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January
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
A Shot of Young Stem Cells Made Rapidly Aging Mice Live Longer and Healthier, Pitt Team Says
Monday, January 09, 2012
Seven Current and Former Critical Care Medicine Faculty to Receive Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Highest Honor
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Offers Cooking Class for Current and Potential Bariatric Surgery Patients
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Sesame Street Live Characters to Visit Patients at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Friday, January 13, 2012
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Announces 2012 Winter-Spring Community Education Calendar
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
University of Pittsburgh High School Summer Academy Open House
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Direct Energy Brings Winter Carnival Atmosphere to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Child Abuse Expert at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Appointed to Task Force on Child Protection
Monday, January 23, 2012
UPMC Turns to Toreion to Improve Supply Chain Efficiency
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Pitt’s Resnick, Pringle Among First Class of CMS Innovation Advisors
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Patients to Enjoy a Snowflake Dance Presented by First Niagara
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Pitt School of Pharmacy to Celebrate Student Pharmacists with White Coat Ceremony
Thursday, January 26, 2012
UPMC Voice Center Offers Free Vocal Health Seminar for Church Choirs and Vocal Teams
Friday, January 27, 2012
UPMC Mercy Burn Survivor Sunday: A Year of Celebration
Friday, January 27, 2012
Pitt Team Finds Protein That Keeps Balance Between Tumor Cell Growth and Suppression
Monday, January 30, 2012
Surgery for Common Heart Valve Condition in Elderly is Safe, Restores Longevity
Monday, January 30, 2012
More than Half of Hookah Tobacco Websites Don’t Include the Word “Tobacco,” Pitt-led Study Finds
February
Thursday, February 02, 2012
UPMC Reports Strong First Half Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Health Plan Introduces New Individual Products
Friday, February 03, 2012
Pitt Department of Ophthalmology Physicians Recipients of 2012 Carnegie Science Center Awards
Monday, February 06, 2012
Organ Donor Families, Recipients to Dedicate Giving Life Wall at UPMC
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Pittsburgh Steeler Brett Keisel “Shears Da Beard” in Support of Cancer Programs at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
UPMC Ovarian Cancer Symposium Unites Physicians, Researchers, Patients May 10-11
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Pitt Study: Drug Costs, Not Volume, Cause Regional Differences in Medicare Drug Spending
Thursday, February 09, 2012
20th Annual World Day of the Sick Mass Celebrated at UPMC Mercy
Friday, February 10, 2012
UPCI Summer Academy Receives Grant to Expand Research Program for Minority High School Students
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Offers Weekly Exercise Class for Those Who Need to Move More
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Pioneering Immunologist To Give Inaugural Eberly Distinguished Lecture
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Relief for Aortic Stenosis: UPMC First in Region to Implant New Valve
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Rory Cooper, Ph.D., Receives American Association for the Advancement of Science 2011 Mentor Award
Friday, February 17, 2012
‘World Travelers’ to Enjoy 16th Annual UPMC Children’s Ball
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Highmark to Limit Access to UPMC for Medicare
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Pitt-led Study Examines Cost-Effectiveness of Adult Pneumonia Vaccines
Monday, February 27, 2012
Screening Could Help Prevent Fractures in Long-Term Care Residents, Pitt Study Finds
Monday, February 27, 2012
UPMC Researchers Find Early Indicators May Predict Recovery Time from Sports Concussions
Monday, February 27, 2012
Local Runners Invited to Participate in Fourth Annual River Run 5K and One-Mile Challenge
March
Thursday, March 01, 2012
University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Enter Partnership with Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office of Science and Technology to Jointly Fund Research
Friday, March 02, 2012
New High Definition Fiber Tracking Reveals Damage Caused by Traumatic Brain Injury
Monday, March 05, 2012
Family Members of ICU Patients Overly Optimistic When Faced with Grim Prognoses, Says Pitt-Led Research Team
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Esteemed Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Cardiologist Awarded the Peter and Ada Rossin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
UPMC Forum to Highlight New Treatments for Deep Vein Thrombosis
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Seven Injured in Western Psych Shooting Expected to Do Well
Friday, March 09, 2012
Western Psych Mourns Loss of Employee and Therapist Michael Schaab
Monday, March 12, 2012
Gene Mutations Contribute to Fibroid Development, Say Pitt/Magee-Womens Research Institute Team
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Medical Students and Their Residencies: ‘Match Day’ to Take Place at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Pitt Study Finds Treating Depression After Coronary Artery Bypass Improves Quality of Life, Reduces Costs
Friday, March 16, 2012
Cell-Signaling Pathway Plays Key Role in Development of Gestational Diabetes, Say Pitt Researchers
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
UPMC Transplant Hospital in Sicily Performs Its First Pancreatic Islet Transplantation
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Awards and Accolades: UPMC Announces Leadership, Staff Achievements
Friday, March 23, 2012
Pitt Study of Lower Back Pain, Depression Seeks Participants
