Health and Wellness
Health care workers and students gathered for the 2023 White Coats against Racism and Injustice Kneel
Now in its fourth year, the multi-institutional movement has grown, spreading its message of equality and justice throughout Pennsylvania.
5 health science faculty members won 2023 Ascending Star Awards
Each of the highly productive and creative midcareer Pitt researchers will receive $25,000 in support and give a highly publicized lecture during the year.
Pitt clinics now offer free mpox vaccinations
Anyone who’s at risk can get the JYNNEOS series at The Hub on the Pittsburgh campus. Students can also head to Student Health Services for the vaccine.
NFL Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis pledges donation to Pitt’s new National Sports Brain Bank
The long-term study will help researchers better understand head trauma in former athletes of all levels.
Marci Lee Nilsen earned a Betty Irene Moore Fellowship
The assistant professor in Pitt’s School of Nursing is one of 16 innovators chosen for the University of California, Davis program.
Pitt’s latest Newman Civic Fellow is using data to fight food insecurity
Pitt Pantry volunteer and statistics grad Yunge Xiao is headed to Harvard to transform nutrition and well-being in communities.
Pitt’s School of Medicine awarded its highest honor to a Princeton bioengineer
Clifford P. Brangwynne will receive the 2023 Dickson Prize in Medicine.
Aditi Gurkar was awarded $375,000 to research healthy aging
The assistant professor in Pitt’s School of Medicine earned an inaugural New Investigator Award from Hevolution and the American Federation for Aging Research.
2 Pitt Pharmacy professors earned AACP awards
Neal Benedict and Sandra Kane-Gill were recognized for scholarly teaching and patient care research, respectively.
She’s Pitt’s first-ever recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Anna Li will receive $90,000 over two years as she completes her MD/PhD. If that wasn’t enough, she’s an inventor tackling health disparities as well.

