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January
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Pitt Receives $11 Million from NIH to Coordinate Hepatitis B Clinical Research Network
February
Monday, February 02, 2009
Tuned Out: Teens Who Watch Most TV at Greatest Risk for Depressive Symptoms in Young Adulthood, Pitt Study Finds
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
UPMC’S Center for Integrative Medicine Presents Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Seniors Who Reach Medicare’s ‘Doughnut Hole’ Decrease Their Use of Prescribed Medications
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Pitt School of Dental Medicine’s David Anderson, D.D.S., M.D.S., Appointed Director of Diversity Initiatives
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Buyer Beware: Are We Selling Personalized Medicine Before Its Time?
Monday, February 09, 2009
Sweet Tips for a Healthy Valentine’s Day from UPMC and Pitt Schools of the Health Sciences
Monday, February 09, 2009
Valentine’s Day is Special Birthday for 100- and 103-Year-Old Residents of UPMC Senior Communities
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Participants Needed for Pitt Research Study on ACL Repair
Thursday, February 12, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Faculty, Staff Achievements and New Research Funding
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Pitt Researchers, Educator and Journalist Receive 2009 Carnegie Science Awards
Thursday, February 12, 2009
UPCI Director and Breast Cancer Oncologist Nancy Davidson, M.D., to Present 2009 Bernard Fisher Lecture
Friday, February 13, 2009
UPMC Announces Strong First-Half Fiscal Year Results
Thursday, February 19, 2009
UPMC Sports Medicine to Host Annual Athletic Trainer River Run March 8
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Pitt Research Presented This Week Aims to Help Those with Balance Problems
Friday, February 20, 2009
UPMC St. Margaret Achieves ANCC Magnet Recognition® Status
Monday, February 23, 2009
Indian Spiritual Leader Seeks Expertise of UPMC Brain Surgeons
Monday, February 23, 2009
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: Give Kids a Smile Days Scheduled at Pitt School of Dental Medicine
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Pitt School of Medicine’s Gerry Douglas Named 2009 TED Fellow
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Pitt Study Reveals Why Parents, Despite Health Risks, Choose to Share Beds With Their Infants
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Awards and Accolades: University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce Faculty, Staff Achievements
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Pitt Researchers Identify Protein That Plays Key Role in Pulmonary Emphysema Development
Friday, February 27, 2009
Canterbury Place, a UPMC Senior Community, Marks 150 Years of Care
March
Monday, March 02, 2009
UPMC Sports Medicine to Host Free Marathon Training Seminar, “Going the Distance”
Monday, March 02, 2009
Pitt Study Finds Children of Bipolar Parents Have Increased Risk of Psychiatric Disorders
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Special Edition Cheerios Cereal Box will Feature Pitt’s Rory Cooper, Ph.D.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Steelers Take to the Hoops for the 14th Annual Hoops for the Cure
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Pitt School of Dental Medicine’s Ninth Annual Dean’s Scholarship Ball Scheduled
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Bypassing the Blues: Treatment for Depression After Bypass Surgery Improves Quality of Life and Reduces Cardiac Symptoms
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Glass Half Full? Optimists Live Longer, According to University of Pittsburgh Study
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Pitt Researchers Describe Molecular “Two-Step” Leading to Protein Clumps of Huntington’s Disease
Monday, March 09, 2009
It’s No Blarney! UPMC Senior Community Resident Celebrates 100 Years of Life
Monday, March 09, 2009
Safety First: Poison Prevention Tips from Pitt School of Pharmacy and Pittsburgh Poison Center
Monday, March 09, 2009
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founder Nancy Brinker to Receive 2009 Porter Prize from Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
CALENDAR EDITORS: Pitt School of Nursing to Sponsor Breast Cancer Conference
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
UPMC Sports Medicine’s Cycling Performance Services Host Forum on Proper Bike Fit and Performance Training
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: UPMC Sports Medicine Hosts ‘Going the Distance,’ a Marathon Training Seminar
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Two UPMC Leaders Named to New International Roles
Thursday, March 12, 2009
In Support of World Glaucoma Day March 12, UPMC Eye Center Experts Stress the Importance of Early Diagnosis
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Dick’s Sporting Goods/Pittsburgh Marathon Needs Medical and Non-Medical Volunteers
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Renowned Cell Biologist to Launch 2009 Laureate Lectures at Pitt School of Medicine
Monday, March 16, 2009
Pitt Study of Pregnant Women Shows Antidepressants, Depression May Raise Risk of Premature Birth
Monday, March 16, 2009
UPMC’s Lighthouse Pointe to Host Upcoming Informational Series
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: ‘Match Day’ Scheduled at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: Give Kids a Smile Day Scheduled at Pitt School of Dental Medicine
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: UPMC Sports Medicine’s Cycling Performance Services Hosts Forum on Proper Bike Fit and Performance Training