Friday, March 23, 2012
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce Faculty, Staff Achievements
Monday, March 26, 2012
Pitt Researchers Assert Preventing Depression Should be Global Priority
Monday, March 26, 2012
‘Celebrating Research on Aging: Building Collaborations for the Future’
Monday, March 26, 2012
Coaching Boys into Men Is Effective Tool in Preventing Teen Dating Violence, Study Finds
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Alumni, Students, Faculty Celebrate Pitt School of Dental Medicine at Dean’s Scholarship Ball
Friday, March 30, 2012
UPMC Provides Insurance Department with Formal Notice of Expiration of Highmark Contracts
April
Monday, April 02, 2012
First-of-its-kind Study of Peptide Vaccine by Pittsburgh Researchers Shows Evidence of Immunological Response in Children with Gliomas
Monday, April 02, 2012
UPCI, Pitt Researchers Gain Better Understanding of Radiation-Mitigator Drug
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
UPCI, Pitt Researchers Build Mouse Model to Evaluate Compounds to Protect Against Radiation Exposure
Monday, April 09, 2012
Media Tour of Newly Expanded UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Pitt Researchers Look for Adults to Participate in Complicated Grief Study
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tsinghua University Hosts First Symposium with Pitt Under New Biomedical Research Training Collaboration
Thursday, April 12, 2012
UPMC Urges Community to Start the Conversation About End-Of-Life Care
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
New Director, Associate Director at McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
UPMC Celebrates Donate Life Month With Flag Raising, Awareness Events
Friday, April 20, 2012
UPMC Names Tyler Haney as Vice President of Digital Strategy
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Presents 7th Annual Conference on Child Maltreatment
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Pitt Research Study Examines Military Couples’ Sleep
Monday, April 30, 2012
Participants Needed to Test Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke
May
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Pitt Investigation into Rare Blood Disorder Cluster Expands to Question Family Members
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Dedicated Alumni Honored by Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Joint Statement by Highmark and UPMC
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Pitt-UPMC Researchers Find Sharp Rise in Wheelchair Breakdowns, Health Consequences
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Son of Polio Vaccine Inventor Jonas Salk to Participate in ‘Topping Off’ Event at Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Three University of Pittsburgh Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Thursday, May 03, 2012
UPMC Senior Community Cumberland Woods Village to Host Health Fair for Seniors
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC to Host 10th Annual Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Reunion at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Friday, May 04, 2012
Cardiovascular Research Studying Runners Launches at Pittsburgh Marathon
Friday, May 04, 2012
UPMC to Host Community Job Fair
Monday, May 07, 2012
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Sponsors 10th Annual Girls on the Run® 5K and 3rd Annual Kids Ribbon Race
Monday, May 07, 2012
Harvard Faculty Members to be Awarded Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Genome Variation in Prostate Tumors and Blood Samples Could Help Predict Disease Progression, Says Pitt Team
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Pitt/UPCI Team Uses Genomics to Identify a Molecular-based Treatment for a Viral Skin Cancer
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Check Your Heart for Mother’s Day: UPMC Hosts Cardiovascular Screenings at Ross Park Mall
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
‘Kidney Attack’ As Serious as Heart Attack, Warns UPMC Critical Care Expert
Thursday, May 10, 2012
UPMC Reports Strong Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results
Friday, May 11, 2012
UPMC-led Study Finds Improvements in Pacemaker Lead Placement Get Better Results for Heart Failure Patients
Friday, May 11, 2012
Pitt Conference to Focus on Early Intervention of Psychotic Disorders
Monday, May 14, 2012
Bio-hybrid Device Acts as ‘Thermostat’ to Control Systemic Inflammation in Sepsis
Monday, May 14, 2012
Pitt Symposium to Focus on Early Intervention in Treatment of Psychotic Disorders
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
UPMC CancerCenter Recognized for Quality Cancer Care from Largest Oncology Society in United States
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Expert in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Appointed Chief at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Thursday, May 17, 2012
UPMC Holds Second Annual International Telemedicine Symposium
Friday, May 18, 2012
Pitt Study Examines Potential Role for Video Games in Improving Certain Health Outcomes
Monday, May 21, 2012
U.S. Study Strongly Supports Screening for Colorectal Cancer, Demonstrates Substantial Cancer Prevention and Mortality Reduction
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC’s “Hard Head Patrol” Back This Summer on the Lookout for Kids Wearing Helmets
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Intensivist Presence at Night Improves Patient Outcomes in ICUs with Limited Daytime Intensivist Staffing, say Pitt/UPMC Researchers
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Pitt Lecture To Show How Arts Can Improve Care for Alzheimer’s
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Pitt’s Primack to Lead New Program for Research on Media and Health
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Robotic-Assisted Prostate Cancer Surgery Drives Up Costs, Despite Little Evidence of Better Outcomes for Patients, UPMC Study Finds
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