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Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center receives four-year funding renewal

The University of Pittsburgh Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center (MAR-PHTC) has received a four-year funding renewal to continue strengthening the public health workforce across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Ifeanyi Igboaka, an MPH student in the Department of Human Genetics , standing next to the poster he presented at the PGRN annual meeting.

Pitt Public Health student presents at Pharmacogenomics Global Research Network meeting

Ifeanyi Igboaka, PharmD, an MPH student in the Department of Human Genetics at Pitt Public Health, presented his research on equity in cardiovascular pharmacogenomics guidelines at the Pharmacogenomics Global Research Network annual meeting held Sept. 25-27 in Chicago, Ill., at Northwestern University's Chicago Medical Campus.

A red glass award on a tabletop recognizing UPMC for its 2026 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for real-time genomic surveillance for outbreak detection.

Pitt Public Health researchers recognized for award-winning hospital outbreak detection system

Four Pitt Public Health-affiliated researchers are part of a team behind a genomic surveillance system recognized with a national award for its role in detecting and preventing infectious disease outbreaks in health care settings. The team includes Lee Harrison, MD; Alexander Sundermann, DrPH; Mark Roberts, MD, MPP; and Praveen Kumar, PhD.