Health and Wellness
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.
The pandemic wasn’t the blanket mental health disaster that some predicted
Some groups took a big mental-health hit from COVID-19 — but others showed surprising resilience, according to recent research led by a Pitt PhD student.
Pitt Med student Adi Mittal is a Collegiate Inventors Competition finalist
He will pitch his blood-based cerebral aneurysm test on Oct. 24.
5 ways to practice fire safety at Pitt
No. 4: Attend the annual Fall Safety Fair and Fire Safety Day on Oct. 3.
See a new Pitt documentary on Black maternal mortality at the Race &… Conference
On Sept. 29, hear from experts on local, national and global racial health disparities.
Sophia Choukas-Bradley served on a panel that made recommendations for adolescent social media use
The guidelines from the American Psychological Association panel were endorsed by the surgeon general.
Faculty and staff, join a Pitt gym that's just for you
Ignite Fitness features open gym hours and a variety of classes taught by exercise science students. Become a member starting Sept. 5.
The American Medical Association is funding blood pressure measurement education at Pitt
The Hub will also host screening and flu shot events in conjunction with the training this fall.

