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Three Pitt Public Health community members receive Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Awards

Three members of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health community have been selected to receive 2026 Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Awards for Staff, recognizing their contributions to research, university engagement and early career achievement.

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Health Policy and Management alumnus named CEO of Maui Health

Alumnus Wade Ebersole, FACHE (MHA ’09), has been named CEO of Maui Health after serving as interim CEO since May 2026. “Wade’s dedication to not just serving but bettering the communities he lives and works in shows what it means to be a true leader,” said Julie Donohue, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management. “We are proud to call him an alum and an example to our students of how to create impact, wherever you are.”

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Overdose deaths have plunged. We need to know why

J. Travis Donahoe, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Pitt Public Health, and his co-authors examine the historic decline in U.S. opioid overdose deaths and its implications for public health.

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