Pitt Epidemiologist Honored for Innovations in Public Health
November 17, 2014 10:44 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Lewis Kuller, M.D., Dr.P.H., former chair of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology,...
Datasets Used by Policymakers, Scientists for Public Health Analyses Inconsistent
November 17, 2014 00:02 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Commercially available datasets containing a wealth of information about food and alcohol establishments differ significantly, raising...
Pitt Researchers Aim to Make Whole-Eye Transplantation a Reality
October 07, 2014 11:37 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have been awarded $1.25 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to fund...
Pitt Researchers Search for Genetic Roots of Cleft Lip, Palate with Help from NIH Grant
September 30, 2014 10:24 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine have been awarded a $11.8 million, five-year grant from the...
Pitt Public Health to Strengthen Public Health Workforce with $3.4 Million Training Center
September 29, 2014 02:05 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 29, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health will receive nearly $3.4 million from the federal government over the next...
Pitt Drug Discovery Researchers Receive $5.8 Million Federal Grant to Build 3D Liver Model
September 24, 2014 14:18 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - With a new $5.8 million, three-year award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of...
Predicting Prostate Cancer: Pitt-Developed Test Identifies New Methods for Treatment
September 15, 2014 10:51 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - A genetic discovery out of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is leading to a highly accurate test for aggressive prostate...
What Do Media and Technology Have to Do with Health?
September 15, 2014 10:44 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Would celebratory music and a thousand "points" per pill encourage a patient with heart disease to take her medication? If social media...
Race and Ethnicity Important When Evaluating Risk of Fat Around the Heart
September 09, 2014 02:07 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 9, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - A man's likelihood of accumulating fat around his heart – an important indicator of heart disease risk – may be better...
Everette James Named to Pitt's M. Allen Pond Endowed Chair in Health Policy and Management
September 04, 2014 13:37 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 4, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute (HPI) Director A. Everette James, J.D., M.B.A., has been named the M. Allen Pond Chair...