Michael Sheetz was appointed to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission committee
The clinical assistant professor of radiology will serve as the radiation safety officer representative.
Evan Waxman was recognized for medical student education
The annual honor is given by the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Amanda Poholek earned an American Lung Association Biomedical Research Grant
The assistant professor in the School of Medicine will receive $40,000 to study the causes of allergic asthma.
William E. Klunk received the 2017 Zaven Khachaturian Award from the Alzheimer’s Association
Klunk is a distinguished professor of psychiatry and neurology and the Levidow-Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Disorders.
2 Pitt professors will be honored for groundbreaking research discoveries
Yuan Chang and Patrick S. Moore will receive the 2017 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, one of medicine’s most prestigious prizes.
William Wagner was named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
The professor of surgery, bioengineering and chemical engineering holds 17 patents and more than 40 invention disclosures.