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Your questions about doing research at Pitt, answered

The new Pitt Research Navigator is designed to connect Pitt researchers to resources with personalized customer service on grants, data management and more.

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She’s Pitt’s first-ever recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Anna Li will receive $90,000 over two years as she completes her MD/PhD. If that wasn’t enough, she’s an inventor tackling health disparities as well.

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9 tips for better sleep, from the people who keep Pitt athletes well rested

Whether you’re a volleyball star or prepping for finals, here’s what you can do to boost your performance with rest.

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Pitt’s Adam Lowenstein is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow

The professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is known for his research on horror films and helping to bring George A. Romero’s archives to Pitt.

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The 2023 Vanscoy Winter Academy focused on demystifying the brain

Presentations during the Naples, Florida, event covered novel imaging for the eyes, ketamine treatment for depression and stroke interventions.

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14 Pitt faculty members won 2023 Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards

Honor thought leaders, educators and innovators from across the University at a March 16 ceremony.

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A Pitt lab shows phage attacks in new light

The development of new imaging methods allowed researchers in Graham Hatfull’s lab to watch, in detail, as killer phages attached to bacteria — and as resistant bacteria fought off an attack.

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Pitt PhD students played key roles in a new study that helped stroke patients regain hand movement

With the help of implanted electrodes, two patients recovered everyday skills like holding a soup can. See video of the tech in action.

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29 faculty projects earned 2022-23 Pitt Momentum Funds awards

Since 2019, the funding has supported high-quality research and creative endeavors at all stages of the research cycle.

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See the new Webb telescope image that left a Pitt astronomer ‘starstruck’

Using galaxies like a magnifying glass allowed astronomers, including Rachel Bezanson, to capture never-before-seen details in a patch of sky known as Pandora’s Cluster. Look back in time with her.

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Pitt lands $14.3 million for research linking dementia and cardiovascular disease

Funded by the WoodNext Foundation, researchers will use an interdisciplinary approach to uncover the causes of two of the most costly and deadly illnesses in the U.S.

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Attraction is key to keeping your relationship alive — but not how you think

How secure you feel in your relationship impacts how you view your partner’s attraction to other people, says Pitt psychologist Alexandra Black.

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Pitt’s pandemic practices could serve as an example for other institutions

The University’s approach to COVID-19 employed new testing strategies and put trust in its experts and community, a Journal of American College Health paper found.

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Pitt ranks No. 3 in NIH funding for fiscal year 2022

The University landed $675 million in National Institutes of Health awards, a 13% increase from the previous year.

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Two Pitt School of Pharmacy faculty were named 2022 AAAS Fellows

The American Association for Advancement of Science recognized Donna Huryn and Wen Xie for their contributions to science and society.

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Alcohol may make you more sociable in person, but not online, this Pitt study suggests

Psychology’s Michael Sayette found evidence for what many of us already suspected: Zoom calls don’t quite cut it when it comes to certain social interactions.

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How Pitt researchers are using AI to help stroke patients

A team from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is harnessing the multimodal technology to deliver patient-focused treatment.

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The World History Center won a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant

Principal investigator Ruth Mostern will use the $350,000 award to fund an expansion of the World Historical Gazetteer.

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A Pitt study linked some cancers to dental disease

Marian Bezamat and colleagues recently found a surprising connection between cavities and skin and breast cancer.

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Pitt-owned life science incubator LifeX received $1 million from Pennsylvania

LifeX will help build out Western Pennsylvania’s life sciences ecosystem with support from the state’s Angel Investment Venture Capital Program.

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