Health and Wellness

Researchers in Pitt’s Division of Infectious Diseases identified how a common amino acid triggers hypervirulence in a highly infectious strain of bacteria.

The Justin Reid Ehrenwerth Emerging Scholar Award will allow local students from under-resourced high schools to attend Pitt’s Public Health Science Academy.

Eligible students can earn both a bachelor’s and Doctor of Chiropractic degree in just seven years through guaranteed admission to Northeast College of Health Sciences.

The technology tested and developed in Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab is making it safer for older adults to age in place.

Each honoree receives $25,000 and will give a lecture during the fall semester. Here’s the full schedule.

The distinguished professor was recognized for her decades of research in immunology and groundbreaking work on developing a vaccine to prevent several human cancers.

He will use the award to continue his studies in health care delivery, economics and policy at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.

The School of Dental Medicine is partnering with the ETC at Pitt-Titusville and Titusville Area Hospital to offer hybrid training programs for dental hygienists and assistants.

The associate professor in the School of Social Work received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The findings by Oliver Schlüter, Yue Yang and team may have implications for learning, memory and mental health.