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Military Veterans Who Have Problems Sleeping Needed for University of Pittsburgh and VA Research Study
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thomas E. Starzl, M.D., Ph.D., Selected for Prestigious National Award
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Pitt Receives $4.7 Million Award from Tobacco Settlement Funds to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Prostate Cancer Screenings Don’t Cut Death Rates, Nationwide Study Finds
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Married Couples Needed for Pitt Sleep Research Study
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Pitt Vaccine to Prevent Colon Cancer Being Tested in Patients
Friday, March 20, 2009
Magee-Womens Research Institute to Receive $100,000 Donation for Breast Cancer Research
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: Pitt School of Dental Medicine’s Dean’s Scholarship Ball Scheduled
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Pitt Alzheimer’s Researchers William Klunk and Chester Mathis to Receive the 2009 Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Institute Award
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Changes in Gene May Stunt Lung Development in Children
Thursday, March 26, 2009
UPMC Sports Medicine’s Mental Training Director Recognized for Improving School Sports Across Pennsylvania
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Coronary Angiography May Improve Outcomes for Cardiac Arrest Patients, Pitt Study Finds
April
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Former Marine is First to Receive Hand Transplant at UPMC
Monday, April 06, 2009
UPMC Formalizes Existing Relationship with Tricare
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Picker Institute Recognizes UPMC for Advances in Patient-Centered Care
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Dr. Freddie Fu Named President of International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Stem Cell Therapy Makes Cloudy Corneas Clear, According to Pitt Researchers
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Pitt Adolescent Brain Specialist Appointed to Prestigious NIH Advisory Committee
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Awards and Accolades: University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce Faculty, Staff Achievements
Monday, April 13, 2009
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: Second Annual ‘Scholars Day’ Scheduled at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Monday, April 13, 2009
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: UPMC and Army Reserve Join in Historic Employer Partnership
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: Pitt Researchers Head Panel Discussion after Preview of HBO Documentary Films’, THE ALZHEIMER’S PROJECT, April 16
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
UPMC Voice Center Provides Tips on How to ‘Invest in your Voice’
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
UPMC and the Army Reserve Join in Employer Partnership
Thursday, April 16, 2009
UPMC to Host Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week Events April 20 to 24
Friday, April 17, 2009
Pitt Receives $2.8 Million to Train HIV/AIDS Researchers in Mozambique, Brazil and India
Monday, April 20, 2009
Dan Berger Cord Blood Program at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Exceeds 1,300 Collections
Monday, April 20, 2009
WPIC Child Development Program Recognized for Excellence in Child Welfare Advocacy and Care
Monday, April 20, 2009
Human Lung Tumors Destroy Anti-Cancer Hormone Vitamin D, Pitt Researchers Find
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Moms Who Breastfeed Less Likely to Develop Heart Attacks or Strokes
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Rocky S. Tuan, Ph.D., Appointed Director of New Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pitt School of Medicine
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
New Department of Developmental Biology Established at Pitt School of Medicine
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Pitt Researchers to Study Effects of Early Intervention for Children of Parents with Bipolar Disorder
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
World Health Organization’s David L. Heymann, M.D., to Give Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health 2009 Convocation Address
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
NIH Developmental Biologist and Soon-To-Be Pitt Department Chair to Present April 23 Laureate Lecture
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
UPMC and CORE to Host Annual Transplant Celebration of Life Ceremony Concluding Donate Life Week Activities
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Pitt Brain Tumor Program Researchers Present Novel Findings at AACR Annual Meeting
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
UPMC’S Response to West Penn Allegheny Health System Lawsuit
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Developmental Drug Helps Protect Against Radiation Damage, Pitt Researchers Find
Thursday, April 23, 2009
UPMC Sports Medicine Offers Advice to Pittsburgh Marathon Runners
Thursday, April 23, 2009
‘Cooking Up A Cure for Colon Cancer’ Holds 3rd Annual Dinner
Friday, April 24, 2009
UPMC Physicians Named Pittsburgh Magazine’s ‘Top Docs’
Monday, April 27, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Faculty, Alumni Achievements
Monday, April 27, 2009
UPMC Statement on Swine Flu
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Are We Cherry Picking Participants for Studies of Antidepressants?
