| Dr. Talbott is a Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is an environmental epidemiologist with twenty five years of experience. She is currently the Principal Investigator of the University of Pittsburgh, Academic Partner for Excellence in Environmental Public Health Tracking. The center is part of a five year CDC funded project and has as its primary goals to conduct activities that will assist in forming the basis of the CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN). The Academic Partners are charged with providing the tools and methods to conduct epidemiological investigations that will be the underpinnings of the network. Efforts in this area include the application and refinement of a real time asthma surveillance system through the Allegheny County Health Department as well as techniques to link environmental triggers such as ozone and particulates to cardio-respiratory health outcomes.
She received her Masters and Doctorate degrees from the Department of Epidemiology from this institution in 1971 and 1976, respectively. She recently served on a National Academy of Science committee entitled “NRC committee on Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction and Economic benefits from Controlling Ozone Air Pollution”.
Dr. Talbott is the primary instructor for the Environmental Epidemiology Course within the Department and also primary advisor for students in this area. She was one of the founding members of ISEE, the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and served as its Secretary-Treasurer from l992-94. ISEE is a 750 member organization dedicated to environmental epidemiology research. She has conducted numerous investigations into the relationship of various environmental exposures and health outcomes including a 20-year mortality follow-up of 31,000 individuals following the TMI accident in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Dept of Health. |
