Health and Wellness
This Central Oakland house is actually an innovative lab for aging in place
Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab aims to create new ways for a growing population of older adults to better their health and retain mobility and independence at home.
Pitt’s partnership led to record POGOH ridership in 2023
Of the 200,000 Bike Share Pittsburgh trips this year, 110,000 came from University students, faculty and staff.
How to stay mindful in the face of seasonal stress
Whether you’re dealing with finals or holiday chaos, follow this advice from Pitt Psychology Research Assistant Professor Emily Lindsay.
Jessica Merlin published a perspective piece on methadone and cancer treatment in the New England Journal of Medicine
The director of Pitt’s Challenges in Managing and Preventing Pain clinical research center highlighted systemic flaws with a patient case study.
Childhood trauma could lead to worse COVID-19 outcomes decades later
A Pitt study shows another way negative experiences in early in life can get “under the skin.”
Pitt researchers have identified a new culprit in Alzheimer’s progression
Their discovery could help change the prevention and treatment of the disease.
The Race &… Conference showed how Pitt is addressing disparities
A September conference drew more than 250 attendees to celebrate and showcase the work that’s transforming Pitt.
Adi Mittal won first place at the 2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition
The Pitt Medicine student took home $10,000 for his blood-based test that detects the formation of a cerebral aneurysm.
Pitt Medicine researchers’ findings on brain cells linked to protection against dementia were published in Cell
The results from Hansruedi Mathys’ study suggest there is a link between inhibitory neurons and resilience to Alzheimer’s disease pathology.
Ronald Roth was honored with a proclamation by the City of Pittsburgh
Mayor Ed Gainey named Oct. 10 in Roth’s honor for his decades of serving community health as an emergency medicine instructor.