News
NEW course offered fall 2015: Global Epidemiology of Vaccines and Vaccinations (24 July 2015)
Published 24 July 2015
The PHDL’s Dr. Wilbert Van Panhuis introduces a new 2-credit course, Global Epidemiology of Vaccines and Vaccinations, this fall. This course will prepare students for entry-level positions in vaccine research or operations for academic, government, or private sector institutions, and provide a broad introduction to a wide range of vaccine-related topics ranging from biological mechanisms of vaccines to vaccine financing.
Dr. Zan Dodson joins the PHDL (23 July 2015)
Published 23 July 2015
The PHDL is pleased to announce the newest member of the lab, Zan Dodson, PhD. Zan recently completed his PhD in Geographical Sciences from the University of Maryland, applying mixed methods to examine the impact of health status on economic well-being at the human-environment interface. Dr. Dodson will be working on several projects related to the geospatial nature of the data used in FRED, and he has expertise in geospatial analysis and the display of geographic information.
Dr. Hawre Jalal joins PHDL faculty (17 June 2015)
Published 17 June 2015
PHDL Director Mark S. Roberts Received the Career Achievement Award from the Society for Medical Decision Making (26 January 2015)
Published 26 January 2015
Richard Zimmerman in the PITT CTSI Spotlight for Influenza (12 December 2014)
Published 12 December 2014
Dr. Zimmerman presents information for the public on influenza infection, symptoms, and prevention.
Read about it in this issue of the Clinical + Translational Science Institute's Research Participant Registry (PDF).
Change in Public Health Dynamics Laboratory Leadership (10 October 2014)
Published 10 October 2014
Project Tycho™ study estimates that 100 million cases of contagious diseases have been prevented by vaccination programs in the United States since 1924 (27 November 2013)
Published 27 November 2013
PHDL member selected as CTSI Clinical Research Scholar (10 July 2012)
Published 10 July 2012
Institute for Systems Science and Health 2011 (04 January 2011)
Published 04 January 2011
The Public Health Dynamics Laboratory hosted the 3rd Annual NIH-CDC Institute on Systems Science and Health (ISSH) at the University of Pittsburgh, May 22-27, 2011. ISSH 2011 was a week-long course providing a thorough introduction to selected systems science methodologies that may be used to study behavioral and social dimensions of public health challenges.
Conference on Epistemology of Modeling and Simulation (17 November 2010)
Published 17 November 2010
Dr. Eunha Shim Joins PHDL Faculty (04 July 2010)
Published 04 July 2010
Dr. Hasan Guclu Joins PHDL Faculty (04 July 2010)
Published 04 July 2010
Dr. Shawn Brown Joins PHDL Faculty (04 July 2010)
Published 04 July 2010
MIDAS Summer Research Fellows program (28 May 2010)
Published 28 May 2010
Date: June 1, 2010
Place: GSPH, University of Pittsburgh