Gerald Barron Honored by Allegheny County Medical Society

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

GSPH Leads Site for Study of Testosterone and Men’s Health

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Considering a United Way Gift? Consider Designating It to GSPH

Monday, October 19th, 2009

GSPH Celebrates One Book, One Community

Monday, October 12th, 2009

GSPH Dean Burke Elected to Institute of Medicine

Monday, October 12th, 2009

GSPH Receives $4M to Study Minority Participation in Health Research

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Public Health Implications of Helmet Laws in Taiwan

Friday, October 9th, 2009

GSPH Welcomes a Rock Star of Alzheimers Research

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Most Americans Would Refuse FDA-Authorized Emergency-Use Swine Flu Vaccine, Pitt Survey Finds

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Hair Today, Health Tomorrow - Local Barbershops, Beauty Salons to Provide Health Screenings

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Sandra Quinn Presents at the National Academy of Sciences

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

APHA Student Visit Day

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Devra Davis to Focus on Environmental Research

Friday, July 31st, 2009

GSPH Receives $13.4 Million NIH Grant to Create Virtual Models to Gain Insight into Real-World Epidemics

Friday, July 31st, 2009

In Memoriam: Nancy Thomann

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

EOH Postdoc Wins Travel Award

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

James Collins to Serve as HPM Executive in Residence

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

GSPH Study First to Examine Impact of Medicare Part D on Overall Medical Spending

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Human Genetics PhD Candidate Garners Research Awards, Accolades

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Researchers Describe the 90-Year Evolution of Swine Flu

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Sandra Quinn Presents at International Crisis Meeting

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Lewis Kuller Named Distinguished Scientist by American Heart Association

Friday, June 12th, 2009

IDM Associate Professor Ayyavoo Presents Plenary Talk

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Yuting Zhang Garners Honors

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Surgery No Better Than Drug Therapy for Diabetics with Heart Disease

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Book on the Eradication of Smallpox Launched at Pitt

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Underground Railroad Bicycle Route Featured in Times

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Global Travel Grants Awarded to GSPH Students

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

GSPH Institutes Designated Smoking Area

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Center for Global Health Holds Inaugural Reception

Monday, April 20th, 2009

GSPH Students Win Summer Research Awards

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

In Memoriam: Herman Cember, PhD, Founder of GSPH Radiological Health Program

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

GSPH Student Renee Walker Is Named a 2009 Kellogg Scholar

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Visits GSPH

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Post-Gazette Features Successful CMH Program

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Supercourse Now Available on DVD

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Center for Healthy Aging Presents at CDC Conference

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

GSPH to Co-Host Health Disparities Conference with The Ohio State University College of Public Health

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

GSPH's Sandra Quinn Was Instructor at Crisis Managment Seminar

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Summer Institute in Preparedness: Registration Is Open

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Second Round of Computational Modeling Pilot Grants Awarded

Monday, February 16th, 2009

IT Training Grants Available to GSPH Staff

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Porter Prize to Be Awarded to Komen Founder Nancy Brinker

Monday, February 9th, 2009

GSPH Congratulates Our Long-Serving Staff Members

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Angela Ford Receives Chancellor`s Award for Staff Excellence in Service to the University

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Study Finds African-American Parents Are More Distrusting of Medical Research than White Parents

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Seniors Who Reach Medicare Coverage Gap Decrease Their Use of Prescribed Medications

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

GSPH Receives $11 Million to Coordinate Hepatitis B Clinical Research Network

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Clothing Drive to Benefit Local Women

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Revisiting the Anthrax Attacks

Friday, January 16th, 2009

In Memoriam: Jeanne Zborowski

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Submit Your Photos for International Dinner Slide Show

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

CMH Featured in Health Disparities Report

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Dean Burke Featured in Military Medical Pioneers Video Series

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

President-Elect Obama Discusses Public Health Issues

Monday, December 15th, 2008

GSPH and Peace Corps Partner on Master's International Track

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Environmental Health Fellowships Available

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Evelyn Wei Fundraiser Breaks Records

