School of Medicine

Imagine you’re a graduate student in the biomedical sciences. Your training requires a significant amount of time at the lab bench. Then a pandemic hits. How do you move forward?
Yi Shi in a dark jacket
Promising early data suggest that this approach can provide a convenient and cost-effective therapeutic option to control the coronavirus pandemic.
Mural of George Floyd painted on retaining wall
Leaders from across Pitt offer thoughts on racism and justice a year after George Floyd’s death.
Catherine Chappell in a blue shirt and brown jacket, next to a brick wall with a neighborhood in the background
During pregnancy, patients are uniquely engaged in health care, making it a perfect window of opportunity for screening and treatment for hepatitis C, says Pitt’s Catherine Chappell.
Eve Bowers in a black shirt
Today, Eve Bowers graduates from the School of Medicine 70 years after her grandfather, LeRoy Bowers, did. Pitt Med covered the family when Eve’s brother, Levi Bowers, enrolled at the med school in 2018.
Three students in blue Pitt Med Match t-shirts.  Behind them is a gold background.
Interviewing for residency is tough, both mentally and financially. A new Pitt program seeks to lessen the burden.
Stephen Canton in a black shirt types on a computer as another student sits next to him
Canceled rotations, delayed exams, virtual residency interviews … little transpired as it normally would for the med school’s Class of 2021. Meet seven newly minted Pitt MDs who persevered.
Closeup of a man undergoing an eye test
Using a protein found in algae, a new technology partially restored the sight of a completely blind man. He can now locate, identify and count objects using the treated eye while wearing specialized goggles.
4 emergency healthcare workers see to a patient on stretcher.  The image is motion blurred.
Pitt holds a special place in the history of emergency medical services. During National EMS Week, learn how Pitt people paved the way for modern prehospital care.