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These fresh classes, majors and certificates open new possibilities

The School of Public Health is expanding its curriculum with four new innovative courses.

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When Climate Becomes a Health Crisis

In this episode of Global Health Frontlines, Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, discusses the ways climate is already reshaping human health. Dr. Lichtveld also shares the experiences that led her to public health, including helping increase childhood immunization rates in communities in Suriname, and explains why the next generation of public health professionals gives her reason for optimism.

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Kyaien O. Conner brings a public health perspective to Pitt’s School of Social Work

Trained as both a social worker and public health researcher, Kyaien O. Conner (PhD, SSW ’08, MPH, BCHS ’07), has developed a career focused on understanding how individual health is connected to families, communities and the broader systems around them. Now, as dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and a Pitt Public Health alumna, she sees an opportunity to bring those perspectives together in new ways.

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