On most Fridays at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Dena Chottiner arrives with bags of yarn and other supplies and settles into a corner of… Read more
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Chief Nurse Executive Elected to PONL Board
Holly Lorenz, M.S.N., R.N., UPMC’s chief nurse executive, has been elected as 2016 president-elect for the Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders (PONL). “I’m excited to… Read more
Pitt Researcher Awarded $1.9 M to Study Gene Mutations in Deadly Oral Cancer
Daniel Johnson, Ph.D., has received a $1.9 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue work into understanding how gene mutations affect… Read more
Pitt Vaccine Researcher Among First to Study Zika Virus Causing Birth Defects in Brazil
When Ernesto Marques, M.D., Ph.D., first started hearing of strange rashes in Brazilian patients, he didn’t think much of it – perhaps it was a… Read more
‘Christmas Crusade’ Brings Joy to WPIC
Find out what motivated Connor Buzzelli to start his ‘Christmas Crusade’ bringing gifts and spreading joy to young patients at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic… Read more