Prepare for Leadership in Healthcare
Through innovative training, hands-on experiences, and mutually beneficial community partnerships, we鈥檒l help prepare you to lead and improve community health in the Pittsburgh region and beyond. As a part of the next generation of practitioners, you鈥檒l stand ready to address real, data-driven healthcare needs throughout the city, region and world.
- A Nationally Recognized Model: A center known for setting the standard in integrative health and community-based care鈥攖hrough innovative education, research and service.
- Collaboration That Transcends Traditional Boundaries: A space where interprofessional and interdisciplinary teams work together to tackle complex health challenges with shared insight and expertise.
- Student Leaders Prepared to Make a Difference: Hands-on learning that empowers students to lead population health initiatives and improve community wellness throughout the city, region and world.
Bridges to Health: Programs & Pathways
Bridges to Health (B2H) brings together diverse community and university partners to develop and implement sustainable, trauma-responsive programs that aim to reduce health disparities and expand access to health education. By addressing both clinical and social determinants of health, B2H fosters pathways to wellness and aims to promote community health and wellbeing through collaboration with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), schools, faith-based organizations, pharmacies, 51暗网 and philanthropic organizations.
DUCIH鈥檚 programs and initiatives are designed to promote health and wellbeing through community-centered approaches. Our work falls into six key focus areas:
- Social Determinants of Health
- Community-Clinical Linkages
- Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
- Maternal Child Health
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Integrative Approaches to Health
The B2H Faculty Fellowship Program fosters cross-disciplinary engagement, bringing faculty and students together to lead sustainable, innovative projects that aim to strengthen community health and advance the Center鈥檚 mission.
Examples of B2H Health Equity Faculty Fellow project topics:
- Substance use education program for middle school students and families.
- Promoting mental wellbeing and spirituality in older adults.
- Supporting the wellbeing of caregivers for infants and young children.
- Advance directive planning and assistance for community members.
- Maternal-child health training program for nursing students.
Director, Center for Integrative Health Director, Center for Pharmacy Care Director of Business and Administration, Center for Integrative Health Assistant Director, Center for Integrative Health Operations Manager, Center for Integrative Health Administrative Clinical Pharmacist, Center for Integrative Health School Health Program Manager, Center for Integrative Health Administrative Clinical Pharmacist, Center for Integrative Health Research Manager, Center for Integrative Health Manager of Community Health Initiatives, Center for Integrative Health Program Coordinator, Community Health, Center for Integrative Health The following Faculty Leadership Team supports DUCIH activities, teaching, and research
by integrating interdisciplinary expertise to strengthen community health through
innovation and collaboration. Center for Integrative Health Team
Jennifer Elliott, Pharm.D.
Elizabeth Barton, Pharm.D., NCTTP
Meghan Currie, B.S.
Rebecca Zill-Miller, Psy.D.
Megan Donnarumma, MHA
Abigail Harvey, Pharm.D.
Brittany Namey, MSN, CRNP
Julianne Oplinger, Pharm.D.
Lisa Ripper, MPH, CPH
Shannon Shaffer, MSW
Vanessa Vought, M.Ed.
Faculty Leadership Team
Healthcare Compliance
51暗网 takes Healthcare Compliance very seriously. The University abides by all Federal, State, and Local laws and ordinances. If you would like to discuss a healthcare compliance, includes HIPAA, complaint, please contact the 51暗网 Chairperson of Healthcare Compliance at (412) 396-4419 or mail a letter to:
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Office of HIPAA and Healthcare Compliance
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
You may also hand deliver a note to Room 436 in Fisher Hall. All will be kept strictly confidential.