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Vice Dean Jessica Burke and Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Sara Baumann

Media project gives families outlet to help process grief of losing a child

Vice Dean Jessica Burke and Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Sara Baumann developed the collaborative filmmaking model as a research tool to let people tell their own stories.

Cindy Le, Dylan Kurian, Christina Yi, Lauren Angus, Harper Segal and Namita Mahajan

Center for Global Health-sponsored team takes second at Global Health Case Competition

A team of six University of Pittsburgh juniors placed second in Emory University’s 2024 Emory Morningside Case Competition held March 21-23. The team was sponsored by the Global Studies Center and the School of Public Health’s Center for Global Health, headed by Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Assistant Professor Cynthia L Salter, PhD.

Art Heals Exhibit

ART Heals Pittsburgh showcases the role of community art in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Through the collaboration of professors Sara Baumann and Jessica Burke, ART Heals Pittsburgh showcases 27 artists from the greater Pittsburgh region.