The Plan for Pitt: Engage in Research of Impact

Deiters in front of a periodic table
Friday, February 2, 2018

Research on Amino Acids Provides Insight Into Human Embryo Development, Defects
A team lead by chemistry's Alexander Deiters has developed a new method for viewing and controlling amino acids, which play an important role in protein function and development.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

English's Dawn Lundy Martin Awarded Creative Writing Fellowship From National Endowment for the Arts
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Marlene Cohen Receives National Academy of Sciences Award
Dermody, a man with dark hair and glasses, in front of a tan background
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Researchers Seek Clues to Celiac Disease
About half of us have the genetic variants for celiac disease, but only one in about 130 people will get it. Pitt’s Terence Dermody in the Department of Pediatrics is on his way to understanding why.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Associate Dean Minking Chyu Presented With Distinguished Service Professor Medallion
smiling Emily in front of a gray background
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Student Helps NASA Thwart Microbial Hitchhikers on Future Mars Missions
Emily Klonicki spent the summer in a NASA lab helping to develop filters to keep microbes from contaminating Mars.
Khoja and Freburger at a computer
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Physical Therapists Use Big Data to Increase Referrals, Decrease Hospital Readmissions
Physical therapy professor Janet Freburger and postdoctoral associate Samannaaz Khoja are analyzing a large national data set to improve care for patients after they leave the hospital.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Mervat Abdelhak Named to Information Management Organization Board of Directors
Monday, January 29, 2018

Pitt Computer Engineers Win Best Paper Award at International Big Data Conference
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Monday, January 29, 2018

Study of How Brain Interprets Visual Cues Could Aid Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
Matt Smith, an associate professor of ophthalmology, is studying how the brain and visual stimuli interact in an effort to help people with conditions such as attention deficit disorder.