Latinos make up less than 2 percent of Allegheny County’s population, yet their numbers have increased 71 percent in the past decade. The results of… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Forum Explores How to Make Communities Healthier, More Walkable
For Carol Reichbaum, getting people to walk the walk sometimes means finding the right platform to talk the talk. Reichbaum spoke at the recent Healthy Cities,… Read more
How Pitt Public Health Swayed Immunization Policy in California
Dr. Richard Pan knew he faced an uphill battle last year when his California Senate bill that aimed to ensure more children received immunizations by removing… Read more
Pitt Researcher Turns to Lock-In Programs to Prevent ‘Doctor Shopping’
Julie Donohue, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, has been working with the… Read more
Pitt Researchers Analyze Patterns of Prescribed Opioid Misuse
Dr. Thomas Songer, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, discusses his research on the opioid epidemic. His… Read more