September 30, 2024
Students Villandre and Lyu present at 2024 Pittsburgh International Lung Conference
Villandre was honored with a Best Abstract Award.
September 13, 2024
Faculty trio cited among top female scientists – For yet another year
Data analytics company Research.com has again ranked three School of Public Health faculty members among their annual list of top 1,000 female scientists.
July 30, 2024
Learning by doing
Students thrive at Pittsburgh Summer Institute.
July 23, 2024
Dysfunctional destruction of cellular powerhouses is central to severe asthma
For two decades, Dr. Sally Wenzel, chair of the department of environmental and occupational health, has worked to bring precision medicine to asthma, publishing extensively on the disease’s many underlying genetic and molecular causes.
July 19, 2024
Next steps on environmental justice efforts
Next up is the fourth annual Homewood Community Health and Wellness Summit on July 27, 2024, led by the Community Empowerment Association. There, Pitt researchers will discuss asthma and air pollution, said Tina Ndoh, associate professor of environmental and occupational health.
July 16, 2024
MPH in environmental and occupational health accredited by national council
The School of Public Health is pleased to announce the MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health degree program has been accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC).
July 11, 2024
Pitt toxicologist: Based on EPA sampling, 'a source of vinyl chloride' could remain in East Palestine
"If it's still turning up, that tells me that there is a reservoir or a source of vinyl chloride that remains in the community," said Dr. James Fabisiak, associate professor of environmental and occupational health.
July 8, 2024
EOH students present at 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology
EOH students presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, held March 10-14, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Zachary Clemens, Yuchen Kristine Sun and Natalie Price were honored with research and travel awards. Additionally, BSPH students and fellows from Pitt’s faculty with secondary EOH appointments presented their findings at the meeting.
Zachary Clemens was awarded the Metals Specialty Section Research Award for his poster
June 24, 2024
Celebrating this year's graduates
Pictured here are: Matthew Gesualdo, Miranda Aman, Madison Gilbert, Angela Le, Sally Wenzel, Nesta Bortey-Sam, Aaron Barchowsky, Jim Peterson, Firoz Abdoel Wahid, and Zachary Clemens
June 21, 2024
Advocates listen and learn, celebrate and plan at first Environmental Justice Summit
May 9-11 was Pittsburgh’s first Environmental Justice Summit with the theme Reflections, Connections, and Collaborative Action.
June 17, 2024
Finding affinity and joy in environmental justice work
Ndoh and Wilson met in January to begin planning the “Environmental Justice Summit: Reflections, Connections, and Collaborative Action,” which was held May 9-11 at Pitt’s Community Engagement Centers in Homewood and the Hill District, as well as additional locations in Hazelwood and Clairton.
May 29, 2024
Air pollution decreased, but still causes hundreds of deaths a year in Allegheny County
“So steel, coal, other chemical productions, lots of that’s a highly industrial source of PM2.5. That, in some research, has been shown to potentially carry more toxicity than other types of PM 2.5.” explained Department of Environmental and Occupational Health alumna Dr. Gillian Goobie.
May 21, 2024
Faculty honored for teaching excellence
Two faculty members have received special recognition for their teaching expertise.
April 24, 2024
Publication Alert : Mass spectrometry aids metabolic visualization
Hua Tian, visiting research associate professor of environmental and occupational health, is co-corresponding author of “Multi-Modal Mass Spectrometry Imaging Identifies Cell-Type-Specific Metabolic and Lipidomic Variation in the Mammalian Liver,” a recent publication in the journal Developmental Cell.
April 17, 2024