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Jason Bohland to Discuss the Complexities of Speech Production at Upcoming Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar
By Shannon Turgeon
Photography by Joshua Franzos
Jason Bohland, assistant professor of communication science and disorders at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, is committed to understanding how the brain’s motor and auditory systems interact during speech production.
However, his path to neuroscience was not ...
Digital Health Summit Assesses AI Influence in Medicine
By Michael Aubele
Photo credit: Mason Markland
A brief introduction into the basics of artificial intelligence (AI) began two days of discussions about AI’s use in research and clinical care in Pittsburgh, how it’s being applied in education at the University of Pittsburgh and how it could shape the future of medicine. The conversations unfolded Jan. 29 and 30 at...
The Countless Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Medicine
From Idea to Impact: Pitt.INC Awards Its First Cohort of Therapies and Technologies
By Kat Procyk
Pitt.INC, a program designed to accelerate ideas into practice, announced its first group of winners.
The Pitt Idea Navigation to Commercialization (Pitt.INC) program has announced its first six awardees. The program, a collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) and Office of the Senior Vice...
Pink and Powerful: A Hydrogel That Heals and Protects
Caption: Gabrielle Lorenz (left) holds the pink hydrogel with Juan Taboas (right).
By Phoebe Ingraham Renda
Photography by Rayni Shiring, University of Pittsburgh
When asked to explain how his bone-healing hydrogel works, Juan Taboas, associate professor of oral and craniofacial sciences, School of Dental Medicine, and associate professor of biomedical...
Pitt Launches $25M Trivedi Institute to Translate Space Science into Breakthroughs for Human Health
On Jan. 29, the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences announced the launch of the Trivedi Institute for Space and Global Biomedicine, one of the first dedicated institutes focused on applying insights from spaceflight to improve human health on Earth.
The $25 million institute will be led by Kate Rubins, who joined Pitt in October as professor of computational and...
The Orland Bethel Family Foundation Contributes $53.5 Million to Grow Musculoskeletal Research Center
By Kat Procyk
The Orland Bethel Family Foundation, a powerful supporter of the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences, raised its contributions to the University to nearly $100 million with an additional $53.5 million to expand the Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC). The gift, announced Jan. 21, 2026, will grow the center’s research, innovation...
Students Launch Resource Locker to Support Pitt Public Health Community
When Grace Osborne, a junior at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, noticed peers struggling to access basic necessities, she decided to act.
Pitt Dental Medicine to Provide Dental Training and Patient Care in Bradford
The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine is partnering with Pitt Bradford, Universal Primary Care and Olean General Hospital to establish the commonwealth’s second regional training center to offer both dental training and care in rural Pennsylvania communities.
Pitt Researchers Study Shared Genetics in Psychiatric Disorders
Analysis of approximately one million people reveals shared genetic roots across psychiatric disorders
By Ava Dzurenda
About half of Americans will meet the criteria for one or more psychiatric disorders at some point in their lives. Beyond the direct symptoms, these conditions carry heavy burdens, including missed work or school, strained family relationships ...
