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Meet alumna Carroline Lobo from HPM

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Carroline Lobo (HPM’ 17) is an Associate Director of Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) at EMD Serono. She supports US HEOR in Neurology and Immunology. Prior to her current role, Lobo supported HEOR at Cepheid.   During her graduate training at Pitt Public Health, Lobo worked under the guidance of HPM’s Julie Donohue on her dissertation entitled: “Prescription Opioid Epidemic in Pennsylvania: Lessons from Medicare and Medic... 

Meet alumna Ana Progovac from HPM

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ANA PROGOVAC (HPM '15) is currently an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and senior scientist at the Health Equity Research Lab at Cambridge Health Alliance, which is a health system in Massachusetts serving Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's Metro North Region.  

Meet alumnus Manik Razdan from HPM

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MANIK RAZDAN (HPM '14) is currently working at Caring Health Center, Springfield, Massachusetts as a public health dentist. His work entails delivering dental care and oral health education to the underserved including people with limited financial means, African Americans, Hispanics and refugees. Manik also supervises fourth year dental students from Boston University during their externship rotations at the health center.  

Meet Yomei Shaw, HPM alum

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After completing her dissertation about treatment decision making in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Yomei Shaw (HPM '16) has continued to work in rhematology research in the context of two rheumatic diseases registries, Forward, the National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases (USA), and the Swiss Clinical Quality Management in Rheumatic Diseases (SCQM) registry in Switzerland. At Forward, she conducts mixed methods research to describe the impact of RA... 

Meet Yan Tang, HPM alum

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YAN TANG (HPM '15) works at RTI International as a health services researcher. Much of her current work focuses on pay for performance initiatives in the U.S. health care system.   

Glynn named GSA Fellow

EPI's NANCY W GLYNN was named a fellow by the The Gerontological Society of America for “outstanding and continuing work in the field of gerontology”. The status of fellow, the highest class of membership in the Society, recognizes research, teaching, administration and more within the organization. Glynn was chosen from the Health Sciences Section of the Organization.   

Tseng elected fellow by American Statistical Association

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BIOST's GEORGE C TSENG became an ASA elected fellow this past year after being nominated by ASA-member peers. Tseng was selected based on his established reputation and contributions to statistical science and was evaluated on published works, ASA activities, professional activities and more.   

Orchard receives 2017 Peter Bennett Award at International Diabetes Epidemiology Group Symposium

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EPI's TREVOR J. ORCHARD was the recipient of the 2017 Peter Bennett Award at the International Diabetes Epidemiology Group Symposium, 8-11 December 2017, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This award recognizes major and longstanding contribution to the field of diabetes epidemiology and public health.   

C.C. and Clara Li Scholarship recipients

The C.C. and Clara Li Endowed Scholarship was established in recognition of the late Pitt Public Health faculty member, with support from his wife and two children. The award is offered to the top accepted applicants in each cohort of incoming HUGEN students. The inaugural award winners are NATASHA ROBIN BERMAN and DONGJIN JUI. Congrats!   

Grepo receives the Surma Scholarship

The Surma Scholarship for Long-Term Health Care Administration in Policy and Aging is an endowed fund that provides support to HPM students who are Pennsylvania residents and have demonstrated interest in long-term healthcare administration or policies. This year, HPM's STEPHANIE GREPO received the award. Congratulations!   

De Ferrari and Lancaster receive the Russell Rule Rycheck Award

Professor Russel Rule Rycheck was an epidemiologist who was devoted to teaching and mentoring students. He believed that public health professionals must have a “professional bag” full of tools and skills needed to make an impact on the public’s health. This award enables MPH students to develop further skills and competencies for the professional bag. This year's winners include ROSA DE FERRARI (BCHS) and ASHYLN LANCASTER (IDM).   

Gbaintor receives award from the Thomas and Jody Priselac Endowed Fund For Healthcare Leadership

The Thomas and Jody Priselac Endowed Fund for Healthcare Leadership provides support for MHA students participating in selected professional and leadership development activities nationally, including professional association conferences, academic team competitions, professional networking, and other health management career path opportunities. In 2017, the award recipient is HPM's YEI GBAINTOR.  

Haen, Mendez, Sanders, and Sives win Karen S. Peterson Memorial Research Award for Women’s Health

The Peterson Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Karen S. Peterson, RN, MPH, an alumna and faculty member at the Graduate School of Public Health. This award is intended to assist BCHS students with research or practice leading to improvement in women’s health. Applications are accepted twice a year. The fall 2017 recipients are LISA HAEN, GABRIELLA MENDEZ, SARA SANDERS, and KATELYN SIVES.  

Lancaster and Ma receive Owen's Fellowship

ASHLYN LANCASTER and HENRY MA, both IDM students, received the Owen's Fellowship from the University. A bequest of Samuel T. Owens Jr. makes fellowships available for students who show promise of high academic achievement.    

Burke weighs in on future of opioid epidemic

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PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER - Modeling by epidemiologist DONALD BURKE suggests that 150,000 to 200,000 people on pain pills transition to injection drugs every year. “The more people using heroin, the greater the probability that more people will use heroin, just like the spread of an infectious disease.” He wonders whether the kind of response used for epidemics might work: Determine key transition points, like when a painkiller addict is likely to tr... 

States with expanded Medicaid had increased early cancer diagnoses, saving lives and costs

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POST-GAZETTE - “Policymakers considering cuts to or restrictions on public insurance such as Medicaid should take into account the access to important screening and diagnostic health care provided by insurance coverage,”says HPM’s LINDSAY SABIK, co-author of a study published in the American Journal of Public Health . “Our findings suggest that Medicaid coverage can improve early detection of cancer, which may have important benefits for individ... 

Do your ears hang low? (Hugen VIDEO)

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UPMC/PITT HEALTH SCIENCES NEWSROOM - Public health and dental medicine geneticists from the University of Pittsburgh found that at least 49 genes underlie earlobe attachment. What does this research mean and why is it important? 

Goldstein advises Dow Chemical on sustainability

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SUSTAINABLE BRANDS - The Dow Chemical Company counts EOH's BERNARD GOLDSTEIN among its 8-member Sustainability External Advisory Council (SEAC),  the first of its kind in the petrochemical industry. The council has a significant influence on Dow’s approach to sustainability and environment, health and safety issues, providing “an independent, outside-in perspective on critical issues related to sustainability and environmental policy that impact ... 

Stephan leads Oakland startup to battle the invasion of superbugs

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POST-GAZETTE - “We think we have the cure for the looming superbug epidemic,” DIETRICH STEPHAN recalled the 41-year-old entrepreneur saying. “I said, ‘Oh, really. Send us all your stuff.’” The introduction paid off. Steckbeck’s company, Oakland-based Peptilogics Inc., recently closed on a $5.5 million Series A financing round led by Facebook Inc.’s first major investor Peter Thiel. Stephan, a serial entrepreneur and chair of Pitt Public Health’s ... 

Burke’s angry response to the CDC’s seven-word ban

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POST-GAZETTE - Controversy is brewing over the Trump Administration’s reported advisory to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention against using words or terms commonly used to describe health issues and policies. They include: entitlement, science-based, evidence-based, transgender, fetus, diversity and vulnerable. “We were all surprised that these would be words that should be omitted from correspondence with budget documents and th... 

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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)