Benign” is used to describe a category of non-cancerous gynecological conditions, but University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing researchers say the term is hurting patients’ health. In a commentary paper published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing on March 11, 2026, lead author Mary Hoberg and co-author Lacey Heinsberg write that the word “benign” is “nonspecific, clinically misleading and potentially harmful.”

Antoine Douaihy, a professor of psychiatry and of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, considers himself to be a “wounded healer.” He adopted that identity after being diagnosed with polycythemia vera, a rare blood disorder, in 2022. Shortly after beginning treatment, Douaihy underwent a routine variceal banding procedure; days later, an unexpected complication caused severe, uncontrollable bleeding. He fell into a coma and required more than 40 units of blood and urgent vascular reconstructive surgery to save his life, which led to a months-long hospital stay.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy has received the Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

Charles Chabal III, MD, MED ’82, and Sharon W. Chabal, NURS ’80, have pledged to create a $1.5 million fund to support the work of the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences students and faculty members gathered around stovetops, chopping vegetables, simmering lentils and putting sustainability into practice in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ (SHRS) teaching kitchen at Pitt’s newest building at Fifth Avenue and Halket Street.