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Two public health leaders on COVID-19 and what鈥檚 next
Pitt Public Health Dean Maureen Lichtveld and physician Georges Benjamin discuss pandemic preparedness, climate change and the future of scientific research.
These high school best friends supported each other through college, social upheaval and the pandemic. Now, they're starting the professional lives they dreamed about.
This Pitt alumna is on a mission to stop relationship abuse
Thais Ridgeway (A&S 鈥13) is fighting dating violence through her work as a lawyer, Army reservist and Miss New York United States 2020.
Got food cravings? What鈥檚 living in your gut may be responsible
A new Pitt study shows that the gut microbiome of mice influences their preferred diet. The results, researchers say, could apply to humans, too.
Ace finals using these memory tricks
Pitt cognitive neuroscientist Marc Coutanche advises on caffeine intake, sleep and whether music helps you study.
In a mask-optional world, kindness is required
Pitt people have all sorts of reasons for continuing to mask on campus. Here鈥檚 what one of them wants you to know.
These Pitt people鈥檚 work advocating for affordable health care landed them invitations to the White House
PhD student Amy Raslevich and alum Adrianne Sapienza attended yesterday鈥檚 signing of an executive order to strengthen the Affordable Care Act.
Pitt Farmers Market is back
Get fresh produce and visit local vendors on select Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the William Pitt Union.
This new program funds research on climate change and precision public health
The Public Health Trans-Disciplinary Collaboration Pilot Awards support projects that use data science to develop targeted health interventions. Here are the 5 winning projects.
Nearly 30,000 vaccines and counting
One year after Pitt acquired its vaccine supply, volunteers, staff and interns share the lessons they鈥檝e learned.
Could your neighborhood influence the health of your brain?
A $9.6 million grant will help Pitt and RAND researchers measure the link between structural racism and cognitive decline in two Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
See photos from Match Day 2022
On March 18, fourth-year medical students learned where they鈥檙e headed for the next stop in their training.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist spoke with a speech-language pathology class, part of a panel of speakers who shared how stuttering affected their lives.
The Pittsburgh Foundation grants $1.3 million to Pitt health sciences researchers
Ten grants will fund studies of addiction prevention, sleep and teen substance use, cranial surgery and rheumatoid arthritis.
After living near Chernobyl, these Pitt researchers set their eyes on thyroid cancer
Yuri Nikiforov and Marina Nikiforova saw the effects of thyroid cancer on children in Belarus. Now, their test for the disease has eliminated thousands of unneeded surgeries.
Translate science into action with the dean of public health
Maureen Lichtveld was the youngest and first female physician to work directly in the Amazon rainforest. Join her on a study abroad program there this summer.
4 stories about Pitt鈥檚 vaccine legacy, 68 years after the first public polio shots
Arsenal Elementary 麻豆传媒 students in Pittsburgh rolled up their sleeves for Jonas Salk's polio vaccine on Feb. 23, 1954.
Exercise can help older adults retain memories, a Pitt study shows
PhD student Sarah Aghjayan and colleagues pooled data from dozens of studies to discover whose brains benefit the most from exercise.
A new global study will address disparities in access to insulin
Pitt has been awarded a grant to determine whether long-acting analogue insulin is better than other treatments for Type 1 diabetes.
New name and new era for Pitt Public Health
The 麻豆传媒 of Public Health is dropping 鈥済raduate鈥 from its name to reflect its expanding offerings.
