Fall 2012
In this issue
Missing Links
New technology, developed at Pitt, tracks the physical connections that allow the brain to work. It's already helping patients and neurosurgeons.
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Of Note
- A home for personalized medicine.
- New program trains docs in
family medicine and psychiatry.
Departments
Closer [PDF 254 KB]
Pitt students are good news
for local broadcaster.
Investigations
[PDF 989 KB]
Lymphedema unveiled.
The genetic "captain" of fibroids.
The underpinnings of gestational diabetes.
Attending [PDF 539 KB]
Summer stories.
Alumni News [PDF 4.5 MB]
A wealth of Dunmires.
Charles Cochrane's new
drug will save newborns.
Last Call [PDF 153 KB]
That's not natural.
Features
Every Movement Counts
Neurosurgeon and basic scientist Robert Friedlander, who makes astonishingly
good use of his time, says Pitt has everything he was looking for in a
chair opportunity.
[PDF 325 KB]
Mitochondria's Many Missions
Addicts, Parkinson's, ischemia/reperfusion injury, and very sick flies.
Mitochondria tie them together.
[PDF 242 KB]
Survival of the Funded
Nationally, the ecosystems that support getting scientific discoveries into the
clinic have been pretty fragile. A few years ago, the NIH stepped in to help.
Pitt's Clinical and Translational Science Institute has helped create a healthy environment here.
[PDF 1.01 MB]
Additional Content
COVER | OVER THE TRANSOM
DEAN'S MESSAGE | CALENDAR
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