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Get the latest COVID booster now at Pitt Vaccination and Health …

WEBBy SUSAN JONES. This week brought two big pieces of news from Pitt’s COVID-19 Medical Response Office. The updated COVID-19 bivalent vaccine boosters, …

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Health Hub is for much more than just vaccinations

WEBBy MARTY LEVINE. Pitt’s Vaccination and Health Connection Hub in Nordenberg Hall should be known for all the services it can provide to Pitt employees …

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Student Health Insurance Task Force disbands without action

WEBBy MARTY LEVINE. The Student Health Insurance Task Force — created last year in response to graduate student objections to newly added deductibles and …

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Undergrad public health degree to launch this fall University …

WEBThe University of Pittsburgh will officially welcome its inaugural class of public health undergraduate students in the fall 2022 semester. So far, Pitt’s Graduate …

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Public Health dean search draws dozens to online town halls

WEBBy SUSAN JONES. The second town hall on the search for a new dean of the Graduate School of Public Health drew more than 100 participants online, including …

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Kuller was one of the founders of preventive cardiology field

WEBPitt Public Health Professor Emeritus Lewis (Lew) H. Kuller, a pioneering researcher in the epidemiology of chronic diseases who built epidemiology into a top …

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School of Public Health drops ‘graduate’ as undergrad degree …

WEBPitt’s Graduate School of Public Health is dropping “graduate” from its name in recognition of its new undergraduate degree program, which was announced in …

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New Health Sciences SVC already at the core of Pitt’s planning

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New Public Health dean’s focus has been on environmental

WEBBy DONOVAN HARRELL. Maureen Lichtveld will step into her new role as dean of the Graduate School of Public health in January 2021. Lichtveld brings nearly …

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New Public Health dean wants to increase community connections …

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Hands-on learning hard to replace in health sciences

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Sign up now for the second Healthy Lifestyle Institute Summit

WEBThe second annual Healthy Lifestyle Institute Summit will focus on “Transforming Lifestyle Research to Health and Well-Being.” Timothy Church, chief medical officer at ACAP Health Consulting in Dallas and professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., will give the keynote address at the Dec. 6 event …

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New wellness management program Pivio available to Pitt

WEBFor those seeking new approaches to wellness and avoiding increasingly common chronic health concerns like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, excess weight …

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NIH grants to Pitt totaled $597.8 million in 2020-21, ranking 11th

WEBPitt received $597.8 million from the National Institutes of Health in 2020-21, which went to 1,193 projects. Overall, the federal agency charged with medical research awarded grants totaling $35.73 billion. The University ranked 11th in funding and fifth in the number of awards for the year, according to the annual report from the NIH.

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Advice from Heathcare Advisory Group about safety on campus …

WEBMuch responsibility has been placed in the hands of the Chancellor’s Healthcare Advisory Group, which is guiding recommendations about health and safety issues on Pitt’s campuses, such as use of personal protective equipment and density of classrooms. The group of seven experts, along with chair Anantha Shekhar, senior vice chancellor for …

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Reimagined Pitt vaccine center poised to address multiple health …

WEBBy SHANNON O. WELLS. As the fall semester gets underway, Pitt health officials are keeping up with and sharing the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the …

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Newest COVID-19 shots available at Pitt’s Hub

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Medical premiums going up slightly, but plans will remain the …

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Register now for the next Pivio health improvement class

WEBTo help address the issues related to chronic health concerns such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, excess weight, high blood pressure, and arthritis, the University of Pittsburgh is offering a new wellness opportunity called Pivio, the Complete MedMalRxment Program. All full- and part-time regular faculty and staff with UPMC Health …

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MyHealth@Work Center offering health coaching, prescription

WEBThe MyHealth@Work Health and Wellness Center in the Medical Arts Building on Fifth Avenue has been open since 2016 and it continues to add to the …

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Costello moves from Dental Medicine to associate vice chancellor

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SHRS will launch Doctor of Chiropractic program in fall 2025

WEBBy SUSAN JONES. The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) will begin offering a Doctor of Chiropractic program in fall 2025. It will be first at …

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