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Got food cravings? What’s living in your gut may be responsible
A new Pitt study shows that the gut microbiome of mice influences their preferred diet. The results, researchers say, could apply to humans, too.
Ace finals using these memory tricks
Pitt cognitive neuroscientist Marc Coutanche advises on caffeine intake, sleep and whether music helps you study.
In a mask-optional world, kindness is required
Pitt people have all sorts of reasons for continuing to mask on campus. Here’s what one of them wants you to know.
These Pitt people’s work advocating for affordable health care landed them invitations to the White House
PhD student Amy Raslevich and alum Adrianne Sapienza attended yesterday’s signing of an executive order to strengthen the Affordable Care Act.
Pitt Farmers Market is back
Get fresh produce and visit local vendors on select Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the William Pitt Union.
This new program funds research on climate change and precision public health
The Public Health Trans-Disciplinary Collaboration Pilot Awards support projects that use data science to develop targeted health interventions. Here are the 5 winning projects.
Nearly 30,000 vaccines and counting
One year after Pitt acquired its vaccine supply, volunteers, staff and interns share the lessons they’ve learned.
Could your neighborhood influence the health of your brain?
A $9.6 million grant will help Pitt and RAND researchers measure the link between structural racism and cognitive decline in two Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
See photos from Match Day 2022
On March 18, fourth-year medical students learned where they’re headed for the next stop in their training.
An NBA player taught Pitt students how to be better speech therapists
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist spoke with a speech-language pathology class, part of a panel of speakers who shared how stuttering affected their lives.
The Pittsburgh Foundation grants $1.3 million to Pitt health sciences researchers
Ten grants will fund studies of addiction prevention, sleep and teen substance use, cranial surgery and rheumatoid arthritis.
After living near Chernobyl, these Pitt researchers set their eyes on thyroid cancer
Yuri Nikiforov and Marina Nikiforova saw the effects of thyroid cancer on children in Belarus. Now, their test for the disease has eliminated thousands of unneeded surgeries.
Translate science into action with the dean of public health
Maureen Lichtveld was the youngest and first female physician to work directly in the Amazon rainforest. Join her on a study abroad program there this summer.
4 stories about Pitt’s vaccine legacy, 68 years after the first public polio shots
Arsenal Elementary School students in Pittsburgh rolled up their sleeves for Jonas Salk's polio vaccine on Feb. 23, 1954.
A new global study will address disparities in access to insulin
Pitt has been awarded a grant to determine whether long-acting analogue insulin is better than other treatments for Type 1 diabetes.
New name and new era for Pitt Public Health
The School of Public Health is dropping “graduate” from its name to reflect its expanding offerings.
Exercise can help older adults retain memories, a Pitt study shows
PhD student Sarah Aghjayan and colleagues pooled data from dozens of studies to discover whose brains benefit the most from exercise.
A new Pitt-UPMC residency program is bringing better health care to patients in rural Pennsylvania
Second- and third-year residents will work in Tioga and Potter counties as part of the only such program in north-central Pennsylvania.
There's more to health inequities than income
Modern medicine promises bountiful health, so why have Black Americans been left behind? The risk factor is not race, but racism and its legacy.
Advice for the best relationship from a Pitt psychologist
This Valentine’s Day, relationship expert Amanda Forest shares her research on how to be a supportive partner.
