Resources for Alumni

Epidemiology alumni work in health care, government agencies, community-based organizations, research institutions, and industry, and are making a significant impact on emerging clinical care and public health policy.

We encourage you, our alumni, to get involved and extend your professional and social networks, and we welcome your participation in the variety of alumni activities planned by the department, school, and University.

If you’re one of our alumni, we want to connect with you.

Get Involved

Pitt Public Health, the schools of the health sciences, and the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association plan events for alumni throughout the year. Check these out for more information:

Stay Connected

Volunteer to be a networking resource for public health students. Participate in recruitment fairs across the country. Attend school-sponsored lectures. Follow Pitt Public Health on social media. There are so many opportunities to stay connected as a Pitt Public Health and University of Pittsburgh alumnus. Click to find out how to get involved with mentoring, the magazine, class reunions and more. Learn about how you can donate to Pitt Public Health.

Find a Job

As an alumnus, you have access to Pitt Public Health and University job search tools and career resources, including PittBRIDGES, the school’s job and internship matching service. For more information, visit career services.

Share alumni news

Share your accomplishments, stories, or news—and stories of classmates or colleagues—at publichealth.pitt.edu/sharenews or by emailing phalum@pitt.edu. We’d love to hear from you!

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Epi Alumni Stories

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Masks and Much More: Public Health in the Time of COVID-19 

Masks and Much More: Public Health in the Time of COVID-19

PITTSBURGH CURRENT—"Green is associated with 'go,' 'all clear,' 'nothing to worry about'—but during this pandemic, green could not be further from the truth." Doctoral candidate Chantele Mitchell-Miland (EPI '20) and advisor EPI's Dara Mendez explain why we all still need to be vigilant and practic... (07/01/2020)
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Brent on how brief interventions are tied to lower repeat suicide attempts 

Brent on how brief interventions are tied to lower repeat suicide attempts

The fewer who attempt suicide, the fewer that die by suicide. These results have "important clinical implications" that should motivate healthcare systems to implement brief interventions, commented epidemiologist David Brent (’87 Hyg) and Nadine M. Melhem. “We need to be prepared with brief suicid... (06/17/2020)
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Gary-Webb on the new Pittsburgh coalition tackling racial inequities and the pandemic 

Gary-Webb on the new Pittsburgh coalition tackling racial inequities and the pandemic

WESA - Coalition scientists have pushed to get more coronavirus testing into communities of need. To get that done, EPI’s Tiffany Gary-Webb said they mapped out where Black families live in poverty and lack access to quality medical care, and then created an overlay showing where the federally qual... (06/08/2020)
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Is Remdesivir a New COVID-19 Standard of Care? Althouse responds to the NEJM Data 

Is Remdesivir a New COVID-19 Standard of Care? Althouse responds to the NEJM Data

CONTAGION LIVE – In response to concerns about analyses of the relationship between morality and time-to-recovery remdesivir data, Andrew Althouse (EPI ’13), assistant professor at Pitt’s Division of General Internal Medicine, said that “deaths were assigned a failure to recover and the ‘worst’ tim... (05/24/2020)
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Washington to speak in Philly  

Washington to speak in Philly

Raynard Washington (EPI '09, '12) is the chief epidemiologist at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. In this role, Washington is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data that provides actionable information on the health status of Philadelphia residents. He coordinates... (12/17/2019)
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