Summer 2025 | Pitt Med Magazine | University of Pittsburgh

To the stars and back

What space biomedicine brings home

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Dean Anantha Shekhar

The heavens, unfastened and open

Jon Burnett in the 1990s

Brain bank pledges surge with Jon Burnett’s donation

An actor portraying a disgruntled patient.

They can keep their cool when patients don’t

A photo of Dean Anantha Shekhar, Chancellor Joan Gabel and the Vizzhy cofounders, Vishnu Vardhan and Harsha Vardhini.

From sick care to health care

Photo of Naoto Ueno

Expert. Survivor: Naoto Ueno

A photo of Myron Rolle in a white coat and scrub cap.

Overheard: From the NFL to the OR

Researchers Matthew Neal and Elizabeth Andraska bathed in red light

Red light on clotting

A photo of Nandar Godoy-Dinneen in her apartment

A delicate dance

Photographs of old-style men's barbershops by Joseph Fammartino

A new focus: Joseph Fammartino

Nephron markers in green, pink and red

Personal. Powerful: Ora Weisz and Rebecca Hughey

Spotlight

Pitt Med Trivia, Summer ’25

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

Of Note

Pain experts join forces

Of Note

Faculty snapshots, Summer ’25

In Memoriam

In Memoriam, Summer '25

Research matters

Representative immunofluorescence and H&E staining of candidate antigens (red) in selected tumors.

A step forward for treating pediatric brain cancer

A photo of an aging man gazing out of a window.

Before the tangles

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Liron Pantanowitz

AI-powered partnership to boost disease detection

Footnote: The West Wing’s ‘complex geometry’

A gloved hand exams a patient's foot

‘Invisible wounds’

Menopause and the brain

Neha Shetty (right), a student representative for the Medical Alumni Association

MAA Says: More mentorship, please

The next step to their 'best dreams'

Graduating Pitt Med students receive their diplomas and celebrate.

Scenes from Diploma Day

Pitt Med students (from left) Paul Rodriguez, Andrew Wills and Crandall Jones talk outside Alan Magee Scaife Hall.

Trio forges same path

Professional photo of Prajakta Sonalker

Adaptability: Sonalker transitioned from pharmacology to law

A child doing a headstand

Tween science: Hiccup help

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