Fall 2025 Meeting Agenda

of the Pitt Public Health Board of Visitors and Partner Advisory Board

Wednesday, November 19

1155 Public Health

11:15 a.m.

Salk Exhibit Tour (optional)

Don Burke, Dean Emeritus, Pitt Public Health

11:45 a.m.

Welcome

Maureen Lichtveld, Dean, Pitt Public Health

Noon

Lunch & Committee Meetings

2 p.m.

Break

2:15 p.m.

Committee Report Back & Discussion

3 p.m.

Scientific Presentation—Aging, AI, and Precision Public Health

Caterina Rosano, Professor and Director, Population Neuroscience of Aging T32 Program, Associate Director for Clinical Translation, Aging Institute, Pitt Public Health

Suresh Kuchipudi, Professor and Chair, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Pitt Public Health

Praveen Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Pitt Public Health

4 p.m.

Practice Symposium

Thursday, November 20

William Pitt Union—Lower Lounge

8:30 a.m.

Welcome & Breakfast 

(optional)

9 a.m.

State of the School

Maureen Lichtveld, Dean, Pitt Public Health

Jeanine Buchanich, Vice Dean, Pitt Public Health

Jennifer Palaski, Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, Pitt Public Health

10 a.m.

Plan for Pitt Update

Kevin Washo, Senior Vice Chancellor for External Relations, Office of the Chancellor

Tom Crawford, Interim Leader and Senior Advisor, Vice Chancellor for Corporate and Foundation Relations, Philanthropic & Alumni Engagement

10:45 a.m.

Break

11 a.m.

Federal Landscape Discussion

David Brown, Vice Chancellor for Government Relations and Advocacy, Office of the Chancellor

Rob Rutenbar, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, Office of the Chancellor

Noon

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

Boards Meet Separately

1:15 p.m.

Boards Meet Together without SPH

2 p.m.

School of Public Health and the Health Sciences

Anantha Shekhar, Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences, John and Gertrude Petersen Dean, School of Medicine

3 p.m.

Discussion & Wrap Up

5:30 p.m. 

Alumni Awards Dinner

Monterey Bay Fish Grotto