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Pitt Researchers Find Cellular Feeding Frenzy Fuels Pulmonary Hypertension
Chan, Vitalant Chair in Vascular Medicine and professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology
Blood vessels in the lungs aren’t like the others in the body. This difference becomes clear in pulmonary hypertension, in which only the lungs’ blood vessels stiffen progressively, leading to chronic lung disease, heart failure and death. The underlying reasons for this...
Pittsburgh has a “right to win” in biomanufacturing
Pittsburgh’s strength in life sciences research is well established, but turning breakthroughs in the lab into companies that spur the local economy is a challenge of its own. In a panel discussion on April 24, local leaders highlighted how Pitt BioForge, the biomanufacturing innovation facility the University of Pittsburgh is building at Hazelwood Green, will help promising life...
Pitt and UPMC Launch Computational Pathology and AI Center
From left: Curtis Stratman, Liron Pantanowitz, Hooman Rashidi
The Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence (CPACE), a Pitt/UPMC joint venture, unveiled its new facility in the UPMC Cancer Pavilion, Suite 201, on April 24. The center is designed to bring together experts in computational pathology, artificial intelligence and related fields to collaborate, innovate,...
Two Health Sciences Researchers Are Among Pitt’s New American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of its new members, and five inductees from the University of Pittsburgh are among the distinguished honorees. Two of the five—Yuan Chang and Patrick S. Moore—are Pitt Health Sciences faculty members.
The academy is a beacon of excellence and leadership across a wide range of disciplines with a mission to...
Pitt is launching an Office of Sustainability in the Health Sciences
The University of Pittsburgh’s schools of the health sciences commemorated Earth Day with an event to launch the new Office of Sustainability in the Health Sciences.
Norman Wolmark Receives Surgical Care Award
Norman Wolmark, professor of surgery, School of Medicine, received the Medallion for the Advancement of Surgical Care this month from the prestigious American Surgical Association.
Two Pitt Health Sciences Researchers Named 2023 AAAS Fellows
Two University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences faculty members have been elected 2023 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Deborah Polk (pictured left), visiting associate professor of dental public health, School of Dental Medicine, and Bennett Van Houten (pictured right), Richard M. Cyert Professor of Molecular Oncology and professor...
Student Team Wins Award in Interprofessional Case Competition
A team of Pitt health sciences students received a Healthy Equity Innovation Award at the 19th annual CLARION National Interprofessional Case Competition at the University of Minnesota on April 13.
The competition included 11 teams from universities across the country with 47 students representing different health care professions. Students presented their analysis and...
Pandemic Drinking Hit Middle-Aged Women Hardest
Middle-aged women experienced increases in alcohol-related health complications during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published in JAMA Health Forum.
Authors of the study say the research raises alarm bells indicating the need for immediate public health and clinical interventions to reverse the trends, including urgent communication about the risks of...
