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Panel of Pitt Researchers to Join Dickson Prize Winner at July 11 Event
Three Pitt researchers will join Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, recipient of the 2025 Dickson Prize in Medicine, for a panel discussion on July 11 when he receives the prize, the School of Medicine’s highest honor. They will discuss how their research aligns with his efforts to help patients living with musculoskeletal or limb injury or loss.
NIH Public Access Policy Begins July 1
The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) new NIH Public Access Policy will go into effect on July 1, 2025. While the current policy gives authors of manuscripts resulting from NIH-funded research up to 12 months to make their manuscripts available in PubMed Central (PMC), the new policy removes this embargo period. Manuscripts accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025,...
Pitt Scientist Hansruedi Mathys to Discuss Cognitive Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease at Upcoming Senior Vice Chancellor Lecture
By Kat Procyk
Photography by Joshua Franzos
Hansruedi Mathys, assistant professor of neurobiology, School of Medicine, views the human brain as the world’s most sophisticated computer that helps define our individuality.
Philosophy aside, Mathys understands that even the body’s most complex organ is vulnerable to disease and impairment due to aging. And...
Pitt will Continue Bolstering Pennsylvania’s Dental Workforce with a New Regional Training Center
According to a recent study, nearly 25 million Americans live in areas where there are not enough dentists to serve the needs of the population.
“In Pennsylvania, more than 1.5 million residents live in areas facing a dental shortage,” said Marnie Oakley, dean of Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine. “We know how hard it is for a dental office to lose a dental hygienist or dental...
This New Pitt Service Helps Investigators do Research that’s Ethically Sound
When Avniel Ghuman got the chance to do some unique studies with people who had electrodes implanted as preparation for surgery to address severe epilepsy, he found himself facing a set of ethical questions he had never encountered before.
Read more at this link.
New mRNA Vaccine Is More Effective and Less Costly to Develop, Pitt Study Finds
Photography by Rayni Shiring/University of Pittsburgh
A new type of mRNA vaccine is more scalable and adaptable to continuously evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H5N1, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and Penn State. The study was published June 3 in npj Vaccines.
Though highly effective at...
Preventing Diabetes, One Step at a Time: Inside Pitt’s National Diabetes Prevention Program
Caption: Anna Schmotzer, assistant director of experiential learning in the School of Pharmacy and former participant of the Group Lifestyle Balance Diabetes Prevention Program, walking on campus.
By Afsana Dhali
Photography by Rayni Shiring/University of Pittsburgh
One in three American adults has prediabetes, yet most don’t know it. For those at risk, a...
Congratulations, Health Sciences Graduates!
Cathedral of Learning photograph by Anneliese Harp, School of Pharmacy
Congratulations to the Spring 2025 graduates in the University of Pittsburgh’s schools of the health sciences! After years of training and preparation, you are ready to take the next steps in your journeys to help shape a healthier future.
On Friday, May 2, the Schools of Pharmacy, of Public...
Pitt Researcher Thomas Karikari to Discuss Knocking Down Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis Obstacles in Next Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar
Photography by Joshua Franzos
One day during his childhood in Ghana, Thomas Karikari was helping with his family farm when he saw his father observing him. Karikari recalls his father telling him, “I understand you’re very good in school. Take that seriously because you’re not very good at farm work.”
Data Collection and New Connections: Health Sciences Students Collaborate with Special Olympics Pennsylvania
By Shannon Turgeon
Photography by Rayni Shiring/University of Pittsburgh
Students from three of the University of Pittsburgh's health sciences schools teamed up with Special Olympics Pennsylvania to collect health data for Project ALL STAR, a new initiative designed to analyze how Special Olympics programming improves the health and well-being of its athletes...
