Spring 2025 | Pitt Med Magazine | University of Pittsburgh

More than a number

Scientists probe aging’s many angles.

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2025-04-02 00:00:00

Don't Miss

Dean Anantha Shekhar.

Aging well

Phillip McKenzie sits in a wheelchair, looking at his Cybathlon 2024 trophy.

Cyber team takes home gold

Doug McCullough walks across a room while wearing a nerve-stimulating device, holding a rolling frame for support.

Supercharged

A black microphone on an orange background.

Vulnerable and stronger for it

Kia Washington smiles while sitting at a microscope with eye scans on a screen behind her.

Refined focus: Kia Washington

These are drawings of phosphenes made by a blind patient. Each panel depicts a phosphene created by stimulation from one electrode.

Progress in artificial vision

A collage of photos of the Healthy Home Lab's interior and assistive technologies.

Designs on aging-ready

Timothy Greenamyre wearing a lab coat against a blue background.

The chemical connection

Of Note

Footnote: Real stories behind Pittsburgh-set medical dramas

In Memoriam

In Memoriam, Spring ’25

Spotlight

Pitt Med Trivia, Spring ’25

Can you answer these without going online? (We encourage you to call doctors-in-the-know for consults.)

Class Notes

Class notes, Spring ’25

Streamlining the clinical trial process

Some organelles might need a workout, too

Two cats scratch themselves outdoors.

The skin-ny on itching and scratching

Vaughn Cooper in front of a shelf of lab equipment.

Overheard: The risks of ‘mirror bacteria’

Joint ventures

Don't Miss

Beatriz Luna (left) Mary L. Phillips (right) on an orange background.

Luna and Phillips elected to National Academy of Medicine

Advanced women’s health center takes shape

Next gen, Winter ’24-25

A model of mentorship

Mowery translates data for patient and doctor benefit

An instructor simulates CPR on a child while two other children watch.

For tweens: The science of CPR

Ideas to reality: Hearing hearts at home

A multicolor brain scan.

A gift for generations: Robert and Susan Thompson

A circular heat map showing changes in gene activity related to immune defense in different samples.

COVID complications, explained

Ranmal Samarasinghe in his lab.

On his mind—brain research

TB breakthrough

Illustration of a moon over the ocean.

Left by the tides