Our department is leading research and prevention activities that impact public health by training students to evaluate and respond to important public health issues in aging and chronic disease prevention, reproductive health, environmental health, and infectious diseases.
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Keeping your heart and waist healthy during menopause
“We were able to identify the time point at which women start to accumulate that fat in the abdomen. In particular, women start to accumulate two years before their final menstrual period,” said Professor of Epidemiology and Vice Chair for Education Samar R El Khoudary.
Public Health and Engineering team up on five research projects
Pitt’s School of Public Health, Swanson School of Engineering, and Clinical and Translational Science Institute have joined up to award $450,000 to five transdisciplinary pilot investigations focused on precision public health, a field that uses data science to develop targeted interventions by person, place and time.
4 Pitt projects making life healthier — not just longer
Maria Mori Brooks professor of epidemiology and of biostatistics and health data science and Anne Newman, a distinguished professor of epidemiology are working across a broad spectrum of disciplines to promote health and well-being across life stages.