Cooper, director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, won in the category of technological applications in disability.

Researchers used a novel approach that could eventually help buy more time for patients.

He made history as a Black graduate of the institution that would become the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Now artifacts of his pioneering medical career are finding a new home at Pitt.

School of Pharmacy professors Kangho Suh and Amanda Korenoski developed a model to estimate the health care costs that are avoided through consultation with the Pittsburgh Poison Center.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Kambez H. Benam is leading a multistage, $24.4 million effort to develop advanced organ-on-a-chip systems that model human tissue interactions, with the goal of accelerating the development of treatments for viral diseases.