Faculty
Several Pitt Medicine people won honors at the 2024 American Thoracic Society conference
7 fellows and 6 faculty took home awards for research, mentoring and scientific achievement.
David H. Waldeck was awarded 2024 Edward W. Morley Medal
The director of the Petersen Institute of Nanoscience and Engineering has been in Pitt’s Department of Chemistry since 1985.
Shyam Visweswaran was inducted as an International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics fellow
The honor society recognizes expertise in biomedical and health informatics internationally.
Tera Levin will study pathogenesis through a Burroughs Wellcome Fund program
The PATH program funds assistant professors studying points where human and infectious agent systems connect.
5 faculty won Pitt’s Health Sciences Ascending Star award
The honor was established in 2022 to recognize highly productive and creative midcareer faculty members in the six schools of the health sciences.
Graham Hatfull is among the latest National Academy of Sciences electees
Phage research by the Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology is helping treat infections that are unresponsive to antibiotics.
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2 Pitt faculty are on the New Pittsburgh Courier’s 40 under 40 list
The publication will recognize Brooke Rawls and Lawrence Uradu at a May 2 ceremony for excellence among African American professionals in the region.
Pitt has five new American Academy of Arts and Sciences members
Among the University’s honorees are American Cancer Society researchers, an archaeologist and Chancellor Joan Gabel.
Doreen Hernández and Belkys Torres are the inaugural recipients of the Michele Reid-Vazquez Commitment to Community Award
Awardees exemplify a commitment to community, a dedication to truth and a relentless pursuit of an equitable future for all.

