Janice Dorman, PhD, MS

Dr. Dorman is a genetic epidemiologist, and her research interests include the clustering of autoimmune diseases in families, and use of family health history in primary care for the prevention of chronic disorders, with an emphasis on diabetes and cardiovascular disease. 

Dr. Dorman previously taught NUR 2680/2680D  Introduction to Genetics and Molecular Therapeutics and NUR 3050/3050D Grant Writing for graduate students and NUR 0031 Microbiology for undergraduate students in the School of Nursing. She has also has taught Introduction to Molecular Epidemiology and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory at Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health, as well as genetic epidemiology courses at the University of Michigan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Beijing, China.

Dr. Dorman is a Professor Emeritus of Health Promotion and Development in the School of Nursing, with secondary appointments in Epidemiology and Human Genetics in the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH). She has served as Associate Dean for Research at GSPH and the School of Nursing, on Pitt’s University Research Council, the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Women’s Concerns, and on many public health and epidemiological committees..