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Older Men More Likely Than Women to Die after Pneumonia
May
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Ralph J. Cappy
Monday, May 04, 2009
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy’s 2009 Fundraising Gala Scheduled
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
UPCI Launches Clinical Trial for Patients with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancers
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Pre-operative Genetic Testing May Improve Treatment for Thyroid Cancer Patients, Pitt Study Finds
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Center for Global Health Formed at University of Pittsburgh
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Pitt School of Medicine Student Group to Be Honored for Contributions to Program for Health Care to Underserved Populations
Thursday, May 07, 2009
President Obama Nominates UPMC’s Tara O’Toole for Under Secretary for Science & Technology, Department of Homeland Security
Friday, May 08, 2009
UPMC Senior Communities Announces Events for May
Friday, May 08, 2009
UPMC Announces Strong Financial Results Through Third-Quarter Fiscal Year 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
15 Percent of Arizona High School Seniors Have Smoked Tobacco From a Hookah, Pitt Study Finds
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Study Calls for Influenza Pandemic Planning to Assure Adequate Care for Pregnant Women and Newborns
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Empowering the Female Athlete: UPMC Sports Medicine Seeking Girls Ages 12 to 18 to Attend ‘Total Package’ Performance Training Conference
Friday, May 15, 2009
Pitt School of Medicine’s George K. Michalopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., Receives 2009 ASIP Rous-Whipple Award
Monday, May 18, 2009
Health Care Providers Need Resources and Support to Help Female Victims of Abuse, According to Pitt Study
Monday, May 18, 2009
Pitt’s Center for Global Health Awards Travel Grants to 11 Students
Friday, May 22, 2009
UPCI Researcher Dr. Merrill Egorin Honored with ASCO Translational Research Professorship
Friday, May 22, 2009
Low Levels of Vitamin D Linked to Common Vaginal Infection in Pregnant Women
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
High School Students Interested in Athletic Training, Sports Medicine Careers Invited to Student Athletic Training Aide Workshop
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Pitt Study Redefines Binge Drinking for Children and Adolescents
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
UPMC Earns High Rating for Software Development Process
Thursday, May 28, 2009
African-Americans More Likely Than Whites to Opt for Life-Sustaining Measures at End of Life, Pitt Study Finds
Friday, May 29, 2009
UPMC South Hills Making Something Healthy Happen
Friday, May 29, 2009
UPMC Senior Living Resident to Celebrate a Birthday That is ‘Outta the Ballpark!’
