Sirry Alang earned a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The School of Education researcher, in partnership with Drexel University, will lead project designed to dismantle structural racism in health care.

 

Raman Venkataramanan received the American College of Clinical Pharmacology Distinguished Investigator Award

The annual awarded recognizes superior scientific expertise and accomplishments by a senior investigator.

Endometriosis research is the focus of a new hub at Pitt

A multidisciplinary team at the Hub for Endometriosis Research is tackling both the science of and advocacy for the understudied and currently incurable disease.

The best way to retain memories may depend on the content

New Pitt and Temple research tests approaches for spacing out and memorizing different types of material.

836 Pitt undergraduates contributed data for a new study on plants and pollution

The study originated from a lab course, Duckweed Survivor, that encourages students to see themselves as researchers.

A poignant news story led to dozens of new pledges for the National Sports Brain Bank

Former Pittsburgh weatherman Jon Burnett shared his suspected diagnosis of CTE. An outpouring of support followed.

A Pitt PhD candidate earned a Mendenhall Research Fellowship

Chloë Glover will work with the U.S. Geological Survey to develop a 3D tectonic framework of the northeastern area of Washington State

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Spinal cord research that’s restoring movement to stroke patients is part of the STAT Madness competition to determine this year’s most innovative research.

Apply for a Pitt film boot camp by March 29

The four-day intensive will teach faculty, staff and graduate and professional students how to communicate their research via video.

New research shows migrating neurons may play important roles in development

Findings from the lab of Shawn Sorrells suggest the movement of immature cells is related to periods of neuroplasticity when the brain is especially receptive to changes and adaptation.