Pitt Nursing student earns grant to research congenital heart defects in infants
Jessica Davis was honored with a $24,000 grant through the Rockefeller University Heilbrunn Family Center for Research Nursing Scholars.
School of Nursing’s DNP Nurse-Midwifery Program receives full accreditation
It’s the first midwifery program in western Pennsylvania and the only DNP Midwifery program in Pennsylvania.
Nursing’s Lora Burke named an expert in obesity
Burke’s studies have included testing various diet approaches to weight loss and learning how people self-monitor their dietary intake.
Notable Pitt women you should know this Women’s History Month
Learn about the lives of just a few of the incredible Pitt women whose path-forging work changed our past — and is shaping our tomorrow.
School of Nursing professor praised by top doctors leading the fight against COVID-19
John Gallagher received special recognition from Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci for contributions to the National Institute of Health COVID-19 Guidelines Panel.
Pitt School of Nursing tops U.S. News & World Report online master’s ranking with a perfect score
Programs in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and the School of Education also ranked among the best in the nation.
New scholarship agreement helps graduate students in the sciences
Pitt’s partnership with an all-women, all-volunteer philanthropic organization is getting deeper, stronger and planning for perpetuity.
A vaccine clinic in Homewood helped more than 400 people get their flu and COVID-19 vaccines this week
Sponsored by a half dozen local organizations, including Pitt, the clinic boosted access to the life-saving shots.
Is this pain muscle strain or a minor heart attack?
An interdisciplinary Pitt team is using machine learning to more quickly and accurately identify heart attacks and their arterial origins.
A training program is making surgery easier on veterans and safer for health care staff
A nurse anesthetist and Pitt alum watched veterans with PTSD “go to sleep in Pittsburgh but wake up in Iraq.” He knew something had to change.

