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.

Hooman Henry Rashidi is Pitt’s new associate dean for AI in medicine

He will develop curricula for to better prepare Pitt Med students to understand, evaluate, use and develop technologies that will advance their research and improve patient care.

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.

11 Pitt researchers earned support from the Competitive Medical Research Fund

Grants will help the cohort of junior scientists develop preliminary data, hypotheses and methods for competitive national grant applications.

Shyam Visweswaran was appointed to a National Institutes of Health study section

As a charter member, the School of Medicine professor will review investigator-initiated research applications related to clinical informatics and digital health.

2 Pitt gastroenterology professors earned a research mentor award

Rocky Schoen and Dhiraj Yadav were among 11 recognized by the American Gastroenterological Association nationwide.

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.

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.