In disadvantaged communities, where credentialed mental health professionals are scarce, training local lay counselors, chosen from the very communities they serve, offers an effective, boots-on-the-ground… Read more
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The Future is NOW
In our first episode of NOW, we hear about what most excites the architectural firms awarded the projects for UPMC’s three new specialty hospitals; find… Read more
Pitt Researcher Earns Competitive $1.4 M Grant to Study Social Media’s Impact on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People
Can social media be used to connect sexual minorities with others and promote acceptance? Or are these popularity-driven platforms fuel for depression in an already… Read more
What is HPV Cancer?
In mid-August, longtime CBS Pittsburgh reporter and KDKA NewsRadio 1020 AM talk-show host Marty Griffin announced he was being treated for HPV-related throat cancer. At… Read more
Pitt Brain Institute Scientific Director Receives NIH Award to Map Mind-Body Connections
Dr. Peter Strick, scientific director of the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute, has been selected to receive a $6 million, five-year 2018 National Institutes of… Read more