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Rebecca C Thurston, PhD

Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Women’s Health and Dementia and Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical and Translational Science, Epidemiology and Psychology

Rebecca Thurston, PhD, Pittsburgh Foundation Chair and Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, Epidemiology, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focused on women’s health and midlife aging. She considers both biological factors, such as menopause, as well as psychosocial factors, particularly sexual and gender-based violence exposure, and their implications for women’s cardiovascular and brain health. Her research explicitly considers the implications of biological and psychosocial experiences for health across diverse populations and seeks to reduce inequities in health outcomes for women from marginalized communities. Dr. Thurston is committed to mentorship and training. She is the PI of a K24 award from NIH that supports her mentorship of trainees in women’s cardiovascular health research as well as Director of a NIH T32 training program focused on providing training in cardiovascular behavioral medicine research. 

Lab website:  https://www.thurstonlab.pitt.edu