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Tseng receives Provost's Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Congratulations to BIOST's Ge...
Tseng receives Provost's Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Congratulations to BIOST's George Tseng on receiving the 2019 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring which annually recognizes up to four faculty members for outstanding mentoring of graduate students seeking a research doctorate degree. Vital to the University's academic mission, training the... (04/15/2019)

Analysis by King identifies patients most at risk for weight regain after bariatric surgery

ASPPH FRIDAY LETTER - In the ...
Analysis by King identifies patients most at risk for weight regain after bariatric surgery

ASPPH FRIDAY LETTER - In the years following bariatric surgery, a person's overall eating behaviors and the amount of time spent watching television, playing video games, and using a computer for recreation are a better indication of long-term weight loss success than specific weight control practi... (04/15/2019)

Mailliard develops 'Swiss Army Knife' immunotherapy that kicks and kills HIV by exploiting a common virus

ASPPH FRIDAY LETTER - In a fi...
Mailliard develops 'Swiss Army Knife' immunotherapy that kicks and kills HIV by exploiting a common virus

ASPPH FRIDAY LETTER - In a first on the quest to cure human immunodeficiency virus, IDM's Robbie Mailliard and colleagues developed an all-in-one immunotherapy approach that not only kicks HIV out of hiding in the immune system, but also kills it. The key lies in immune cells designed to recognize ... (04/15/2019)

Ganguli wins AAGP Distinguished Scientist Award

Mary Ganguli (EPI '81) was ho...
Ganguli wins AAGP Distinguished Scientist Award

Mary Ganguli (EPI '81) was honored by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry in recognition of her many years of significant contributions to the field and her mentorship of successful junior researchers in the field of geriatric psychiatry. Ganguli is professor of psychiatry, epidemiolo... (04/15/2019)

OjO Latino: A Photovoice Project in Recognition of the Latino Presence in Pittsburgh, PA

CONTEMPORANEITY - Pitt studen...
OjO Latino: A Photovoice Project in Recognition of the Latino Presence in Pittsburgh, PA

CONTEMPORANEITY - Pitt students Héctor Camilo Ruiz Sánchez (BCHS/Anthropology '20), Paulina Pardo Gaviria (history of art & architecture) Rosa De Ferrari (BCHS/GSPIA '18), and faculty advisors Kirk Savage & Patricia Documet (BCHS) published on their recent Photovoice work connecting Latinos from ... (04/12/2019)

 

Mon
4/22 Epidemiology epiBRAIN Journal Club
epiBRAIN Journal Club Epidemiology epiBRAIN Journal Club
epiBRAIN Journal Club
Mon 4/22 12:00PM - 1:00PM
A521 Public Health

Multidisciplinary Journal Club to explore the application of neuroimaging methods in the context of aging and population studies
Mon
4/22 IDM Seminar Series
"Regulation of Synaptic Protein Neurogranin in HAND", Roberta Reis IDM Seminar Series
"Regulation of Synaptic Protein Neurogranin in HAND", Roberta Reis
Mon 4/22 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Public Health Lecture Hall (A115)
Mon
4/22 BCHS Event
BCHS 2509 Poster Showcase BCHS Event
BCHS 2509 Poster Showcase
Mon 4/22 6:00PM - 8:50PM
Public Health Commons (1st floor)
Tue
4/23 Epidemiology Dissertation Defense
Effect of Lrg.-Scale Econ. Devel. on Violence & Collec. Efficacy:A Natural Experiment Epidemiology Dissertation Defense
Effect of Lrg.-Scale Econ. Devel. on Violence & Collec. Efficacy:A Natural Experiment
Tue 4/23 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Outside Conference and Meeting Spaces

DEFENSE LOCATION:  Schenley Place, Epidemiology Data Center - Conference Room 631

DISSERTATION TITLE:  The Effect of Large-Scale Economic Development on Violence and Collective Efficacy:  A Natural Experiment

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Maria M. Brooks
Tiffany L. Gary-Webb
Dara D. Mendez
Evelyn O. Talbott
 
Tue
4/23 Human Genetics Dissertation Defense
Andrew Sinsheimer: Understanding ACAD9 Function and the Physiologic Consequences of Its Deficiency Human Genetics Dissertation Defense
Andrew Sinsheimer: Understanding ACAD9 Function and the Physiologic Consequences of Its Deficiency
Tue 4/23 1:00PM - 3:00PM
1149 Public Health, Foster Conference Room
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