Excellence on Display
Sixteen graduate students from four departments at the School of Public Health took part in the first-ever Student Public Health Practice Showcase. Posters highlighted work that students completed in collaboration with community partners and awards were presented to students, faculty and community partners. Presenting the awards were Tina Ndoh, PhD, associate professor of environmental and occupational health; Lina Dostillo, EdD, Pitt vice chancellor for engagement and community affairs; Tracey Conti, MD, Andrew Mathieson Professor and chair, Department of Family Medicine; and Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, Edmund R. McCluskey Professor of Pediatrics Medical Education, both School of Medicine; and Dean Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH.
Oasis Farm, A Homewood urban farm and greenhouse project associated with the Bible Center Church, was named an Emerging Community Partner. Farm Manager Ash Chan and colleagues accepted on behalf of Oasis.