Brad Dicianno was named a community hero
A Pittsburgh organization recognized the School of Medicine professor for his work supporting people with spina bifida.
John C. Byrd has been named UPMC Hillman Cancer Center director
The internationally lauded researcher will lead one of the nation’s premier National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers.
Susan Shea is a collaborator on a red blood cell research project
The Pitt Medicine professor will work with Carnegie Mellon University scientists on the 21-month DARPA investigation.
A Pitt team received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health
Jamie Hanson, Jennifer Silk and Dana Tudorascu will use the funding to study early life adversity.
Pitt researchers earned Gates Foundation funding to develop an HIV sensor
Amir Alavi and Alan Wells are building a handheld device that can report viral load at the press of a button, enabling care in resource-limited or decentralized settings.
5 of the top Yinzer-approved moments from HBO Max hit ‘The Pitt’
Pitt's Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, an assistant professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, served as a consultant for the writers of the show starting Noah Wyle.
A new study led by Laura Mike was published in Nature Communications
Researchers in Pitt’s Division of Infectious Diseases identified how a common amino acid triggers hypervirulence in a highly infectious strain of bacteria.
5 Pitt health sciences faculty members received 2025 Ascending Star Awards
Each honoree receives $25,000 and will give a lecture during the fall semester. Here’s the full schedule.
Olivera Finn was awarded the PNC Elsie Hillman Distinguished Scholar Award
The distinguished professor was recognized for her decades of research in immunology and groundbreaking work on developing a vaccine to prevent several human cancers.
Pitt biostatisticians helped found the UNICORN Network
Kaleab Abebe, Cristina Murray-Krezan and Michelle Lancet have been key players in the founding of the consortium of academic data coordinating centers.