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Pitt Dental Medicine DMD/PhD Candidate Receives NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Fellowship
Yejin Cho, a DMD/PhD student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, has received the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship.
Suda Wins ASHP Foundation Literature Award
Katie J. Suda, professor of medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, won the ASHP Foundation Literature Award for Sustained Contributions.
The awards, funded through the Joseph A. Oddis Endowment Fund, recognize pharmacists who have made significant contributions to biomedical literature.
Suda is associate director of Pitt’s Center for Pharmaceutical...
Marnie Oakley Wins City & State Pennsylvania Impact Award
Marnie Oakley, dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, was selected as a 2024 winner of City & State Pennsylvania’s Impact Awards. The award represents Pennsylvania's most outstanding corporate and civic citizens, all of whom will be honored in a special issue of the magazine on Nov. 25 and on Dec. 4 at a reception in Philadelphia.
School of Medicine’s 29th Graduate Student Research Symposium Celebrates Excellence in Research and Mentorship
The 29th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium for the School of Medicine (SOM) was held on Oct. 23, 2024, at The Assembly on 5051 Centre Ave. This full-day event, organized by the Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program and hosted by the Biomedical Graduate Student Association with approximately 230 attendees, celebrated the research accomplishments of SOM...
Pitt Wins Funding to Study Battlefield Wound Treatment
A University of Pittsburgh research team is embarking on a project to study wound care in Ukraine with funding from the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium, a nonprofit organization managed by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
The project, “Characterization of Wound Infection and Its Electroceutical Management in Civilian and Military Wounds in Ukraine,” will...
Nindl Inducted as a National Academy of Kinesiology Fellow
Bradley C. Nindl, director of the Neuromuscular Research Laboratory and professor and vice chair for research in sports medicine and nutrition, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, was inducted as a fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology at its recent awards banquet in Minneapolis, Minn.
A Common Genetic Variant May Guide Precision Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
A single A-to-T typo in the genetic code of adult hemoglobin scrunches red blood cells into sickles that clump and burst as they travel through blood vessels, leading to the characteristic symptoms of sickle cell disease: painful blockages, inflammation, oxidative stress and anemia.
Two Pitt Health Sciences Faculty Elected to the 2024 National Academy of Medicine
Beatriz Luna and Mary L. Phillips, both in the Department of Psychiatry, were elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). This recognition is among the highest honors in health and medicine, reserved for individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary contributions to the medical sciences, health care and public health. Originally established as the Institute of Medicine in 1970 by...
Jean Nachega: collaborating for research on mpox in Africa
“Most of the research grants I'm currently writing are focused on this mpox epidemic because I want to contribute in any way I can,” he says. “It's personal for me.”
Read the full article in the Lancet.
