Professor Panagiotis (Takis) Benos returns to Pitt for a visit!

Another successful CVD Epi Training Program showing at in New Orleans!

Introducing our new CV Epi Training Grant Trainee

Andrea Kozai, postdoctoral trainee, compared activity patterns in pregnancy between pre-COVID and COVID-era cohorts in a new publication.

Welcoming Dr. Tina Costacou as New Co-Director, Celebrating Dr. Emma Barinas-Mitchell’s Retirement, and Dr. Allison Kuipers’ New Chapter

Former T32 pre-doctoral trainee Andrew D. Althouse, PhD was lead statistician for SMART Trial presented at ACC2024, published in NEJM.

Nancy A. Niemczyk, PHD, CNM, ACNM receives a one year grant from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation for her research on midwifery practice.

Andrea Kozai, PhD, was recognized for her poster presentation at the annual gathering of Pitt and UPMC postdoctoral researchers.

This junior scholar award annually recognizes outstanding scholarly accomplishments of members of the University of Pittsburgh’s faculty.

Another successful CVD Epi Training Program showing at AHA!

Postdoctoral trainee Andrea Kozai published a new method to quantify fetal microvasculature in the placenta.

Introducing our new CV Epi Training Grant trainee.

Dr. Yamnia I. Cortés (T32 Postdoc 2018) was appointed an Associate Professor with Tenure at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

This award provides early-career investigators with funding to pursue a research project using nuMoM2b data.

Andrew Althouse, PhD, was a predoctoral trainee from 2011-13. He was hired by Medtronic as a Senior Principal Statistician in October 2022.

Award honors outstanding students from the school’s professional-degree programs committed to serving the needs of disadvantaged communities.

Megan Marron, PhD, was a postdoctoral trainee from 2019-2022. She was awarded a NIA Career Development (K01) award in August 2022.

Introducing our newest CV Epi Training Grant postdoctoral trainee.

Adrianna Acevedo-Fontanez, 3rd year predoctoral trainee, recently published novel findings on the association between greater muscle fat infiltration and slower information processing speed.

Mary Schiff (predoctoral trainee 2019-2023), recently published that longitudinal exposure to neighborhood socioeconomic vulnerability influences blood pressure changes throughout midlife.

The Department of Epidemiology’s training program is designed to train students to be investigators skilled in a multidisciplinary approach to cardiovascular research.

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.