T32 Alumnus Co-Authors Late Breaking Clinical Trial at ACC2024
Former T32 pre-doctoral trainee Andrew D. Althouse, PhD was lead statistician for SMART Trial presented at ACC2024, published in NEJM.
T32 Alumnus Awarded Jewish Healthcare Foundation Grant
Nancy A. Niemczyk, PHD, CNM, ACNM receives a one year grant from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation for her research on midwifery practice.
Postdoc trainee wins Professional Development Award at Pitt Postdoctoral Research Symposium
Andrea Kozai, PhD, was recognized for her poster presentation at the annual gathering of Pitt and UPMC postdoctoral researchers.
T32 Alumnus, Mehret Birru Talabi, Receives Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Scholar Award
This junior scholar award annually recognizes outstanding scholarly accomplishments of members of the University of Pittsburgh’s faculty.
American Heart Association Epi Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2024
Another successful CVD Epi Training Program showing at AHA!
A Novel Technique to Estimate Intravillous Fetal Vasculature on Routine Placenta Sections
Postdoctoral trainee Andrea Kozai published a new method to quantify fetal microvasculature in the placenta.
New CV Epi Training Grant Trainee: Lauren Carlson
Introducing our new CV Epi Training Grant trainee.
Career Moves: T32 Alumnus Starts New Job at The University of Iowa
Dr. Yamnia I. Cortés (T32 Postdoc 2018) was appointed an Associate Professor with Tenure at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.
Postdoctoral Trainee Andrea Kozai, PhD, Receives nuMoM2b-HHS2 Scholar’s Award
This award provides early-career investigators with funding to pursue a research project using nuMoM2b data.
Career Moves: T32 Alumnus Starts New Job At Medtronic
Andrew Althouse, PhD, was a predoctoral trainee from 2011-13. He was hired by Medtronic as a Senior Principal Statistician in October 2022.
Adrianna Acevedo-Fontanez, 3rd Year Rredoctoral Trainee, Receives Catherine Cartier Ulrich Memorial Award
Award honors outstanding students from the school’s professional-degree programs committed to serving the needs of disadvantaged communities.
Former CV Epi Trainee Receives K01 Award
Megan Marron, PhD, was a postdoctoral trainee from 2019-2022. She was awarded a NIA Career Development (K01) award in August 2022.
New CV Epi Training Grant Trainee: Murat Sari, MD
Introducing our newest CV Epi Training Grant postdoctoral trainee.
Skeletal Muscle Adiposity is a Novel Risk Factor for Poor Cognition in African Caribbean Women
Adrianna Acevedo-Fontanez, 3rd year predoctoral trainee, recently published novel findings on the association between greater muscle fat infiltration and slower information processing speed.
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Vulnerability Influence BP Changes Across the Female Midlife Period
Mary Schiff (predoctoral trainee 2019-2023), recently published that longitudinal exposure to neighborhood socioeconomic vulnerability influences blood pressure changes throughout midlife.
Open T32 Predoctoral Position
The Department of Epidemiology’s training program is designed to train students to be investigators skilled in a multidisciplinary approach to cardiovascular research.
Remembering Dr. Lewis Kuller
Dr. Lewis Kuller, a Father of Preventive Cardiology, dies at 88. Known for his incredible intellect, Dr. Kuller took great joy in teaching and mentoring students and will be remembered internationally as a founder of the field of preventive cardiology.
Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health
February 28 – March 3, 2023, Boston, MA
Left to Right: Yamnia Cortes (past trainee), Curtis Tilves (Past Trainee), Emma Barinas-Mitchell (Co-Director), Andrea Kozai (Current Trainee), Allison Kuipers (Associate Co-Director), Michelle Meyer (Past Trainee)
Andrea Kozai (Current Trainee)