The Journal of the AHA recently published the paper titled ‘Postmenopausal Women With Greater Paracardial Fat Have More Coronary Artery Calcification Than Premenopausal Women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Cardiovascular Fat Ancillary Study’ that associates fat around the heart and a higher risk of heart disease in postmenopausal women.
Dr. El Khoudary has been selected to attend the 2017 Conference on Public Health and Health Sciences for Fulbright Alumni from the middle east and north Africa, which will take place from Monday February 20th to Wednesday February 22nd in Cairo, Egypt.
Wendy King was the recipient this year for her paper, “Prescribed Opioid and Non-Opioid Analgesic Medication Use Before and After Bariatric Surgery: 7 Year Follow-up.”
The EDC will serve as the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) for the Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion (MINT) trial which was recently funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
The University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences has been awarded a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contract that could lead to $90 million in research over the next decade to improve trauma care for both civilians and military personnel.
Faculty from the EDC are authors on 2 Top Ten Papers, a Top Ten Bariatric surgery Poster, and 3 other presentations at Obesity Week.
The authors assessed working status and change in productivity in the first 3 years following bariatric surgery for severe obesity.
Newly released Pitt study, published today in JAMA, finds commercially available wearable devices for gauging physical activity are not useful tools for weight loss.
The EDC, will be heading the data management and analysis of a newly funded R01 that will focus on optimizing outcome classification and ultimately improving outcomes in children after cardiac arrest.
Research led by the EDC found that nearly 80 percent of guns recovered by Pittsburgh Police are not in the possession of their lawful owners, a strong indication that theft and trafficking are significant sources of firearms involved in crimes in southwest Pennsylvania.
