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How Pitt’s Genetic Counseling Program Faculty Makes Vision Restoration Possible
Participants in the GC BRIDGED 2025 Conference for ophthalmic genetic counselors gathered on the steps of the UPMC Mercy Pavilion, home of the UPMC Vision Institute, in October.
Photo credit: Will Smith
Sisters Tammy Krents and Kimberley Bell both inherited a genetic disorder that causes progressive blindness. Their story made headlines in July 2024 as they became...
Taking Speech and Hearing Health on the Road
By Ashley Parker
Photography by Rayni Shiring, University of Pittsburgh
This fall, the new Pitt/UPMC Communication Van has been all over the city providing hearing care to the community. The van also functions as a community-based mobile laboratory, allowing University of Pittsburgh investigators to study communication and hearing health in real-world settings,...
2025 Health Sciences Research Administration Award Winners Announced
The Fall 2025 Health Sciences Research Administration (HSRA) Recognition Award Ceremony took place on Monday, Oct. 13.
The HSRA Recognition Awards were created to acknowledge staff members whose job performance and dedication to their work merit special recognition.
All full-time and part-time Pitt and UPMC staff in good standing who support a health sciences...
From Statistical Methods to Personalized Treatment Solutions: Lu Tang’s Frameworks for Integrating Health Data
By Shannon Turgeon
Photography by Joshua Franzos
As an associate professor of biostatistics and health data science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Lu Tang acknowledges that he finds fun in looking at mathematical equations.
However, his research and collaboration across Pitt’s schools of the health sciences have motivated him...
In a Simulation Exercise, Nursing Students Experience the Despair of Living in Poverty
By Parmitha Chanduri
Photography by Rayni Shiring, University of Pittsburgh
“We are struggling greatly with four people living on one income. To combat this, we moved another family into our house.”
This was just one of the many eye-opening reflections by students in their senior year at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, who...
Hope for Handwriting: Enhancing Skills Through Occupational Therapy
By Parmitha Chanduri
Photography by Rayni Shiring/University of Pittsburgh
In an era dominated by digital communication, handwriting remains a critical foundational skill—especially for young learners. Hope for Handwriting, an innovative program developed through the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, offers individualized...
Paula Marie Powe on Engaging Black Fathers: Reimagining Early Childhood Support
By Parmitha Chanduri
Photography by Joshua Franzos
At the heart of Paula Marie Powe’s work lies a simple but powerful belief: Early intervention can change the trajectory of a child’s life. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, as well as an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Powe has dedicated her career to...
Pitt Named One of the Nation's Best Schools for Men in Nursing
At the Intersection of Machine Learning and Multiomics, Pitt Researcher Shares Keys to Understanding Disease
By Shannon Turgeon
Photography by Joshua Franzos
Hatice Ülkü Osmanbeyoğlu began exploring biomedical informatics—a rapidly evolving area of study that involves using technology to improve medical research and clinical care—at the University of Pittsburgh as a doctoral student.
Osmanbeyoğlu, who is now an associate professor of biomedical informatics at...
