News
Monday, September 19, 2016
Pitt Research Links Sleep Habits to Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Use >Sleep duration and quality during childhood predict alcohol and cannabis use in adolescence. |
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Pitt Researcher Receives Decade of Funding from NIH>Mark Shlomchik, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded a 10-year, $3.8 million MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health, which will provide long-term support for research into autoimmune diseases and the body’s immune response. |
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
UPMC Provided Nearly $900 Million in Community Benefits Last Year>The region’s leading health care system recently released its Community Benefits Report 2015-2016, showing UPMC provided more care to the region’s most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution. |
Monday, August 29, 2016
UPMC Ends Fiscal Year 2016 with Strong Financial Results>UPMC maintained its strong financial performance throughout fiscal year 2016, continuing to deliver its nationally ranked clinical excellence while providing nearly $900 million a year in community benefits. |
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
New Discovery Could Help Prevent Organ Transplant Rejection>Targeting certain donor cells may be the key to lowering the risk of organ transplant rejection. |
Monday, August 22, 2016
Gene Therapy Via Ultrasound Could Offer New Therapeutic Tool>Sonoporation explored as possible tool in the fight against cardiovascular disease and cancer. |
Monday, August 22, 2016
New Understanding of Pulmonary Hypertension Leads to Promising Drug Targets >Study identifies new compounds that could have robust effects in treating pulmonary hypertension |
Monday, August 15, 2016
Pitt Cancer Institute Awarded Major Federal Grants for Early Cancer Detection>$15.5M for projects to develop tests to find cancer, often before a patient knows anything is wrong. |
Monday, August 15, 2016
Pitt Research Provides New Insights into How the Mind Influences the Body>Pitt discovery provides evidence for the neural basis of a mind-body connection. |
Saturday, August 13, 2016
2016 NIH MERIT award funds research on Toll-like receptors and autoimmune disease> |