Saturday, May 30, 2009
New Treatment Combination Proves Safe, Potentially Effective for Head and Neck Cancer Patients, UPCI Researchers Find
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Newly Identified Genes May Help Improve Treatment for Melanoma Patients, Pitt Study Finds
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer Reduces Mortality Rates, Length of Hospital Stays
June
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Eighth International Conference on Bipolar Disorder to be Held in Pittsburgh, June 25 to 27
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Bypass or Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Therapy in Reducing Deaths Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease
Monday, June 08, 2009
UPMC Senior Living Community to Host Health Fair and Blood Drive
Monday, June 08, 2009
Pitt Diabetes Researchers Identify Key Molecular Pathway Critical to Replication of Insulin-Producing Cells
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Pitt School of Nursing Faculty Inducted into American Academy of Nursing
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
UPMC Recruiting for Heartburn Trial
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Honored for Environmental Leadership
Thursday, June 11, 2009
UPMC Seeks Dismissal of WPAHS’s Baseless Antitrust Claims
Monday, June 15, 2009
UPCI Joins ExCell Research Study Using Stem Cells for Leukemia and Lymphoma Patients
Monday, June 15, 2009
New Radiotherapy Technique Proven Safe, Less Toxic for Cancer Patients, UPCI Study Finds
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
UPMC’s Institute for Rehabilitation and Research to Host Open House at New UPMC Mercy Location
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
UPMC Senior Community to Host Garden Party and Fashion Show
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
UPMC Again Named to U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals for the 10th Time
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Pitt Researchers Report in Nature that Sequentially and Structurally Unique Portion of Emphysema-related Enzyme Directly Fights Bacterial Lung Infection
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Blind Marine will Demonstrate ‘Vision through the Tongue’ Device at News Conference for Center for Vision Restoration of UPMC and Pitt
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Center for Vision Restoration of UPMC and Pitt Receives Multi-Million Dollar Gift to be Matched by UPMC
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
International Conference on Bipolar Disorder Highlights Latest Research from Top Scientists
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
HIV/AIDS Researcher Sharon Hillier, Ph.D., Receives Award at International Meeting
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Parents and Researchers to Receive Top Honors at International Conference on Bipolar Disorder
Thursday, June 25, 2009
UPMC Liver Transplant Surgeon and Transplant Coordinator to Be Honored by American Liver Foundation
Thursday, June 25, 2009
UPMC Surgeon Performs 2,000th Prostate Cancer Surgery in Pittsburgh
Friday, June 26, 2009
Global Multi-Site Study Comparing Medications for Bipolar Disorder to be Presented at International Conference in Pittsburgh
Monday, June 29, 2009
Pitt Researchers Describe the 90-Year Evolution of Swine Flu
Monday, June 29, 2009
UPMC Team Honored for Efforts to Improve Patient Care with Comprehensive Electronic Medical Records
July
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Pitt and UPMC Researchers Test Methods to Enhance Fire Safety and Reduce Line-of-Duty Deaths
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
UPMC’s Dr. Anthony Yates Receives NFL Physician Award
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Colorectal Surgeon James P. Celebrezze Jr., M.D., Joins UPMC
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
More Spending on Prescription Drugs Offset by Less Spending on Other Medical Services for Subset of Medicare Part D Beneficiaries
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Pitt Team Finds Molecule that Regulates Heart Size by Using Zebrafish Screening Model
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Pitt Researchers First to Profile Gene Activity in Acutely Ill Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients
Thursday, July 09, 2009
UPMC Sports Medicine to Provide Pre-Season Physicals For Local High School Athletes
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Pitt’s Dr. Lewis Kuller Named 2009 Distinguished Scientist by American Heart Association
Thursday, July 09, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce Faculty, Staff Achievements
Friday, July 10, 2009
Scientists from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and Mayo Clinic Identify Enzyme That May Hold Key to a Long, Healthy Life
Monday, July 13, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Faculty, Alumni Achievements
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
UPMC Senior Communities Announces Hampton Fields Village Events for July
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Price Cut: UPMC Sports Medicine Urges Sedentary, Over-40 Adults to Enroll in ‘Start’ Fitness Program
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
UPMC Mercy Diabetes Center Announces Lecture Series
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Society for the Study of Reproduction to Present New Research Findings on Fertility Preservation and Fetal Origins of Adult Disease
