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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...
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.
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...
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 ...
University of Pittsburgh expands musculoskeletal care and research with strategic investment from the Orland Bethel family.
PITTSBURGH, January 21, 2026 — The Orland Bethel Family Foundation, a powerful supporter of the health sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, has committed an additional $53.5 million to expand the Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC). The gift, which brings giving from the Bethel family to nearly $100 million in the last five years, will grow the Center...
How Mary Ellen Vajravelu Finds the Harmony Between Medicine, Behavior and Technology to Improve Diabetes Care
By Maggie Lindenberg
Photography by Joshua Franzos
Until her junior year of high school, Mary Ellen Vajravelu planned to become a professional violinist. But with a nurse as a mother and a father with type 2 diabetes, her curiosity and passion for creative problem solving took her in a different direction.
Now a pediatric endocrinologist at UPMC Children’s...
What TV Gets Wrong About CPR—And Why It Matters for Saving Lives
Photo caption: Beth L. Hoffman, assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences at Pitt Public Health.
Scripted television often shows outdated CPR techniques for lay people, potentially fueling misconceptions that could delay bystanders’ lifesaving interventions in the crucial moments after a cardiac arrest. That’s according to University of Pittsburgh School of...
Interprofessional Experience at the Hub
Caption: Josh Goltsman, left, and Nathan Raabe, right, are among the Pitt students who get hands-on interprofessional experience at the Pitt Vaccination and Health Connection Hub.
By Rachana Senthil
Photography by Rayni Shiring, University of Pittsburgh
Step inside the University of Pittsburgh’s Vaccination and Health Connection Hub, and you are greeted with...
