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How the pandemic inspired this Pitt student to pursue a career in public health

MPH student, Larisa Garza Chapa, discusses what led her to pursue a degree in public health. 

Dzau awarded prestigious Porter Prize

Alcohol use rises in states where marijuana is legalized

HPM's Coleman Drake discusses how cannabis use appears to increase the probability that people drink in the years after legalization. 

Pitt Public Health in practice

Countywide Project Helps Communities to Flourish

Disparities in COVID-19 vaccine equity persist, though the situation has improved

Healio -  Jean Nachega explains that these data show that vaccine access inequity is still a reality, especially in low- and middle-income countries, though the situation at least in terms of COVID-19 vaccines has somewhat improved. 
 

Transgender and gender diverse youth often avoid medical care after negative experience with health care providers

BCHS graduate Taylor Boyer's recent study focuses on transgender and gender diverse youth. 

A half century-long journey

50 years of Pitt’s Genetic Counseling Program…and counting

Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab receives funding to make homes safer for older adults

UPMC-Pitt is one of seven institutions to receive a portion of a $5.7 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD. 

How cancer cells can become immortal – new research finds a mutated gene that helps melanoma defeat the normal limits on repeated replication

A defining characteristic of cancer cells is their immortality. Cancer cells, however, can overcome this limitation to form tumors and bypass “mortality” by continuing to replicate.

SPH hits the trifecta!

Three faculty members ranked in a global list of top women scientists.

Lewis Kuller, longtime chair of epidemiology at Pitt, dies at 88

Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle- Lewis H. Kuller, who built a world-class Department of Epidemiology, which he chaired for 30 years, has died.

Brace yourself for a triple wave of seasonal viruses

WIRED- "It’s like a dream and a nightmare for someone doing prediction,” says Mary Krauland, a Health Policy and Management research assistant professor who models SARS-CoV-2 and influenza outbreaks.

Air pollution raises mortality risk, worsens lung function in fibrotic ILD

Healio- In patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease, exposure to small particulate matter was linked to increased mortality, poor lung function and faster disease progression. 

COVID-19 cases hold steady in Allegheny County

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette- Tiffany Gary-Webb, an associate professor of epidemiology and a member of the Black Equity Coalition, discussed concerns about racial disparities with COVID-19. 

With over-the-counter birth control pills likely to be approved, pharmacists and pharmacies could play an ever-increasing role in reproductive health care

YAHOO- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to review a drugmaker’s application for the first over-the-counter birth control pill in November 2022, with a decision expected in the first half of 2023.