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Domestic violence awareness in Pittsburgh: Grant helps support research to aid victims
“From a research perspective, we know that housing and intimate partner violence are connected,” said BCHS Associate Professor Zoe Hendrickson. “There's a lot of research showing that intimate partner violence leads to people experiencing unstable housing. We also know the reverse. We know that people who are experiencing unstable housing can also be at risk for intimate partner violence.”
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.
Pitt Public Health researchers bring youth perspectives to social media research
Young people are often the primary audience for social media content, yet they are rarely included as research partners when that content is analyzed. A team of Pitt Public Health researchers in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences is working to fill that gap.