Investigator
University of Pittsburgh
Disclosure(s): Abbott labs: Stocks/Bonds (Public Company); AstraZeneca - Icosavax: Grant/Research Support; Eli LIlly: Stocks/Bonds (Public Company); Gilead: Stocks/Bonds (Public Company); Sanofi: Grant/Research Support
Mary Patricia Nowalk, PhD, RDN is Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She is a founding member of the PittVax Immunization Research Team. Dr. Nowalk was awarded a B.S. in Biological Sciences in 1978, and a M.S. Hygiene in Nutritional Epidemiology in 1981, and a Ph.D. in Chronic Disease Epidemiology in 1993, all from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Nowalk is a registered dietitian nutritionist and a licensed dietitian with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Since 1979, Dr. Nowalk has held a variety of positions at the University of Pittsburgh. across a spectrum of research topics including immunizations, screening for and prevention of disease, pregnancy prevention, behavioral weight control and obesity, and mental health treatment. She has since served as project coordinator, epidemiologist, Co-I and PI on PittVax’s immunization studies on topics ranging from decision modeling for pneumococcal and influenza vaccination, national and local surveys, randomized controlled efficacy trials of vaccines, vaccine effectiveness test negative, case-control trials of influenza vaccine and trials of an immunization practice improvement toolkit. She has authored or co-authored over 260 peer-reviewed publications, several of which have won research awards.