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Pitt Researcher Tera Levin to Discuss How Bacteria and Hosts Influence Each Other’s Evolution at Upcoming Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar
By Shannon Turgeon
Photography by Joshua Franzos
Tera Levin, assistant professor of biological sciences, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has always had an interest in “invisible things that have big impacts.”
She is now putting this interest into practice by using bacteria and amoeba to research how new pathogens evolve and emerge from...
Pitt Studies Highlight Access to Treatment in a Health Affairs Special Issue on Opioid Use Disorder
Caption: Jeanine Buchanich, vice dean and associate professor, Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and J. Travis Donahoe, assistant professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. Photos courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh.
The Dawn of BioForge
Photo credit: Heidi Ward
“We are literally at the dawn of precision biological medicine, which is going to change the way we not only treat certain diseases and what kind of therapeutics we come up with, but is going to demand a completely different approach to the manufacturing and the associated tools,” Ken Gabriel, CEO of BioForge, explained during a University of Pittsburgh...
Fall Flu Shots Available on Campus
Between classes and activities, nobody has time to be stuck at home with the flu this fall.
The student health fee covers flu shots for students, who can get them through Student Health Services or the Pitt Vaccination and Health Connection Hub. The Hub also provides the shots to faculty members, staff and the public, including children 5 and older.
Fall flu...
The Dietitian Nutritionist Team That Fuels Pitt Student-Athletes
A Healthy Dose of Mixed Reality
School of Pharmacy Associate Professor Pamela Smithburger demos the Anatomage Table for students in the Emerging Technology Lab in the Health Sciences Library on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Photography by Rayni Shiring)
By Phoebe Ingraham Renda
Reading in a textbook that a wrong medication dose or a missed lab result can trigger cardiac arrest is one thing. It's...
New Health Sciences Course Offerings This Fall
The following are some of the fresh options in Pitt Health Sciences introduced this fall, as schools and programs across the University launch new courses, expand existing initiatives and offer more opportunities for students to customize their academic journey.
Pitt Study Finds No Significant Link Between ECAC and Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers
By Kat Procyk
Extracranial carotid artery calcification (ECAC) is a known risk factor for the development of both cardiovascular diseases and neurological conditions like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
However, the relationship between ECAC and amyloid beta (Aβ), protein clumps that can pile together in the brain and may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease,...
Pitt Scientist Kevin McCarthy to Present Methods to Improve Collective Virus Immunity
By Kat Procyk
Photography by Joshua Franzos
Mutations in some viruses, like influenza or SARS-CoV-2, can evade collective immunity, meaning they can still infect populations even when there’s a high immunity level to previous versions of that virus.
