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Winter 2024 Commencement for Pitt Health Sciences Students in Photos
By Kat Procyk
On Dec. 18, 2024, approximately 250 health sciences students celebrated their commencement with schools across the University of Pittsburgh at the Petersen Events Center, proudly receiving their diplomas in the presence of family and friends.
Holden Thorp, a chemist, pharmaceutical executive and editor-in-chief at the journal Science, served as this...
A Collaborative Program to Rethink Nursing Home Care
By Michele Dula Baum and Clare Collins
Pitt Nursing student Hope Karnes with resident Roselyn Baum at The Willows nursing home in Oakmont, Pa.
When COVID-19 struck in early 2020, nursing homes became the pandemic’s epicenter. Overwhelmed long-term care facilities found themselves unable to keep up with spiraling infections and deaths among residents. Overworked staff...
Pitt’s Expanding Dental Assistant Training Program Is Filling Critical Gaps
By Megumi Barclay
Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine is taking an innovative approach to training dental assistants to meet the growing demand in that field.
Its accelerated four-month Dental Assistant Training Program (DATP) allows students to stay within their home communities, serving both the needs of the students and the clinical sites where they may practice...
Pitt Neurology’s Oscar Lopez Elected to the Alzheimer’s Association Board of Directors
By Megumi Barclay
Oscar Lopez, professor of neurology, of psychiatry, School of Medicine, and of clinical and translational science has been elected to the Alzheimer’s Association Board of Directors. This appointment, concurrent with his role as chair of the Medical and Scientific Group of the Alzheimer’s Association, solidifies Lopez as a national and international...
Pitt Faculty Members Selected for 2025 Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Seminar Series
Twelve Pitt faculty members have recently been selected to present their research for the 2025 Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar Series.
This annual lecture series, also known as the 12@12 series, focuses on research by young investigators in the biomedical sciences. Selection criteria include a nomination from a senior faculty member and involvement in a...
Millions of U.S. Adults are Estimated to Have an Elevated Risk for Heart Failure
Timothy Anderson, assistant professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh. Photography by John Dillard.
By Phoebe Ingraham Renda
Kelly Beck Wins $100,000 Award for Children’s Mental Health Project
Kelly Beck, assistant professor of psychiatry, School of Medicine, won the Research Brilliance Award from YourMomCares, a charity founded by mothers of celebrities who are committed to improving stigma surrounding child mental health.
YourMomCares partnered with UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation to have a “Shark Tank”-style competition called “ShrinkTank,” for promising...
Encouraging Early Intervention for Alzheimer’s in the Black Community Through an Innovative Interdisciplinary Approach
Illustration by Hannah Lesser
The data on Alzheimer’s disease in Black communities is stark: The risk is higher than average, but the rate of diagnosis is delayed.
To address that, several University of Pittsburgh researchers from different departments are partnering with the Allegheny County Health Department and the Black Equity Coalition (BEC) in a new...
Pitt Health Sciences’ Joel Greenberger Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Adapted from an article by Karen Woolstrum
Joel S. Greenberger, professor of radiation oncology, has been named a 2024 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) fellow. He is the sixth School of Medicine faculty member to receive this honor since the inaugural class of fellows in 2015.
Peter Wipf, Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry in the Kenneth P....
Pitt Researchers Lead Group that Calls for Global Discussion About Possible Risks from “Mirror Bacteria”
Pitt scientists Tim Hand (left) and Vaughn Cooper (right), among 38 co-authors, urge the scientific community to halt the development of mirror bacteria and engage in global discussions to shape a proactive path forward. Cooper emphasizes that while the risks are not imminent, early dialogue is crucial to addressing potential threats before they materialize.
Vaughn Cooper,...
