A collaborative group of neuroscientists from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine received a $6.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neu...
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09-22-2022
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01-25-2022
The MSTP students took the afternoon off to gather for an afternoon of ice skating. The weather was chilly but spirits were high and fun was had by all.
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09-15-2021
The Local Chapter of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is hosting the 2022 APSA Northeast Regional Conference (NERC) on January 15-16, 2022. Our conference will include keynote spe...
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09-01-2021
The Achievement Rewards for College Scientist Foundation (ARCS) is a national women’s organization, operating in 14 independent chapters across the country. The ARCS Foundation provides financial support in the form of awards to academically outstan...
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07-30-2021
Last night at the retreat the rising MS1 class introduced themselves as the "Science Superheros!" We are so excited to welcome you to the Pitt/CMU MSTP and we can't wait to see what you accomplish!
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07-26-2021
Opioids are a mainstay of treatment for pain worldwide. Pruritus, a common side effect of opioids, is a patient dissatisfier that limits their use in many clinical settings. Both parenteral and neuraxial administration of opioids frequently evoke pru...
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07-20-2021
Substantial gender inequities persist across academic medicine. These issues are not new: Recent evidence still points to a chilly climate for women in academic medicine, including those in physician-scientist training. The discussion for how to addr...
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07-10-2021
What a weekend! We finally were able to convene as an MSTP with a beautiful picnic outdoors at the wonderful Mellon Park @TheFrickPgh! It was great to see so many new and familiar faces! We look forward to gathering again as a group at the MSTP retre...
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07-07-2021
Congratulations to Michael Granovetter for receiving the American Epilepsy Society Predoctoral Research Fellowship!
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07-06-2021
Molina et al. demonstrate that loss of Yap1 in developing livers leads to absence of intrahepatic bile ducts, preventing bile secretion from liver to small intestines. Yap1 knockout mice are small and jaundiced and exhibit adaptation via altering bil...
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07-06-2021
Tissue engineering utilizes our understanding of biomechanics, biomaterials, and biology to build tissues and organs from scratch for diagnostics and therapeutics. This approach has been leveled at clinical and research problems in all organ syste...
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06-28-2021
Please join Pitt/CMU MSTP for Edgar's Thesis Defense titled "Towards patient specific direct cardiac compression" on June 28th at 1pm.
Join Zoom Meeting https://cmu.zoom.us/j/99613388722?pwd=U0RWZWJ1bU5sRDh1Yk95bENRcytqUT09
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10-01-2020
From the article in The Journal of Clinical Investigation: Alarmins, sequestered self-molecules containing damage-associated molecular patterns, are released during tissue injury to drive innate immune cell proinflammatory responses. Whether endogeno...
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09-24-2020
Eileen Nguyen took 1st place in the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 2020 Virtual meeting in Best Basic Science Category. Congratulations, Eileen!
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09-21-2020
Congratulations, Maria!
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08-05-2020
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07-27-2020
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Initial evidence suggests that state-level regulatory mandates for sepsis quality improvement are associated with decreased sepsis mortality. However, sepsis mandates require financial investments on the p...
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07-01-2020
PITTSBURGH— Martial Hebert, dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, has named Russell Schwartz the new head of the Computational Biology Department, effective July 1.
Schwartz, a professor in both the Computational...
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06-17-2020
From the Article In Cell Press: The lateral parabrachial nucleus (lPBN) is a majortarget of spinal projection neurons conveying noci-ceptive input into supraspinal structures. However,the functional role of distinct lPBN efferents indiverse nocife...
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05-24-2020
From the article in Pediatric Transplant: The high discard rate of pediatric donor hearts presents a major challenge for children awaiting heart transplantation. Recent literature identifies several factors that contribute to the disparities in pe...
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05-20-2020
Maxwell Wang was selected for one of the most prestigious awards of its kind, the Hertz Fellowship. This Fellowship supports five years of graduate research and the freedom to pursue innovative ideas, wherever they may lead. Hertz Fellows also rec...
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04-03-2020
Congratulations to Philip for being awarded the 2020 Medical Student Research Grant: Discovering Molecular Imaging funded through the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
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03-23-2020
Congratulations to Oyin for this impressive achievement.
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03-17-2020
Congratulations to Tolani for successfully defending your thesis!
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03-06-2020
From the article in The Journal of Neuroscience: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized partly by atypical attentional engagement, reflected in exaggerated and variable responses to sensory stimuli. Attentional engagement is known to be r...
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02-26-2020
From the article in Journal of Neurophysiology: Separating neural signals from noise can improve brain-computer interface performance and stability. However, most algorithms for separating neural action potentials from noise are not suitable for u...
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02-24-2020
Maria Ly successfully defended her Thesis on February 24, 2020. Congratulations Maria!
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02-19-2020
From the article in Chemical Communications: Site-specific placement of unnatural amino acids, particularly those responsive to light, offers an elegant approach to control protein function and capture their fleeting ‘interactome’. Herein, we have...
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01-25-2020
Gabby Gilmer presented her poster titled "Evaluation Of Serum Relaxin Concentrations And Knee Valgus After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction" at the 7th Annual PRiSM Meeting in Glendale, Arizona.
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01-23-2020
Increasing evidence implicates metabolic pathways as key regulators of cell fate and function. Although the metabolism of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids is essential to maintain over...
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01-01-2020
The tuberculosis vaccine has been around for nearly 100 years, but isn’t predictably effective against the deadly disease as currently administered. In the new study, Flynn and a large team of Pitt researchers, in collaboration with scientists from t...