Michael Yonas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Concentrating on the health and safety needs of children and adolescents, his research employs an ecological-sensitive perspective for understanding and promoting health of individuals and communities. 

Michael’s commitment to exploring and preventing youth violence is influenced by years of community-based practice, service and research experience focusing primarily upon the role of neighborhood and society-level factors impacting disparities in health.  He has published on the topics of social and contextual factors associated with youth violence and dating violence, application of creative and qualitative techniques and the implementation of principles of participatory research. 

He completed his MPH and DrPH at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with post-doctoral training in health disparities and the application of community-based participatory research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.