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Deborah Moon received a CDC new investigator award
The School of Social Work researchers will study the effects of a community-based maltreatment prevention program for parents.
The Pennsylvania Innocence Project will recognize the work of Pitt student interns
Since 2016, more than 50 University of Pittsburgh students have volunteered to help the wrongfully convicted.
Sean Morrissey won a 2023 Creative Development Award from the Heinz Endowments
The visiting assistant professor will use the $20,000 to establish an experimental printmaking studio.
Ronald Roth was honored with a proclamation by the City of Pittsburgh
Mayor Ed Gainey named Oct. 10 in Roth’s honor for his decades of serving community health as an emergency medicine instructor.
Tony Novosel was appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
It’s one in a long line of recognitions for the longtime Pitt history professor’s work in Northern Ireland’s peace process.
R.A. Judy earned the 2023 Truman Capote Literary Trust Award
The professor of critical and cultural studies was selected by an Iowa Writers’ Workshop panel.
Alexander Deiters won the American Chemical Society Pittsburgh Award
The Pitt professor was recognized for distinguished service to the field of chemistry.
Hooman Henry Rashidi is Pitt’s new associate dean for AI in medicine
He will develop curricula for to better prepare Pitt Med students to understand, evaluate, use and develop technologies that will advance their research and improve patient care.
Omid Shekari earned a Sculpture Space residency
The assistant professor is spending October and November at the studio in Utica, New York.
Jill Stemple was selected for the Medicaid Pathways Program
The Master of Public Policy and Management candidate will participate in the Center for Health Care Strategies’ executive training initiative.
11 Pitt researchers earned support from the Competitive Medical Research Fund
Grants will help the cohort of junior scientists develop preliminary data, hypotheses and methods for competitive national grant applications.
Shyam Visweswaran was appointed to a National Institutes of Health study section
As a charter member, the School of Medicine professor will review investigator-initiated research applications related to clinical informatics and digital health.
Jamelle Price became an Appalachian Leadership Institute fellow
The external relations manager for the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine will participate in the Appalachian Regional Commission’s extensive training program.
2 Pitt people were recognized as among the best in Pittsburgh tech
Paola Buitrago and Katrina Knight were on Technical.ly's RealLIST Engineers 2023 list.
A team of Pitt researchers earned a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging
The interdisciplinary team from Pitt’s School of Medicine and Department of Biological Sciences will investigate a mitochondrial target for Alzheimer’s disease.
2 Pitt gastroenterology professors earned a research mentor award
Rocky Schoen and Dhiraj Yadav were among 11 recognized by the American Gastroenterological Association nationwide.
Alumnus Yasir Aljohani won an abstract award at the 2023 American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association National Assembly
His research on child abandonment in Saudi Arabia was part of his Pitt capstone coursework.
Pitt’s Dietrich School and College of General Studies honored longtime staff
Dean Adam Leibovich recognized those with 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 40 and 50 years of service to the University.
Ahmad Tafti won the 2023 Oracle Eureka Award
The director of Pitt’s Health + Explainable AI Research Laboratory was honored for his groundbreaking research on total joint arthroplasty.
4 Pitt physicians will be honored by the National Pancreas Foundation
The School of Medicine faculty will receive their awards at an Oct. 6 gala at PNC Park.
