The 2016 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon is coming up. If you’re planning to run, UPMC’s Dr. Aaron Mares has some last-minute tips for a… Read more
April 2016
Bedford Memorial Celebrates Donate Life Month
Jeanne Defibaugh of Northern Bedford knows the life-saving value of organ donation better than most people – her husband is a liver recipient and she… Read more
The Opioid Epidemic: Pitt Public Health Examines the Data
Western Pennsylvania is in the midst of a drug overdose epidemic, prompting the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to create a pilot… Read more
Flag Given in Gratitude by Starving Family Returns Home
Dennis Downey tells the story in a quiet, reverent tone. More than 70 years ago, shortly after World War II, Downey’s father, an American soldier, shared… Read more
Pitt Public Health Chair of Epidemiology Elected to Prestigious Medical Association
Anne B. Newman, M.D., M.P.H., professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, was elected… Read more