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PSI participant Shannon Yurcich

A summer of public health

Through the Pittsburgh Summer Institute, a long-standing partnership between the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and the Allegheny County Health Department, students work alongside experienced mentors on projects that address community health challenges while exploring careers in governmental public health.

Elsa S. Strotmeyer, PhD, professor of epidemiology at Pitt Public Health

How a study of diabetes prevention expanded the science of healthy aging

"What we're realizing is that we're not just studying diabetes anymore," said Elsa S. Strotmeyer, PhD, professor of epidemiology at Pitt Public Health and current principal investigator of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS), a landmark study examining the long-term effects of lifestyle intervention and metformin on health and aging. "We're studying aging."

Cindy McCarthy, DHCE, director of the Bioethics Certificate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

McCarthy receives grant to support bioethics study abroad program

Associate Professor Cindy McCarthy, DHCE, director of the Bioethics Certificate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, has received a $10,000 Institute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad) Faculty-Led Program Global Pillars Grant to help support students participating in a new study abroad program.

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