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Named One of 100 Most Wired Hospitals in the U.S. for 11th Consecutive Year
Thursday, July 16, 2009
UPMC Again Named to U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Nation’s First Bilateral Hand Transplant Recipient
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Pitt Neurobiologist Receives Presidential Early Career Award
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
“Boogeying” Bowlers Have Been Married for 65 Years
Thursday, July 23, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce New Research Funding
Thursday, July 23, 2009
UPMC Senior Community, Heritage Place, Wins National Activity Services Award
Friday, July 31, 2009
Pitt Receives $13.4 Million NIH Grant to Create Virtual Models to Gain Insight into Real-World Epidemics
August
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Pitt Researchers Find Promising Candidate Protein for Cancer Prevention Vaccines
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Biologist Receives Prestigious Fellowship Award
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Duquesne Light and UPMC Team Up to Power Down Energy Usage
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
UPMC Cardiologist Named Master Clinician Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine at UPMC Cardiovascular Institute
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Researchers Seek Participants for Urinary Incontinence Study
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Playroom at New Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Well “Outfitted” Thanks to Support from American Eagle Outfitters
Monday, August 17, 2009
Pitt, UPMC Form New Asthma Institute to Increase Research and Enhance Care
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Understanding Intrinsic Changes in Protein Shape Could Lead to New Drugs, Pitt Scientists Say
Monday, August 24, 2009
Healthy Pregnant Women Needed for Non-Medication Pitt Study
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Pitt School of Dental Medicine to Hold White Coat Ceremony
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Obesity Bad for the Brain: Mapping Study Suggests Brain Shrinkage in Obese Elderly Could Increase Alzheimer’s Risk
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Many College Athletes Reject Cigarettes but Smoke Hookah, Pitt Study Finds
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Children’s Researchers Find Molecular Links Between Insulin Resistance and Inflammation
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
UPMC’s Investment in Ireland Ensures Expanded Health Care Options for Irish Patients
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Mindfulness Meditation Classes Offered Through the Center for Integrative Medicine at UPMC Shadyside
Friday, August 28, 2009
UPMC Announces Strong Financial Results For Fiscal Year 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Recognized for Deepest Use of Electronic Health Records for a Pediatric Hospital in Nation
Monday, August 31, 2009
Anxious Kids Needed for Yoga Study at Pitt
Monday, August 31, 2009
Women, Blacks and Those Covered by Medicare Less Likely to Be Evaluated for Liver Transplantation
Monday, August 31, 2009
Retail Clinics Provide Same Quality of Care for Routine Illnesses at Lower Cost, Pitt Study Finds
September
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
People Who Don’t Own a Car and Live Near Fast Food at Greater Risk for Obesity
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Dedicates Organic Gardens
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Hair Today, Health Tomorrow - Local Barbershops, Beauty Salons to Provide Health Screenings
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Pitt School of Nursing to Award Scholarships for Accelerated Second Baccalaureate Nursing Program
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
UPMC Sports Medicine to Hold Weekly Sports Injury Clinics
Friday, September 11, 2009
Harrisburg Patient Advocacy Event Marks National IPF Awareness Week
Friday, September 11, 2009
UPCI Researchers Develop Biomarker Measurement That Could Lead to Tailored Cancer Treatments
Saturday, September 12, 2009
UPMC Launches G-20 Pittsburgh Summit Web Site for Journalists
Monday, September 14, 2009
Pitt School of Medicine Rheumatologist Receives Scleroderma Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Monday, September 21, 2009
Pitt’s Critical Care Medicine Experts Honor a Founder of the Field
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Pitt School of Nursing Associate Dean and Professor To Receive 2009 Cameos of Caring Nurse Educator Award
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Donald M. Yealy, M.D., Named Chair of Pitt’s Department of Emergency Medicine
Monday, September 28, 2009
The Hillman Cancer Center Presents ‘The Power of Partnership: A Future Without Cancer’
Monday, September 28, 2009
Go Pink! Panera Bread Fundraiser to Benefit Breast Cancer Patients
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Pitt Researchers Recruiting Children with ADHD for Study of Severe Aggression
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Most Americans Would Refuse FDA-Authorized Emergency-Use Swine Flu Vaccine, Pitt Survey Finds
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
WPIC Opens ADHD Treatment Program for Children and Adults
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
