At Pitt Pharmacy, students who pursue the global health area of concentration are broadening their horizons and redefining “access to care.”

Uduak Ndoh, vice chancellor and deputy chief information officer, health sciences, is the recipient of the 2026 Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Information Resources Vince Sheehan Service Award.

From left: Russell Redding, MS, Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary; Joan Gabel, JD, University of Pittsburgh Chancellor; Patricia Moore-Pastides, MPH; Harris Pastides, PhD, MPH, MPhil, keynote speaker; Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, Pitt Public Health Dean

The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health hosted a screening of “The Pitt” and a panel discussion with original members of Freedom House on Feb. 25, 2025, which prompted a study published June 10. Photography by Rayni Shiring, University of Pittsburgh After an episode of the popular TV medical drama “The Pitt” included a character from Freedom House Ambulance Service—the nation’s first emergency medical service, which […]

New study links air pollution, genetics and lung function, opening the door to precision medicine and public health  For many people with asthma, air-quality advisories are harbingers of worsening symptoms. But for reasons science has struggled to explain, the extent to which pollution exacerbates asthma varies widely from person to person.   In a study published June 24 in eBioMedicine, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP), identified biological pathways […]