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Alexandra E. Mieczkowski Receives AAIM Award
The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) announced that Alexandra E. Mieczkowski, assistant professor of medicine and of pediatrics, School of Medicine, and program director, UPMC Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Training Program, is the recipient of the 2025 MPPDA Alex Djuricich, MD Award.
This award is presented to a program director of a medicine‐pediatrics...
Pitt Joins NIH Initiative to Facilitate Rapid Response to Emerging Virus Threats
The University of Pittsburgh joins the newly established National Institutes of Health (NIH) pandemic preparedness research network to conduct research on high-priority pathogens most likely to threaten human health. NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases expects to commit approximately $100 million per year to fund the program.
U.S. Department of Defense Awards Pitt $100M to Continue Transformative Trauma Trials
Left to right Wisniewski, Guyette, Sperry
The University of Pittsburgh schools of the health sciences have been awarded approximately $100 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to continue a clinical research program that is advancing trauma care.
The 10-year contract renewal will fund new and ongoing research conducted through the Linking...
Hillandale Farms family giving to support musculoskeletal care and research tops $45 million with the creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank
Left to right: MaCalus Hogan, Anantha Shekhar, Orland Bethel, and Joon Lee
PITTSBURGH, September 19, 2024 — The Orland Bethel Family Foundation, already a major supporter of the health sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, has committed $18.5 million to create a biological specimen repository within the Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC), a project...
Hyderi Receives AAMC Award Honoring Contributions to Medical Education
Abbas A. Hyderi, MD, MPH, who was recently appointed vice dean for education and professor of family medicine, School of Medicine, is a 2024 recipient of an Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) annual award, the association announced Tuesday.
Hyderi received the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award for outstanding contributions to...
Pitt Pathologists Honored as Idols of Innovation
Left to right: Liron Pantanowitz and Hooman H. Rashidi
Two University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine faculty members have been named to the 2024 edition of The Pathologist Power List, an annual compilation that recognizes the highly valued work of pathologists and laboratory medicine professionals around the globe.
Hooman H. Rashidi, associate dean of artificial...
Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Announces New Fellowships and a Move
From left: BMRC leaders Gwendolyn Sowa, Joon Lee and Nam Vo
Less than a year after the Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC) was created through a $25 million gift from the Orland Bethel Family Foundation, the center is celebrating significant progress.
The center announced its inaugural class of fellows, a key aspect of its mission of elevating the study of...
Ceremony Welcomes School of Medicine’s Largest Incoming Cohort of PhD Students
On Thursday, Sept. 5, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (SOM) welcomed 130 new PhD students at a ceremony in Alumni Hall, the school’s largest incoming cohort ever.
Now in its fourth year, the Welcome Ceremony grew out of a desire during, and coming out of, the COVID-19 pandemic to promote a sense of community among PhD students and celebrate their key role...