David A. Lewis, M.D., Named Chair of Pitt’s Department of Psychiatry
October
Thursday, October 01, 2009
UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing Receives National League for Nursing Center of Excellence Designation
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Announces Fall Community Education Class Calendar
Friday, October 02, 2009
UPCI Researchers Receive V Foundation Award for Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
Friday, October 02, 2009
Two University of Pittsburgh Centers Selected for National Cancer Institute Chemical Biology Consortium
Monday, October 05, 2009
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Names Dr. Michael Boninger Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department
Monday, October 05, 2009
Dates and Program Highlights Announced for SCIENCE2009, Pitt’s Ninth Annual Science Showcase
Monday, October 05, 2009
Children’s Hospital Endocrinologist Elected President of Prestigious Society
Monday, October 05, 2009
Road Radio Program from Children’s Hospital Puts Teens in the Driver’s Seat
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplant Survival Rates Improve Using Novel Treatment, According to Pittsburgh Study
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Safe Kids Allegheny County, FedEx and Local Children Join Together for International Walk to School Day
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Children with Autism Needed for Research Study
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
UPMC Eye Center to Sponsor 2009 Pittsburgh VisionWalk
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
University of Pittsburgh to Host Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting Oct. 8 through 10
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Hillman Cancer Center Gala Raises Millions for Cancer Research, Prevention and Patient Care
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Children’s Hospital Surgeon, Pitt Researcher One of Only 12 Scientists in Nation Selected for Prestigious Hartwell Award
Thursday, October 08, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Partners With Royal Berkshire to Bring Cancer Care Close to Home for U.K. Patients
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D., to Give Talk on Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease
Thursday, October 08, 2009
11th Annual Cameos of Caring Event Honors Area Nurses
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Intergenerational Homecoming: UPMC Senior Community Lighthouse Pointe Residents to Serve as King and Queen for Fox Chapel High School Homecoming
Thursday, October 08, 2009
UPMC Senior Community Lighthouse Pointe at Chapel Harbor Hosts Community Oktoberfest Art Festival
Monday, October 12, 2009
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Achieves International Recognition for Life-Saving ECMO Treatment
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Donald S. Burke, M.D., Honored with Election to Institute of Medicine
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Older Adults Needed for Depression Study at Pitt
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Pitt Researchers Find Candidates for New HIV Drugs
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Depressed Adults with Insomnia Needed for Pitt Study
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Transplant Pioneer Thomas E. Starzl, M.D., Ph.D., Receives Institute of Medicine’s 2009 Lienhard Award
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Keeping Our Heads in the Motorcycle Helmet Debate
Thursday, October 15, 2009
UPMC Receives Matching Gift Challenge Grant in Support of Cardiothoracic Transplantation Patient Assistance Fund
Friday, October 16, 2009
New Children’s Hospital Program Aims to Curb Dangerous Distracted Driving Habits of Teen Drivers
Friday, October 16, 2009
UPMC Braddock to Close
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Cheaper Traditional Treatment Helps People with Rheumatoid Arthritis as Much as More Expensive Biologic-Based Therapies
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
University of Pittsburgh/NIH Team Find Way to Protect Healthy Cells from Dangerous Radiation Exposure
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
UPMC to Participate in 2009 H1N1 Flu Vaccine Clinical Trial for Asthma Patients
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce Faculty, Staff Achievements
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce New Research Funding
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Is Health Care Reform Possible? Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health Welcomes Panelists to Health Care Reform Forum
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Aging and Alzheimer’s Both Target Brain’s Key Memory Center, Pitt Study Finds
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Immune System Quirk Could Lead to Effective Tularemia Vaccine
November
Monday, November 02, 2009
Seeking Many Older Men: University of Pittsburgh Launches Study of Testosterone and Men’s Health
Monday, November 02, 2009
PTSD Contributes to Cannabis Use Disorders in Teens, Pitt Study Finds
Monday, November 02, 2009
UPMC Presents Eighth Annual Pittsburgh Kidney Walk
Monday, November 02, 2009
Developmental Drug May Help Bone Fractures Heal After Radiation Exposure, Pitt Study Finds
Monday, November 02, 2009
Pitt, U.S. Army Team Designs New Strategy to Find Drugs to Treat Neglected Infection
Monday, November 02, 2009
