Teen girls in Pittsburgh lag far behind the expected levels of physical activity for U.S. adolescent females, according to a new analysis based on a… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
7 Years of Flu Shots
Flu kills, and critically ill, hospitalized patients are especially vulnerable. After years of trying different tactics to encourage flu vaccination among its staff – with… Read more
Pitt Cancer Researcher Heads Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Dr. Lisa Butterfield, professor of medicine, surgery and immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of the Pitt’s Cancer Institute’s (UPCI) Immunologic… Read more
Get Smart About Antibiotic Resistance
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic resistance is possibly the most important infectious disease threat people face. While antibiotics are… Read more
National Tissue Chip Testing Center to be established at Pitt’s Drug Discovery Institute
The University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute (DDI) is among three institutes in the country to be awarded a grant to establish a new Tissue… Read more