Innovation and Research
What’s the difference between a mountain pika and a rabbit? Their noses.
A surprising new Pitt study suggests that mammals living at high elevations switch off many of the genes that help them smell.
John C. Byrd has been named UPMC Hillman Cancer Center director
The internationally lauded researcher will lead one of the nation’s premier National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers.
Pitt findings point to lava as a source of Venus’ CO2-rich atmosphere
Ian Flynn is among a group of researchers who found the planet’s extreme environment may be the result of early outgassing rather than its position in our solar system.
New Pitt research suggests cellphone data could help clinicians identify and treat mental health disorders
Colin E. Vize says passive sensing could give clinicians access to more (and more reliable) data about their patients’ lives.
Susan Shea is a collaborator on a red blood cell research project
The Pitt Medicine professor will work with Carnegie Mellon University scientists on the 21-month DARPA investigation.
A Pitt team received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health
Jamie Hanson, Jennifer Silk and Dana Tudorascu will use the funding to study early life adversity.
If ChatGPT wrote this poem, would you like it more?
A study from Pitt Professor Edouard Machery suggests "AI-generated poems are now 'more human than human.'"
Pitt researchers earned Gates Foundation funding to develop an HIV sensor
Amir Alavi and Alan Wells are building a handheld device that can report viral load at the press of a button, enabling care in resource-limited or decentralized settings.
Is it OK to scratch that itch?
New research from the lab of Dan Kaplan, a professor in Pitt’s Department of Dermatology, not only helps to resolve that conundrum but also explains why we itch at all.
Anna Li’s million-dollar idea helps patients help themselves
The MD/PhD student has already designed a medical device, earned a patent and launched a company — but it’s what she hasn’t yet accomplished that keeps her going.