Multicenter Study Led by Pitt Researchers Finds That Early, Promising Results of Therapy for Premature Infants Are Not Sustained
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Pitt Health Sciences Library System to Host Traveling Exhibit ‘Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons’
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Innovative Radiation Therapy Technique Successfully Controls Pain In Patients with Advanced Cancer, UPCI Study Finds
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Switching to Low-Tar Cigarettes Halves Chance of Quitting Smoking, According to Pitt Study
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Cancer Patients Value Forthrightness, Compassion From Their Radiation Oncologists, UPCI Study Finds
Friday, November 06, 2009
World’s Leading Experts in Schizophrenia to Meet at 26th Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference Nov. 13
Friday, November 06, 2009
2009 Parran Lecture – Tobacco Control Now and In the Future
Friday, November 06, 2009
New Cookbook Benefits Cancer Research and Patient Assistance
Monday, November 09, 2009
Pitt Researcher Receives Grant to Help Wounded Soldiers Recover from Facial Injuries
Monday, November 09, 2009
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Recognized for Advanced Use of Electronic Medical Records
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thomas V. Inglesby Named Director of UPMC’s Center for Biosecurity
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Shape of Things to Come: Structure of HIV Coat Could Lead to New Drugs, Say Pitt Researchers
Friday, November 13, 2009
UPMC's First-Quarter Financial Results Show Continued Strength in the Face of an Uncertain Economy
Monday, November 16, 2009
Pitt Asthma Institute Receives Grant for Innovative Research
Monday, November 16, 2009
Bypassing the Blues: Treatment for Depression After Bypass Surgery Improves Quality of Life and Reduces Cardiac Symptoms
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Researcher to Co-Direct National Consortium on Facial Birth Defects
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Pitt Team Part of $100 Million NHLBI ‘Bench to Bassinet’ Effort in Congenital Heart Disease
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
UPMC Receives Medal of Honor for Organ Donation
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Pittsburgh Steelers to Participate in ‘Gridiron Gaming’ Fundraiser at UPMC Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Brian Westbrook Evaluated by UPMC Physicians
Thursday, November 19, 2009
University of Pittsburgh Researchers Receive Grant to Improve Patient Communication and Outcomes in the ICU
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Announces Research Funding and Achievements
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Launches Physician Assistant Studies Program
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
NIH Awards $12.5 Million Grant to Pitt Researchers to Establish UPMC Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Center
Monday, November 30, 2009
Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health to Evaluate Environmental Threats in Southwestern Pennsylvania
December
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Adults Needed for Diabetes and Heart Disease Education Prevention Study at Pitt Diabetes Institute
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Latest-Generation Robot Expands Surgical Capabilities at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Pitt Team Makes Important Step Toward Xenotransplantation to Treat Type 1 Diabetes
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC One of Only Eight Pediatric Hospitals In Nation Named Leapfrog Top Hospital
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Pitt Receives $7.2 Million to Develop Microbicides Against HIV/AIDS
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Receives $1 Million Pledge From Giant Eagle Foundation in Support of Capital Campaign
Thursday, December 10, 2009
New Treatment Plan Prevents Bone Loss in Breast Cancer Patients, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Study Finds
Friday, December 11, 2009
Treatment Combination Improves Breast Cancer Survival Rates, New University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Study Finds
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Pitt Study Shows Wheelchair Breakdowns Common and Cause Problems for Spinal-Cord Injured Users
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Pitt Ranks No. 12 in The Scientist’s Best Places to Work in Academia Survey
Thursday, December 17, 2009
1939 Graduate Leaves UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing Nearly $900,000 for Scholarship Funds
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Umbilical Cord Could Be New Source of Plentiful Stem Cells, Say Pitt Researchers
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
UPMC Receives Prestigious Global Diversity Innovation Award
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
UPMC Treats 10,000th Patient With Gamma Knife
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Pot and Pop: New Research Finds Stronger Link Between Music and Marijuana Use Among Teens
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC First Pediatric Hospital in Nation to Achieve Most Advanced Electronic Medical Record
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Short-Term School Closures May Worsen Flu Pandemics, Pitt Study Finds