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Pitt’s Healthy Home Laboratory is an AARP AgeTech Collaborative testbed site

Researchers working in the demonstration home will help validate products and services from startups striving for longer, healthier lives.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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29 faculty projects earned 2022-23 Pitt Momentum Funds awards

Since 2019, the funding has supported high-quality research and creative endeavors at all stages of the research cycle.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
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Pitt's School of Medicine earned research funding from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation

The Department of Biomedical Informatics will study how to reduce medication errors among patients who transition from hospital to skilled nursing facility.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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Adam Shear won a Renaissance Society of America Digital Innovation Award

The Department of Religious Studies chair is the second Pitt faculty to earn an RSA honor in as many years.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Religious Studies
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Amit Sethi earned an NIH grant to study improving hand function in stroke survivors

The $425,000 in funding will support work in Pitt’s Neuromotor Recovery and Rehabilitation Laboratory.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Jennifer Lingler earned $2.1 million to study patient reactions to Alzheimer’s diagnoses

The National Institute on Aging is funding the research, led by the School of Nursing professor, to help support patients and their families.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Nursing
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See the new Webb telescope image that left a Pitt astronomer ‘starstruck’

Using galaxies like a magnifying glass allowed astronomers, including Rachel Bezanson, to capture never-before-seen details in a patch of sky known as Pandora’s Cluster. Look back in time with her.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Space
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Pitt lands $14.3 million for research linking dementia and cardiovascular disease

Funded by the WoodNext Foundation, researchers will use an interdisciplinary approach to uncover the causes of two of the most costly and deadly illnesses in the U.S.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Center for Aging and Population Health
  • Institute on Aging
  • School of Medicine
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Attraction is key to keeping your relationship alive — but not how you think

How secure you feel in your relationship impacts how you view your partner’s attraction to other people, says Pitt psychologist Alexandra Black.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt’s pandemic practices could serve as an example for other institutions

The University’s approach to COVID-19 employed new testing strategies and put trust in its experts and community, a Journal of American College Health paper found.

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  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Environmental Health and Safety
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt ranks No. 3 in NIH funding for fiscal year 2022

The University landed $675 million in National Institutes of Health awards, a 13% increase from the previous year.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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Two Pitt School of Pharmacy faculty were named 2022 AAAS Fellows

The American Association for Advancement of Science recognized Donna Huryn and Wen Xie for their contributions to science and society.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Pharmacy
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Pitt physicists investigate light vortices in a new paper

Led by graduate student Atreyie Ghosh, the publication in ACS Photonics explores ways to structure optical fields as elements understanding of fundamental physics.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Alcohol may make you more sociable in person, but not online, this Pitt study suggests

Psychology’s Michael Sayette found evidence for what many of us already suspected: Zoom calls don’t quite cut it when it comes to certain social interactions.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt’s Humanities Center announced its 2023-24 undergraduate research fellows

The students receive $5,000 in funding for a summer program, which they will shape in spring and fall seminars.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Humanities Center
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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How Pitt researchers are using AI to help stroke patients

A team from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is harnessing the multimodal technology to deliver patient-focused treatment.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Pitt received an NIH grant to study harm reduction techniques

Lead researcher Deanna Wilson said the research represents a "paradigm shift" in approaches to addiction treatment and overdose prevention.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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A Pitt study linked some cancers to dental disease

Marian Bezamat and colleagues recently found a surprising connection between cavities and skin and breast cancer.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Dental Medicine
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The World History Center won a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant

Principal investigator Ruth Mostern will use the $350,000 award to fund an expansion of the World Historical Gazetteer.

  • Technology & Science
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
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Armin Schikorra earned a Humboldt Research Fellowship

The Department of Mathematics associate professor will study in Germany over the next three years.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences