Pitt research suggests that the choice of tau tracers used for brain imaging in Alzheimer’s diagnostics can change who tests positive, influencing disease detection and treatment eligibility.

These students made the initial cut when they were accepted into Pitt’s highly competitive programs. Now, they are prepared to lead the way in the health sciences fields, carrying their Pitt training and values with them.

Five Pitt Health Sciences faculty members have been selected for the 2026 Ascending Star Awards.

Join us for the next lecture of the 2026 Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Seminar Series on Friday, June 12, 2026. Megan Culler Freeman, assistant professor of pediatrics, School of Medicine, will discuss her research involving the link between enterovirus D68 and paralysis in children.

The themes of trust, responsibility and resilience threaded through the speeches at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing commencement ceremony, held at the new Victory Heights building on May 1.