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There are already more US measles cases this year than in all of 2025
“Not vaccinating your kid is like saying, ‘I don’t want my car to have brakes,’” said Mark Roberts, former director of the Public Health Dynamics Lab at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. “Because it’s other people that you can hit. It’s not just you in your car. It’s other people.”
Yaver honored for research and community engagement
The American Political Science Association’s Health Politics and Policy section has selected Pitt Public Health’s Miranda Yaver, assistant professor of health policy and management, for two of its annual awards. Yaver is a co-recipient of the Outstanding Public Engagement and Emerging Scholar Awards.
Deakings graduates from ADVANCER program
Jason Deakings, PhD, MSPH, assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences, recently graduated from the Institute for Clinical Research Education's ADVANCER Program, a yearlong career development program for early-career faculty and researchers.