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July 11, 2022
New report looks at options after closing of Shuman
Professor Sara Goodkind, co-author Beth Sondel, colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, and other collaborators have just completed work on the report Post-Shuman Visioning: Reimagining Safety for Young People and Communities. Pittsburgh’s Shuman Juvenile Detention Center was closed due to unsafe conditions in September 2021, and in the aftermath Allegheny County leaders have been faced with difficult decisions about what comes after Shuman. Read more.
The complicated reality of a healthcare career in Pittsburgh
Faculty members Ray Engel and Jeff Shook spoke to Public Source about the stress health care workers are under especially in the wake of the pandemic. Read more.
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  • July 28, 2022: Dissertation Defense: The Impact of Network Characteristics and Structural and Psychosocial Factors on Antiretroviral Therapy Treatment Adherence among Black Mothers Living with HIV. 2-4pm. Please email Laurenia Mangum for virtual link: lam290@pitt.edu

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