A team of Pitt researchers earned a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging
The interdisciplinary team from Pitt’s School of Medicine and Department of Biological Sciences will investigate a mitochondrial target for Alzheimer’s disease.
4 Pitt physicians will be honored by the National Pancreas Foundation
The School of Medicine faculty will receive their awards at an Oct. 6 gala at PNC Park.
Rakesh Sindhi uncovered the genetic basis of a liver disease that occurs in newborns
A new Pitt Medicine study, published in the Journal of Hepatology, performed the largest-ever genetic analysis for biliary atresia, the leading reason for liver transplant in children.
Pitt Med student Adi Mittal is a Collegiate Inventors Competition finalist
He will pitch his blood-based cerebral aneurysm test on Oct. 24.
Cristina Murray-Krezan will chair the PCORI Clinical Trials Advisory Panel
The associate professor of medicine and clinical and translational science at Pitt will advise researchers on patient-centered outcomes.
Pitt ranks No. 3 in NIH funding for fiscal year 2022
The University landed $675 million in National Institutes of Health awards, a 13% increase from the previous year.
José-Alain Sahel won the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience
The Pitt ophthalmologist and his longtime collaborator Botond Roska were honored for their work on optogenetic therapy for blindness.
Ora Weisz will receive the 2023 Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award
The American Society for Cell Biology will honor the professor for her scientific achievements and work mentoring underrepresented groups.
Abby Overacre-Delgoffe earned an award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Her project, which won her the New Innovator honor, could pave the way for new therapies to improve cancer outcomes.
Pitt welcomed its newest class of medical students
More than 150 incoming students received their white coats and recited the Hippocratic Oath during ceremonies this summer.