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Students participating in the April 25 GSPH Convocation were: |
 Watch the class of 2009 graduate at the GSPH Convocation on YouTube. Video courtesy of Dr. Emilia Lombardi, IDM Assistant Professor. |
Congratulations to Recent IDM Graduates
Congratulations to those students who completed their degree and graduated in December of 2008 and April of 2009.
Raghupathy Anchala, MPH (BID concentration)
- Faculty at the Indian Institute of Public Health in Hyderabad India.
Kevin Brown, PhD
- Post-doctoral associate at the NIH in Maryland.
Bridget Calhoun, DrPH
- Continuing to serve as the Department Chair of the Physician Assistant Department at Duquesne University.
Sara Chadwick, MPH (BID concentration)
- Will begin the GSPH Human Genetics MS Genetic Counseling program in the fall.
Ayan Chakrabarti, MS
- Currently employed in IDM as a Research Specialist III.
Ashish Gupta, MPH (CBI concentration)
- Gaining further experience teaching and is one of the instructors for the Prevention, Treatment and Cure of Global Infectious Diseases, a new course taught for the first semester in the department.
Sheri Hathaway, MPH (CBI concentration)
- Currently nurse at UPMC Presbyterian hospital. This fall will begin working in Saudi Arabia for Aramco as a senior professional nurse.
Heather Hensler, PhD
- Post-doctoral associate in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago
Adam Soloff, PhD
- Post-doctoral associate in the Center for Vaccine Research at the University of Pittsburgh.
Jay Venkatachari, PhD
- Visiting Fellow HIV Drug Resistance Program NCI-Frederick beginning in June.
Kristina Williams, MPH (CBI concentration)
- Currently seaching for a job in the public health sector.
Please see the IDM News & Events page for more information on the upcoming master's thesis and doctoral dissertation defenses scheduled May through July.
Congratulations to Delta Omega Outstanding Thesis/Dissertation Awardees
Each year departments at GSPH select & nominate one outstanding master's level thesis, MS or MPH, and one outstanding doctoral dissertation, DrPH or PhD. This year's nominees & winners are Kevin Brown and Shaylee O'Leary. Kevin graduated in December of 2008 and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the NIH. His dissertation was titled "Dendritic cell dynamics in blood and lymphoid tissues during pathogenic simian immunodeficiency virus infection" and completed under the guidance of her advisor Dr. Simon Barratt-Boyes. Shaylee was a June 2008 graduate and completed her thesis, "Transcriptional Regulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha by Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Vpr" under the guidance of Dr. Velpandi Ayyavoo. She is currenlty employeed at Cook MyoSite as a Product Development Associate.
Please send us your current demographic information and also provide us with information about your professional appointments, recent publications, awards and honors received, and any additional information that you wish to share with your fellow alumni.
Information can be e-mailed to the IDM Academic Office.
University Services
The University of Pittsburgh offers a number of helpful services to alumni.
Perminant Pitt E-Mail Address
http://www.alumni.pitt.edu/connect/register.html
Provided through the Pitt Alumni Association graduates of the University are eligible for a free perminant Pitt e-mail address.
Pitt Career Network
http://www.alumni.pitt.edu/networking/
Alumni are also eligible for the free career networking services provided through the Pitt Alumni Association and Career Services.
Career Counseling
www.placement.pitt.edu
Need to polish your resume, view job postings or consult with a career counselor?
Visit www.placement.pitt.edu or e-mail webplace@pitt.edu. These services are free of charge to Pitt Alumni.
Office of Academic Career Development for the Health Sciences
www.oacd.health.pitt.edu
Helpful Links
Career Resources for Graduate Students
Research Training and Funding Opportunites for Graduate Students
Recruitment
Would you or your company be interested in hiring an IDM or Pitt alum? Do you have job openings that would be of interest to IDM graduates?
The job announcement can be faxed to the IDM Academic Office at 412-383-8926 and to Pitt Career Services at 412-648-7144.
Transcript Request
Alumni can now receive official transcripts at no cost. The Office of the Registrar has a form to be completed and send to: Registrar's Office,
Alumni Information
Graduate School of Public Health Alumni Page
Pitt Alumni Association
Last Updated: September 17, 2009
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