New Pitt classes and programs launch in fall 2025
Pitt Public Health is offering new courses for fall 2025, including a Disaster Preparedness Certificate and a course in AI in Health Data Science, as well as training opportunities through the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health.
BSPH student voices, podcasted
In a recent assignment for the School of Public Health’s “Community-Based Approaches to Public Health” course, a group of undergraduate students tackled the Black maternal mortality crisis—not with a paper or a slide deck, but with a podcast. They opened with music and an engaging welcome, followed by a data-backed discussion of structural racism and community-based interventions, such as the use of doulas. Their delivery was confident, terminology thoughtful—and passion, well, audible.
Donors study alongside students
The Fosters, longtime fixtures in Pittsburgh business and philanthropy, joined the 2025 class for “Public Health Threats in Suriname: From Ecosystem to Human Health,” meeting with public health and other government officials and observing ecological and economic threats to the country on the northeast coast of South America.
Incoming BSPH students earn top scholarships from Pitt
Three incoming Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) students have been selected for the University of Pittsburgh’s most distinguished scholarships for undergraduates.
Pushpika Basu and Layla Toomer were awarded Nordenberg Scholarships, and Kailin Gao received a Stamps Scholarship.
