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Pitt School of Dentistry First to Create Opioid Guidelines

The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine is the first dental school in the nation to establish opioid-free pain...

New Institute Will Improve Pediatric Health and Research

The Institute of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity in Children—i4Kids for short—is a new strategic research effort...

Pitt Men’s Study Renewed by NIH, Will Enter Fourth Decade of HIV Research

The Pitt Men’s Study, part of the national Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), will be renewed into 2026 at nearly $4...

Larry Cunningham Jr. Appointed Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Associate Dean of Hospital Affairs

Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine has announced Larry Cunningham Jr. as its next chair of the Department of Oral and...

Martica Hall Receives Outstanding Educator Award

Martica Hall, professor of psychiatry, psychology, and clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh...

Pitt-affiliated School Sends Off Inaugural Class

The Nazarbayev University School of Medicine saw its first class graduate this spring. NUSOM, a school of...

Sociology Department Chair Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Suzanne Staggenborg, chair of the Department of Sociology at Pitt, has been honored with the John D. McCarthy Award for...

Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will be honored with...

Jeannette South-Paul Honored by Pennsylvania Governor

Jeannette South-Paul, the Andrew W. Mathieson Professor Department Chair at the University of Pittsburgh Department of...

Health Equity Director Co-Authors March of Dimes Consensus Statement on Birth Equity

Women of color are 50 percent more likely than white women to give birth prematurely, and three times as likely to die from...