Monday, December 1st, 2008

HPI Director Longest Discusses Health Care Reform on WQED

Monday, December 1st, 2008

M. Ilyas Kamboh Appointed Chair of Human Genetics

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Study Links Arsenic in Drinking Water to Cardiovascular Disease in Mice

Monday, November 10th, 2008

International Occupational Health Organization Honors Bernard Goldstein

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Nominations Open for Catherine Cartier-Ulrich Award

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

ReSET Center Announces Pilot Grants

Friday, October 24th, 2008

GSPH Receives $8.4 Million for Disaster Preparedness Research

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

SPHERE Hosts TB Documentary Screening

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Dean Burke Appointed to Board of Health

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

GSPH and GSPIA Deans at Middle East Institute Launch

Friday, September 26th, 2008

3 GSPH Faculty Named National Associates of National Academies

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Foster Lecture in Alzheimer's Scheduled for October 7

Friday, September 26th, 2008

IDM Professor Receives Gates Foundation Grant

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Substance Abuse Study Funded by NIDA

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Heinz Endowments Fund Center for Healthy Environments and Communities

Friday, September 12th, 2008

More Than a Haircut: Health Care Providers To Give Screenings at Local Barbershops and Beauty Salons

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Free Women's Health Conference Coming to Pittsburgh

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

GSPH Receives $10 Million from Gates Foundation to Help Stop Global Spread of Infectious Diseases

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Bernard Goldstein Chairs Preparedness Evaluation Effort

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Donald (D.A.) Henderson to Deliver 2008 Cutler Lecture

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Epidemiology Redesignated as WHO Collaborating Center

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Center for Healthy Aging Part of Award-Winning Project

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Wendy King Wins Research Award

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Helping Rural Communities Prepare for Pandemics

Friday, June 13th, 2008

GSPH Student Christy Lawson Appointed to APHA Science Board

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Helmet Laws Save Lives: GSPH Study

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Summer Preparedness Institute Accepting Applications

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Megan Kavanaugh Wins Postdoc Fellowship

Friday, May 30th, 2008

10 Keys to Healthy Aging Goes Global

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Joel Weissfeld Is 2008 Craig Award Winner

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Katherine Reeves to Present Poster at APHA

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Dan Volz Named Director of Environmental Health Risk Assessment Certificate Program

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Yuting Zhang To Present Two Papers at American Society of Health Economists

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Foster Lecture Available Online

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Underground Railroad Bicycle Route Featured in Geotourism Challenge

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Feature on Dean Burke Wins Journalism Award

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Leslie Davis to Serve as Executive in Residence

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Center for Healthy Aging Featured on the Jennifer TV Show

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Student Global Travel Grants Awarded

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Wei Scholarship Fundraiser a Success

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Abstracts for PPHA Annual Conference Due June 6

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Roberta Ness Honored by Girl Scouts

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Keon Gilbert Named Kellogg Scholar

Monday, April 28th, 2008

In Memoriam: Deborah J. Aaron, PhD

Monday, April 7th, 2008

C.C. Li Lecture Available Online

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Computational Modeling Pilot Grants Awarded

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Samuel Stebbins Named Leadership Scholar

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Scientific American Features GSPH Research

Monday, February 11th, 2008

CMH Healthy Black Family Project Featured on WQED

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Wuhan, China, Is Latest Blog Post from Dean Burke

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Student Global Travel Grants Announced

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Dean Burke's Global Health Lecture Available for Online Viewing

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

HIPAA Privacy Rule Slows Scientific Discovery, Adds Cost to Research, Survey Shows

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

$4.8 Million Awarded to Pitt's Center for Minority Health to Fund Health Disparities Research

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Pitt Researchers Receive Grants to Develop Dengue Fever Vaccine

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

GSPH to Lead Local Center in Landmark Government Child Health Study

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

GSPH Researcher Finds Oversight of Drug Ads Lacking

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Prestigious Risk Analyst Award to GSPH Felicia Wu

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Dean Burke Named Global Health Research Ambassador