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Vice Dean Jessica Burke and Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Sara Baumann

Media project gives families outlet to help process grief of losing a child

Vice Dean Jessica Burke and Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Sara Baumann developed the collaborative filmmaking model as a research tool to let people tell their own stories.

Tiffany Gary Webb

Environmental justice advocates find hope, healing and community in Pittsburgh

“We used data to try and understand where there were higher rates of COVID and sent those to the county and state health departments," said Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tiffany Gary-Webb.

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Deadly overdoses fell in the U.S. for the 1st time in 5 years, new estimates show

“You can make a case that it’s come down, but it’s come down because the covid impact is less now,” said Burke, dean emeritus.