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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.
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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.
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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.
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2 Pitt gastroenterology professors earned a research mentor award
Rocky Schoen and Dhiraj Yadav were among 11 recognized by the American Gastroenterological Association nationwide.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rakesh Sindhi uncovered the genetic basis of a liver disease that occurs in newborns
A new Pitt Medicine study, published in the Journal of Hepatology, performed the largest-ever genetic analysis for biliary atresia, the leading reason for liver transplant in children.
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Angela Stewart earned $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation
Her project, funded by a Racial Equity in STEM Education award, will work to expand the range of perspectives and voices in AI technology.
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Pitt alumna Aditi Sridhar premiered a short film at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival
The Frederick Honors College graduate directed, co-wrote and produced the romantic drama “Pivot.”
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Pitt Med student Adi Mittal is a Collegiate Inventors Competition finalist
He will pitch his blood-based cerebral aneurysm test on Oct. 24.
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Undergraduate Alison Linares Mendoza received a Young Eagles engineering internship
The first Pitt student selected for the prestigious aeronautics program, she spent the summer working for Daher’s Aircraft Division in France.
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Melissa Catanese won a creative development award from The Heinz Endowments
The teaching associate professor of studio arts received $20,000 for her project based on Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.”
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Rosemary Capo joined the AGU LANDInG Academy’s newest cohort
The associate professor will participate in a two-year professional development program for current and aspiring DEI leaders in the geosciences.
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Cristina Murray-Krezan will chair the PCORI Clinical Trials Advisory Panel
The associate professor of medicine and clinical and translational science at Pitt will advise researchers on patient-centered outcomes.
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Leonora Anyango earned Harvard University’s Derek Bok Public Service Award
The Frederick Honors College faculty fellow was honored for working with refugees in Pittsburgh and supporting blind youth in Kenya.
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Patricia Corby joins Pitt health sciences in new associate vice chancellor for clinical trials role
She was previously an assistant professor of dental public health in Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine.
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Edouard Machery was awarded $260,000 from the John Templeton Foundation
It’s the latest of several grants the Center for Philosophy of Science director has earned from the organization.