Innovation and Research
3 Pitt people were named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Inmaculada Hernandez, Shinjini Kundu and Coleman Stavish are among 600 featured business and entrepreneurial leaders.
Announcing 9 Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grant recipients
Winners will receive funding for research projects that examine the swiftly changing technological landscape and the rules, practices and safeguards designed to keep it secure.
2 Pitt researchers were honored for their efforts by UPMC Senior Services
Anne Newman and Richard Schulz were recognized for their contributions to the field of medicine.
Bradley Nindl delivered a keynote on injury research
Nindl researches science and strategies to help members of the military be able to perform at their best physical and mental peak through best practices in rehabilitating and preventing injuries.
The University won an APLU Innovation and Economic Prosperity Innovation Award
Pitt and the Office of Economic Partnerships were praised for their work with the Brookings Institution and the Immune Transplant and Therapy Center.
Adam Lee and Rosta Farzan received an NSF award for their privacy research
The associate professors will combine hardware and software techniques to convey a sense of privacy to people who are impacted by sensors.
3 Pitt Public Health students were selected for the Milken Institute’s Future Leaders Program
Ashley Simenson, Jessica Salerno and Kaitlyn Saal-Ridpath are among a dozen fellows in the inaugural class.
2 Pitt faculty members were recognized for research in computational social science
Diane Litman and Yu-ru Lin made SAGE journal’s list of 39 women doing amazing research.
Pitt Med researchers’ potential IBD treatment moves toward clinical testing
The intellectual property derived from research funded by multiple VA awards and National Institutes of Health grants.
Technologies developed in Pitt's McGowan Lab were licensed for development
EsophaGel has been shown in preclinical studies to halt and possibly reverse the progression of esophageal cancer.