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Mary Patricia Nowalk, Ph.D., RD
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Mary Patricia Nowalk, Ph.D., RD is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She has been with the department since June 2000. She earned her doctoral degree in chronic disease epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in 1993. Dr. Nowalk began working at the University of Pittsburgh in 1979, holding a variety of positions across a spectrum of research topics. She served as the project coordinator for several behavioral weight control programs for adults with Type II diabetes. Following her doctoral studies she worked as a nutrition and statistical consultant in the Department of Epidemiology for the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study and the Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study. Her current work for the department is with the Immunization Research Group where she is coordinating the implementation of the adult pneumococcal vaccine project at the UPMC community hospitals. Dr. Nowalk is a member of the board of directors of the Senior Companion Program and the Alzheimer's Association.


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Mary Patricia Nowalk, Ph.D., RD
3518 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-383-2355
412-383-2361 (fax)
tnowalk@pitt.edu