Innovation and Research
Peter Gianaros helped to create a new American Psychological Association health disparities report
The Pitt professor of psychology and psychiatry studies how the human brain influences and is influenced by physical health.
Melanoma research gets a financial boost
The Woiner Foundation of Pittsburgh recently donated $50,000 to the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center’s Melanoma and Skin Cancer Treatment Program.
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski was named an officer of the Medieval Academy of America
The Pitt distinguished professor studies French medieval literature and culture.
Mervat Abdelhak was named to an information management organization's board
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences department chair will serve the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education.
Marlene Cohen received a National Academy of Sciences award
The associate professor of neuroscience earned the $75,000 grant for her research into how the brain encodes and processes visual information to make quick decisions.
Pitt computer engineers won the Best Paper Award at an international big data conference
The paper describes how automated machine reading can be used to pore over volumes of research and use that information to create models for understanding biological processes.
Here's who won the student pitch competitions at Blast Furnace Demo Day
Seventeen teams of student entrepreneurs vied for $4,000 in cash awards at the December competition.
Professor Emeritus Edward Gerjuoy published a paper on Julian Schwinger
Schwinger, who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of quantum electrodynamics, was a classmate of Gerjuoy's at City College of New York in the 1930s.
Rocky S. Tuan was named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow
The director of Pitt's Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering was recognized for his research in stem cell biology, musculoskeletal tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
The National Science Foundation will fund a Pitt study to develop a novel 3D printing method
If successful, this study could lead to efficient production of magnetic actuators, used in power generation and items like sensors, robotics and mechanical devices.