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GSPH Presented with Portrait of Renowned Epidemiologist Katherine Detre

 

Many Pennsylvania Children on Medicaid Lack Adequate Dental Care, According to Pennsylvania Medicaid Policy Center Report

 

GSPH Researchers Discover Gene Mutation Linked to Lymphatic Dysfunction

 

Dr. Eleanor Feingold Elected as a Fellow of the American Statistica Association

 

Improving Family Health in India Focus of Second Global Health Conference at University of Pittsburgh

 

203 Degrees Awarded at 60th GSPH Convocation

 

60th GSPH Convocation Set for May 2

 

Award-Winning Author to Give Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health 2010 Convocation Address

 

Safe Weight Gain for Heavier Moms-to-Be Depends on Level of Obesity, According to Pitt-Led Study

 

2010 Craig Award for Teaching Excellence Announced

 

Global Health Exhibit Comes to GSPH

 

Visit GSPH Day – A Day for Accepted Applicants

On Friday, March 19, 2010, accepted applicants are invited to join faculty, students, and alumni from the Graduate School of Public Health at Visit GSPH Day to learn more about the public health education and career opportunities waiting for them at GSPH and in Pittsburgh. 

BCHS Announces New and Updated Degree Programs

 

Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health Announces New and Updated Degree Programs in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 15 – For students interested in the role behavioral and social factors play in illness and health, the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) has established a Ph.D. program and made major revisions to its longstanding Dr.P.H. program. 

Short-Term Survival Benefit Found in Hospitals with Higher-Intensity Approaches to End-of-Life Care

Patients admitted to hospitals with higher-intensity end-of-life care live longer than those admitted to hospitals with low-intensity approaches, according to a University of Pittsburgh study available online and published in the February issue of the journal Medical Care . Higher-intensity care refers to greater use of life-sustaining measures such as ICU admission, intubation or mechanical ventilation, kidney dialysis and feeding tubes.  

Leading Expert in Health Care Decision-Making Appointed Chair of Health Policy and Management at Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3 – Mark S. Roberts, M.D., M.P.P., has been recruited by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) to lead the school’s Department of Health Policy and Management. 

Leading Expert in Health Care Decision-Making Appointed Chair of HPM at GSPH

 

BCHS faculty taking part in modeling core Computational Models of Infectious Disease Threats

BCHS faculty is well represented in the Dynamic Behavioral Modeling core of the University of Pittsburgh MIDAS Center of Excellence, Computational Models of Infectious Disease Threats.  

Dr. Steven Albert and co-author, Dr. Vicki Freedman publish 2nd edition of Public Health and Aging

This new edition (Springer Publishing Company, 2010) updates the 2004 book with new chapters on the aging services network as a public health intervention, prevention of chronic disease and disability, and public health efforts for long-term care populations. 

2010 Craig Award Nominations Open

 

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This Pitt researcher is using data to fight the opioid epidemic  

This Pitt researcher is using data to fight the opioid epidemic

PITTWIRE - Jeanine Buchanich, a research associate professor in Biostatistics, is taking a big-picture approach to figuring out what programs will best tackle the problem.Buchanich has evaluated public health interventions as varied as community-level training for first responders on naloxone use a... (07/19/2022)
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Two public health leaders on COVID-19 and what's next 

Two public health leaders on COVID-19 and what's next

PITTWIRE - Dean Lichtveld and Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, sat down to discuss lessons learned from the U.S. response to the pandemic and the future of the nation's health. As the United States settles into a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, mas... (05/10/2022)
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Advocating for affordable health care landed these Pitt people invitations to the White House 

Advocating for affordable health care landed these Pitt people invitations to the White House

PITTWIRE - HPM's Amy Raslevich received an invitation to attend President Joe Biden’s April 5 signing of the Executive Order on Strengthening Access to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid at the White House.  The event also marked President Obama’s first public return to the White House since leav... (04/06/2022)