Health Sciences

Thomas P. Detre, Academic Leader at Pitt and Architect of UPMC, Dies at 86

Pitt, Drexel Partner on $3.2 Million Project to Train Public Health Professionals

Perlmutter-Led Study Finds Common Seizure Drug Might Reverse, Prevent Severe Genetic Liver Disease

Blocking DNA Repair Protein Could Lead to Targeted, Safer Cancer Therapy, Pitt, UPCI Find

Medicare Part D Drug Coverage Leads to Increased Use of Antibiotics Among Seniors, GSPH Study Says

Supporting Future Health Care Leaders

Newsmakers

McGowan Institute Gets $12 Million for Human Studies of Treatments for Battlefield Injuries, Scars

Kagan-Led Study Identifies Enzyme That Breaks Down Potentially Toxic Nanomaterials

Making Medical Sense of Numbers: Rebecca Hubbard, Pitt's First African American Marshall Scholar, Builds Successful Career as a Biostatistician

Awards & More

The Mysteries of Aging: Renã Robinson, Pitt assistant professor of chemistry, targets proteins in her research to determine why we age

Pitt Ranks No. 12 in The Scientist’s Best Places to Work in Academia Survey

$7.2 Million Grant for Pitt to Develop Microbicides Against HIV/AIDS

Pitt Team Makes Important Step Toward Xenotransplantation to Treat Type 1 Diabetes

Thomas V. Inglesby Named Director of UPMC Center for Biosecurity

Pitt Team Part of $100 Million NHLBI Bench-to-Bassinet Effort in Congenital Heart Disease

Transplant Pioneer Thomas E. Starzl Wins Institute of Medicine's 2009 Lienhard Award

Pitt Scholars & Stewards

Jon Boyle Named ’09 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences

Pitt Researchers Zero In on Ozone With Fluorescent Solution That Detects Harmful Molecule in Air, Body

Science & Technology/Coronary Angiography May Improve Outcomes for Cardiac Arrest Patients, Study Finds

Alcohol Drinkers Zone Out and Are Unaware That They Do, Pitt Study Shows

Regenerative Medicine and Rolling Stone