EDC Faculty Member Anthony Fabio’s research used to fact check congressional member statement
Donald Trump and members of Congress met Feb. 28 to discuss how to reduce gun violence at schools.
EDC DrPH student Kathleen Creppage publishes paper on Early Warning System in Opioid Crisis
Stamp bags are small wax packets that contain mixtures of illicit drugs, most commonly heroin, packaged for sale and sometimes stamped with a graphical logo by drug dealers to market their contents.
EDC Co-Director Maria Mori Brooks invited speaker for inaugural Women in Data Science Conference
Maria Mori Brooks, PhD, co-director of the Epidemiology Data Center, was an invited speaker at the inaugural Women in Data Science Conference (WiDS) Pittsburgh @CMU on March 9, 2018.
Results of the 7-Year Follow-up of the LABS Project, which is coordinated by the EDC, are published online in JAMA Surgery
In this multicenter longitudinal study, the 7-year weight and comorbid health changes following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding were assessed.
EDC Faculty member, Dr. Marnie Bertolet, receives Diversity in the Curriculum Awards
Dr. Marnie Bertolet received the award for incorporation of diversity and inclusion topics in her class, EPIDEM 2181 – Design of Clinical Trials. Specifically, Dr. Bertolet incorporates diversity and inclusion in her course in multiple ways. To hold herself...DOD approves second task order for the LITES network: Shock, Whole blood and Assessment of TBI (SWAT)
The second project of the LITES Network (Task Order #2) is a four-year observational study examining the use of whole blood resuscitation compared to component resuscitation in poly-trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock.
EDC PhD student Shiyao Gao finds race and SES disparities in health care utilization in TBI care
EDC PhD student Shiyao Gao, and EDC faculty Anthony Fabio and Stephen Wisniewski find that disparities in health care utilization of adults with traumatic brain injuries are related to race, SES and ethnicity.
EDC Faculty member Samar R. El Khoudary awarded new NIH grant to study the effects of hormone therapy in women
Dr. El Khoudary was awarded a 2 year grant from the NIH titled “Effects of Hormone Therapy on Heart Fat and Atherosclerosis Progression in Early Postmenopausal Women from the KEEPS Trial”.
EDC Faculty Wendy King and Steve Belle find that 1 in 5 Surgical Weight-loss Patients Take Prescription Opioids Seven Years After Surgery
Wendy King and Steve Belle, along with co-authors, have published a paper showing that while the proportion of adults with severe obesity using prescription opioids initially declines in the months after bariatric surgery, it increases within a matter of years, eventually surpassing pre-surgery rates of patients using the potentially addictive pain medications.
EDC Faculty member Anthony Fabio will present a study titled “Gunshot Wounds to the Head: The Epidemiology of Severe Pediatric Firearm-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries
Anthony Fabio will present the results of the study at the at the 2017 Society for Violence and Injury Research Annual Meeting.