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Spanning seven academic departments to tailor graduate study plus our undergraduate BSPH, Pitt Public Health is a forward-thinking and vibrant community of students, educators, researchers, collaborators and leaders.

Academics

Graduate Programs

With multiple degree options, covering all major fields of public health, you’re sure to find a path that fits your unique strengths.

Undergraduate Program

Learn about today’s most pressing public health topics, directly engage with populations and observe how your coursework translates into real-world settings.

Certificates

We offer multiple certificates that allow you to enhance your degree, increase your job opportunities and broaden your expertise.

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For three-quarters of a century, Pitt Public Health has championed vital initiatives to inform and empower local communities and diverse populations around the world. Our groundbreaking research grows from a rich history to current priorities that drive positive change and enrich the future.

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Student Resources

Current students use this quick-access hub to smoothly navigate their experience at Pitt Public Health. From forms to deadlines to local happenings — it’s all here.

Student Resources

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Centers and Institutes

Our Centers and Institutes promote practice and scholarship, advance scientific inquiry and affect local communities and populations around the world.

Research Centers and Institutes

Exploring Your Future

Career Services

Whether you are seeking an internship, fellowship or job, Pitt Public Health Career Services can advise you on exploring your future as a public health professional.

Career Services

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News

Anxiety diagnoses have overtaken Pennsylvania's medical cannabis program, study finds

"Adding anxiety to the [cannabis] program may inadvertently signal to patients that cannabis is effective for treating it, despite the lack of evidence, which is concerning,” Coleman Drake, associate professor of health policy and management, said in a statement.

In Good Health: Vaccines, menopause, and cardiovascular disease

Epidemiology's Samar El Khoudary discusses cardiovascular disease and the menopausal transition live on NPR's news magazine show 1A.

Dengue severity linked to genetic ancestry’s influence on immune response

Priscila Castanha, PhD, assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology, and colleagues have linked the extreme variability in severity of the mosquito-borne viral disease dengue to the influence of genetic ancestry on inflammatory responses in the skin.

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