Health and Wellness
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.
This year’s State of the School reviewed 2 years of successes for Pitt Medicine
Anantha Shekhar detailed how the School of Medicine met or exceeded the key goals he set — in areas from clinical excellence to faculty development — when he joined the University.
New COVID-19 shots are now available at The Hub
The CDC recommends that all people stay up to date on the vaccine to protect themselves and vulnerable members of the community.
Hillandale Farms family donates $25 million to launch Pitt’s Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center
The transformative gift — for which the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine will make an equivalent co-investment — will support labs, fellows, research and clinical work to push orthopaedic treatments forward.