2023 epidemiology grads and faculty
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2025 Pitt Health Science Ascending Star awardees

5 Pitt health sciences faculty members received 2025 Ascending Star Awards

Sonja Swanson, associate professor of epidemiology, is one of five faculty members in Pitt's Schools of the Health Sciences to receive a 2025 Ascending Star Award. She will give a research talk on September 4 at 3:30 p.m. in Alan Magee Scaife Hall, room 3785.

Dr. Samar El Khoudary

In Good Health: Vaccines, menopause, and cardiovascular disease

Epidemiology's Samar El Khoudary discusses cardiovascular disease and the menopausal transition live on NPR's news magazine show 1A.

Dr. Tiffany Gary-Webb

Tiffany Gary-Webb channels Senegal trips into collaborative disease research

Dr. Gary-Webb's focus on African American populations in the U.S. has expanded to include the Caribbean, Jamaica and Dakar, Senegal, with recent travels and collaborations geared toward improving health outcomes for noncommunicable diseases.