Center for Health Equity News

panelists at the frontlines of public health symposium
September 18, 2024

New efforts to combat anti-science rhetoric and encourage vaccines topic of Pitt panel

“Any decline we’re seeing in vaccination rates is concerning,” said Theresa Chapple-McGruder, director of the Center for Health Equity and associate professor of health policy and management.
children and adults attend a back to school event. Photo credit: AP News
September 9, 2024

Hundreds of places in the US said racism was a public health crisis. What’s changed?

“If we’re not going to name racism in the first place, then we’re not going to start to develop solutions to address it,” said Dara Mendez, associate professor of epidemiology.
Theresa Chapple-McGruder
July 19, 2024

Center for Health Equity director named

An epidemiologist and public health leader has been appointed associate professor of health policy and management and director of the Center for Health Equity (CHE) at the School of Public Health. She is Theresa Chapple-McGruder, PhD, MPH, who will assume her new role at Pitt on Aug. 1.
Amy Hartman and Dara Méndez
May 13, 2024

Dara Méndez and Amy Hartman selected as Health Sciences Ascending Star Awardees

Congratulations to Dara Méndez, associate director of the center for health equity and associate professor of epidemiology and Amy Hartman, associate professor of infectious diseases and microbiology, on receiving 2024 Ascending Star Awards.