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Holt named 2026 recipient of American Veterinary One Health Society Honorary Diplomate Award
James Holt, VMD, visiting associate professor of infectious diseases and microbiology at Pitt Public Health, has been named the 2026 recipient of the American Veterinary One Health Society Honorary Diplomate Award, which recognizes distinguished service and career contributions that advance the health of animals, people, plants and the environment through the principles of One Health.
Caterina Rosano selected for national ELAM leadership program
Caterina Rosano, MD, MPH, professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, has been selected as a fellow in the 2026–2027 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (ELAM)—a highly competitive national program that prepares mid- to senior-level women faculty for executive leadership roles in academic health centers.
Pitt Public Health researcher explores how insurance denials shape health inequities in new book
Miranda Yaver, PhD, assistant professor of health policy and management at Pitt Public Health, will release her first book on April 23. Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States, published by Cambridge University Press, draws on survey research, administrative data, and interviews to examine why health insurance coverage is denied and how those decisions affect patients—often due to racial and economic inequities.