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The office of Anantha Shekhar, senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, is proud to announce the selection of 12 outstanding faculty members who will present their research for the 2026 Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar Series.  

By Kat Procyk

Caption: A series of research papers from a group of researchers at Pitt’s Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine are trying to understand what connects oral and heart health and—if identified—how to develop prevention and predictive strategies. 

It’s long been understood that cardiovascular and oral health are intertwined. Research shows that poor oral...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh discovered a promising new biomarker of “complicated” mild to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Unlike a concussion—which usually resolves within weeks—complicated TBI requires at least an overnight hospital stay, signaling a more serious injury.

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By Phoebe Ingraham Renda

Photography by Rayni Shiring, University of Pittsburgh

Cell signaling is how cells communicate at the molecular level to coordinate biological processes that shape our development, maintain our health and sometimes contribute to illness. That communication is an intricate blur of molecular motion, where molecules collide, bind and separate...