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Leaps forward

in breast cancer care, screening and prevention, thanks to Pitt iconoclasts.

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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Dean Anantha Shekhar

A better standard of care

Exercise should be a cancer treatment, says Kathryn Schmitz. (Photo by Cynthia Patton)

If exercise were a pill…

Matthew Wohlever

The lab comes to them

A panel at the University of Pittsburgh featuring actor Noah Wyle and Pitt faculty

How Pitt helped make ‘The Pitt’

Fellowship alumnus John Kellum smiles in front of a body of water.

John Kellum: Getting into the end zone

Inner and outer hair cells of the cochlea, which are targeted by the gene-therapy developed by Chris Cunningham and Thanos Tzounopoulos.

From ear to ear

University of Pittsburgh researchers Greg Delgoffe and Alok Kumar take bites of sandwiches, a reference to the immunity-boosting powers of eating a meal.

Eating for billions (of cells)

John Byrd is the new director of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

John Byrd’s vision for the most humane cancer care

Spotlight

Pitt Med Trivia, Summer ’26

In Memoriam

In Memoriam, Summer ’26

Of Note

Top-tier

Of Note

Footnote: Record-breaking CPR

Medical students Viktoria Voragen and Taylor Duffy speak with Longitudinal Alliance Program patient partner Geo Coulston at his home near Gibsonia.

Four years, one patient

Two examples of feet on a scale. The second shows a lower weight, representing the weight loss potential of GLP-1 agonists and alternative treatments.

Beyond GLP-1s

A graphic representation data about HIV rates

Overheard: HIV care takes the long view

A golden retriever yawns.

Tween science: Feel a yawn coming on?

Vivian Wang and Sean Wallace display their residency match results during a clerkship in Blackfeet Nation.

‘Frontier medicine’: Vivian Wang and Sean Wallace

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Andrej Savol directs computational biology informatics for the Boston-based company Foundation Medicine.

Andrej Savol hunts for ‘diamonds in the rough’

Clinical Skills Fair at Pitt

Students become teachers across disciplines

An array of headshots from UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Pediatric House Staff 1973-1974.

Personal. Powerful: Elaine and Jeff Kamil

Graduating students on stage at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Diploma Day 2026.

A big step full of ‘tiny joys’

University of Pittsburgh medical student Kendall Curtis, surrounded by classmates, friends and family, learns her residency match at Match Day 2026 at the William Pitt Union.

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