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Pitt researchers led by Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine in 1955.
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Pitt surgeons have performed 17,000+ organ transplants, making Pittsburgh the world’s transplantation capital.
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Pitt medicine professor Peter Safar pioneered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
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Research by Pitt’s Maud Menten laid the groundwork for modern drug therapy and biochemistry.
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A Pitt team led by P.G. Katsoyannis was the first to synthesize insulin.
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Pitt established the first critical care department in a U.S. medical school.
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In 1932, a Pitt team led by Charles Glen King isolated and identified the chemical structure of vitamin C.
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The first heavier-than-air powered aircraft to make a sustained flight was created by Pitt astronomer Samuel Langley.
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Pitt’s Yuan Chang and Patrick Moore isolated the virus that causes epidemic cancer among HIV/AIDS patients.
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Pitt's writing program is one of the oldest and largest in the United States.
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Pitt won 3 awards and 1 honorable mention in the 2015 Carnegie Science Awards competition.
