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Stephen D. Meriney received a grant for neuromuscular disease research
The professor of neuroscience and psychiatry received more than $300,000 to support the development of a new therapeutic approach for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Julian Gill-Peterson won a Lambda Literary Award
Their book, “Histories of the Transgender Child,” earned the transgender nonfiction Lammy.
Oscar E. Swan received an award from the president of Poland
The Slavic Languages and Literatures professor was honored with the the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit.
Pitt spinout Aruga Technologies won a business pitch competition
Alumnus Joseph Pugar’s 20-minute pitch on the company’s unique synthetic vascular graft implant technology won second prize among 12 competitors.
Anthony Delitto was appointed as a member of a national advisory council
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences dean will serve on the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health.
Pitt-Johnstown is Pennsylvania’s first campus audubon cooperative sanctuary
Supervisor of Campus Grounds Dave Finney, who led the effort to obtain sanctuary designation, was recognized by Audubon for his environmental stewardship.
PhD student Zina Ward earned a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
The fellowship awards a $30,000 stipend and up to $8,000 in research funds and university fees in fellows’ final year of dissertation writing.
A new Pitt partnership will expand research into rechargeable battery systems
The collaboration with Malvern Panalytical will enable Prashant Kumta’s lab to see the chemistry of what happens inside a battery while in use.
Keisha N. Blain won a book prize
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians honor is the second recent award for “Set the World on Fire.”
Pitt researchers push for a regional green infrastructure database
The Water Collaboratory paper proposes methods to comprehensively study stormwater management and green infrastructure projects underway throughout Allegheny County.
Caroline Runyan was named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
The award for young investigators comes with four years of flexible funding to invest in exploratory research.
Renee J. Rogers was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine
The assistant professor’s work includes research on the health benefits of physical activity, with an emphasis on research into practice.
Adam Shear received a grant from the American Academy for Jewish Research
The chair of religious studies will undergo training as part of the Footprints research project and database, which tracks the movement of Jewish books since the inception of print.
A Pitt-affiliated medical school sent off its inaugural class
The Nazarbayev University School of Medicine in the Republic of Kazakhstan saw its first class graduate this spring.
Giannis Mpourmpakis earned a prestigious Grecian award
The Bodossaki Award is given every two years to the most outstanding scientist of Greek descent below the age of 40.
Michael Pinsky was named an American Physiological Society Fellow
Michael Pinsky, professor of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, has been elevated to the rank of APS Fellow by the American Physiological Society. The fellowship is an honor
2 Pitt researchers earned an NSF grant to study Pittsburgh’s lead pipes
Emily Elliott and Sarah Haig will research the environmental effects of new anti-corrosion treatments.
John Jakicic won an American College of Sports Medicine Citation Award
It’s the organization’s most prestigious honor.
2 Pitt affiliates were named AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering fellows
Sebastian Alejandro Echeverri and Nikki Forrester are two of 26 selected for the competitive American Association for the Advancement of Science fellowship.
9 Pitt people were named to the New Pittsburgh Courier’s Fab 40
The list recognizes African Americans under the age of 40 who make a positive difference in the Pittsburgh area through their fields of expertise.
