Benjamin Davies
A urologist and mentor who’s closing gaps in health care.
Biologists named a newly discovered cell repair pathway after Pitt
The PITT pathway, described in a Nature paper by faculty members Jay Xiaojun Tan and Toren Finkel, fixes a part of the cell that recycles waste.
MaCalus V. Hogan is the new chair of Pitt’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
He’s also been named the David Silver Professor.
Jen Silver joined the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Association of Social Workers’ Board of Directors
Silver (A&S ’13) is a second-year master's student in the School of Social Work who plans to advocate for people with substance use disorders.
A Pitt psychiatry team studying suicide earned a $16.2 million grant renewal from the National Institute of Mental Health
The ETUDES Center will use the funds to combat adolescent suicide with a focus on Black and Hispanic youth.
What you need to know about monkeypox
Ken Ho, a Pitt infectious disease specialist, explains how monkeypox differs from COVID-19 and what to do if you think you’ve been exposed.
A multidisciplinary Pitt team won the first phase of the NIH Neuromod Prize competition
Led by Changfeng Tai, the team is developing a device to address bladder, bowel and sexual disorders.
Stephen Frederico received an American Brain Tumor Association fellowship to study pediatric brain cancer
The award aims to motivate talented medical students to pursue careers in neuro-oncology research by supporting a three-month summer research experience.
Abdus Wahed received funding to develop SMART patient-centered clinical trial methods
The trials allow for more than one treatment to be given to a patient, or for treatment to change midway through.
Carrie Leana won a societal impact award for her work tackling poverty and inequality
The award committee described her interdisciplinary work as scientifically credible and useful to society.