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Fifty years after Ebola’s discovery, Pitt Public Health researcher says global preparedness gaps remain
Fifty years after Ebola was first identified, researchers say the world has made significant scientific progress, yet many of the same public health challenges continue to hinder outbreak response. “The current outbreak gave us an opportunity to look back at where we’ve been over the past 50 years and ask what lessons we’ve actually learned,” writes Jean B. Nachega, PhD, professor of epidemiology at Pitt Public Health, in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Fapohunda receives the Mascaro Faculty Scholar Award to expand the global cancer disparities initiative
Abi Fapohunda, DrPH, Pitt Public Health assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences and an affiliate faculty member in Africana studies at the University of Pittsburgh, has received a 2026 John C. Mascaro Faculty Scholar in Sustainability Award to expand Global TEACH, an international initiative that trains students to study cancer disparities in rural Appalachia and Nigeria.
Transparency and collaboration were at the forefront of the second annual PA One Health Consortium meeting
“One Health links people, animals, plants and ecosystems,” said Maureen Lichtveld, dean of the School of Public Health, which has served as the PA One Health Consortium's coordinating institution since 2024. “That linkage is central to our mission and to the mission of our consortium and its partners.”