The Institute of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity in Children will be led by Pitt Pediatrics Professor John Williams.

Three University of Pittsburgh researchers have been named to the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2019 fellowship cohort. 

Kathryn Albers, a professor in the Department of Neurobiology in the School of Medicine, was recognized for accomplishments in molecular and cellular neuroscience, including studies of sensory neuron development and its relation to nerve injury and pain. 

Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis and Caroline Runyan have won NIH Director’s Awards for pursuing major opportunities and gaps in biomedical research that require trans-NIH collaboration to succeed.

The project by Ryad Benosman and Feng Xiong earned $500,000 from the National Science Foundation.

The associate professor of psychiatry will ensure high-quality teaching in courses and clerkships for each year of medical school.

The Nazarbayev University School of Medicine in the Republic of Kazakhstan saw its first class graduate this spring.

Michael Pinsky, professor of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, has been elevated to the rank of APS Fellow by the American Physiological Society. 

The fellowship is an honor bestowed on senior scientists who have “demonstrated excellence in science, have made significant contributions to the physiological sciences and served the society.”

The associate professor was presented with the award by the state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The team will be led by Murat Akcakaya and Carla A. Mazefsky.