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Three Pitt Public Health community members receive Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Awards
Three members of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health community have been selected to receive 2026 Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Awards for Staff, recognizing their contributions to research, university engagement and early career achievement.
Pitt Public Health’s Lisa Bodnar elected to National Academy of Medicine
Lisa M. Bodnar, PhD, MPH, RD, professor of epidemiology and associate dean for research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in health and medicine.
Pitt Public Health researchers recognized for award-winning hospital outbreak detection system
Four Pitt Public Health-affiliated researchers are part of a team behind a genomic surveillance system recognized with a national award for its role in detecting and preventing infectious disease outbreaks in health care settings. The team includes Lee Harrison, MD; Alexander Sundermann, DrPH; Mark Roberts, MD, MPP; and Praveen Kumar, PhD.