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Student debt, rising costs, aging homes and corporate buyers are colliding and making it harder for younger Pittsburghers to buy their first homes. An article referencing a report by Sabina Deitrick, PhD, and Christopher Briem.

Diana Morales, Luke Green, David Marlow, Carlos Cadena Gaitán, Sabina Deitrick, Michael R. Glass, & Louise Kempton

Respiratory Medicine:  Modification of asthma treatment efficacy by healthcare access: A reanalysis of AsthmaNet Step-Up Yellow Zone Inhaled Corticosteroids to Prevent Exacerbations (STICS) clinical trial. "The importance of considering socio-environmental co-exposures in the context of asthma..." - Co-Author Ellen Kinnee

Middle States Geographer:  Buckwalter, Donald W. 2024. Small Area Classification in Urban Geography: A Review of Multidimensional Methods.

90.5 WESA:  Influx of corporate buyers in Allegheny County pose issues for code enforcement, would-be homebuyers. "Large outside investors acquiring single family homes - which have not had a lot of corporate investment in the past - really only started a few years ago. And if you haven´t been paying attention...you might look around and see a very different real estate market in your community than there was just a few years ago." -Chris Briem

Why the White House Cares About US Steel:  Chris Briem of UCSURs Urban and Regional Analysis Program was interviewed on City Cast Pittsburgh: Why the White House Cares About US Steel - March 25, 2024

Disentangling impacts of multiple pollutants on acute cardiovascular events in New York city: A case-crossover analysis - Jamie L. Humphrey, Ellen J. Kinnee, Lucy F. Robinson, & Jane E. Clougherty - Environmental Research

Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending at Older Ages: Do Caregiving Arrangements Matter? - Esther M. Friedman, Scott R. Beach, & Richard Schulz - Journal of Applied Gerontology

Quality of life and demographic-racial dimensions of differences in most liveable Pittsburgh - By Sabina Deitrick & Christopher Briem - Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 15 (2), 193-209 (2022)