Pitt’s recognized researchers include faculty from the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Public Health and Swanson School of Engineering, with research interests ranging from immunology to nanoparticles.
Assistant Professor Marco Capogrosso has received the Society for Neuroscience’s Young Investigator Award, a first for a University of Pittsburgh faculty.
Adi Mittal, a third-year student at the School of Medicine, won first place in the graduate student category at the 2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition for the development of a test to detect a brain aneurysm.
Jeff Shook and Sara Goodkind, professors in the School of Social Work, will study the implementation and impact of an Allegheny County initiative that aims to reduce referral disparities in the juvenile legal system.
Leah Jacobs, assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, received nearly $1 million in funding to study the impact a law enforcement training program.
Deborah Moon, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, received a Mentored Research Scientist Career Development award to study the effects of a community-based maltreatment prevention program for parents.
Tracey Conti, department chair and associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine, was selected for the New Pittsburgh Courier's Women of Excellence Class of 2023.
Sean Morrissey, a visiting assistant professor of studio arts in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, received a $20,000 Creative Development Award from the Heinz Endowments.
Tony Novosel, a senior lecturer and advisor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, was appointed for his contributions to peace in Northern Ireland.
R.A. Judy, a professor of critical and cultural studies at the University of Pittsburgh, is the 2023 recipient of the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Literary Criticism.
