EDC Student Wins 2023 NCEH/ATSDR Award
EDC PhD student Kristina Boyd was part of a team that won a 2023 National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry Award for excellence in domestic program delivery.
EDC Student Receives Funding From the Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center
EDC PhD student, Sarah Scott, received funding from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center to define thriving in young adults after experiencing relationship abuse using arts-based research methods.
EDC Faculty member co-authored a study linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
EDC faculty member Balasubramani Goundappa co-authored a study published in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages (UN SDGs)
EDC faculty member co-authors study published in the JAMA network Open
EDC faculty member co-authors study published in the JAMA network Open EDC Faculty member Balasubramani Goundappa co-authored a study published in the JAMA network Open looking at SARS-CoV-2 incidence and transmission rates in child care centers and households.A...EDC Faculty members co-author study published in the New England Journal of Medicine
Drs. Maria Mori Brooks and Marnie Bertolet direct the Data Coordinating Center for MINT, an international clinical trial comparing blood transfusion strategies for heart attack patients with anemia.
Dr. Maria Brooks Receives Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring
We are happy to announce that professor of Epidemiology Dr. Maria Brooks has received the 2023 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring.
Pitt Lands $14.3 Million for Research Linking Dementia and Cardiovascular Disease
Pitt Lands $14.3 Million for Research Linking Dementia and Cardiovascular Disease A team from the University of Pittsburgh will launch a first-ever clinical trial to see if an immune regulator can reduce the deleterious aspects of aging in older but otherwise healthy...EDC Faculty Promoted
EDC Faculty Promoted Dr. Samar El Khoudary was promoted to Professor with tenure. Samar is a leader of the SWAN study, has an R01 related to HDL and ovarian aging, and directs the data core for several clinical trials. This past year, she was honored to present the...Weight-loss surgery produces durable improvements in urinary incontinence
Seven years after bariatric surgery, patients with urinary incontinence see improvements that persist, according to large longitudinal study.