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Da Silva Castanha receives NIH award to study emerging Oropouche virus
Priscila Da Silva Castanha, PhD, assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) award to study Oropouche virus, a growing infectious disease threat.
The overdose decline and the limits of single-cause explanations
In a forthcoming commentary in the International Journal of Drug Policy, Pitt Public Health Dean Emeritus Donald Burke and co-author Hawre Jalal propose that the recent decline in overdose deaths should be understood in the broader context of the overdose epidemic’s long-term trajectory. In their view, overdose deaths during the COVID era were a temporary departure from that trajectory, driven by social disruption, changes in treatment access, labor-market volatility, income shocks and other pandemic-related factors.
Salk's vaccine among 250 most impactful moments in American history
Peter Salk, adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, speaks about what drove his father to develop the first successful polio vaccine. (Segment begins at 23:25.)