UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Kim Diamond in a blue Pitt shirt
Staff member Kim Diamond wears so much Pitt gear that friends joke it’s all she owns. Read about how Diamond has spent 20 years working in various roles at the University and has earned multiple degrees and certificates using Pitt’s education benefits.
Liza Konnikova in a white coat and black shirt
Liza Konnikova from pediatrics and her colleagues discovered that the fetal gut possesses almost complete immune capacity as early as 14 weeks, challenging the ideas that most biology textbooks teach.
Dermody in a shirt and tie in front of a tan background
Pitt virologist Terence Dermody thinks of cells like little factories. He and a team of doctoral students are working to decode how viruses can disrupt the assembly line.
three students holding a purple check-sized poster than says Kids' Choice Award
Getting children to take their medicine in the right dose at the right time is tough. At a recent hackathon, three Pitt students came up with a prototype solution that won over kids themselves.
William Federspiel
Researchers hope the device will be a bridge to transplant or recovery in children with acute and chronic lung failure, allowing the children to move around and avoid being bedridden.