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Nathan Copeland -- the first person to control a prosthetic limb that allows both movement and a sense of touch and pressure -- also gave the president a fistbump, for good measure. Learn More
A Pitt team has shown how a young man recovered a sense of touch through fingers of a robotic arm controlled entirely with his brain, as reported in Science Translational Medicine. Learn More
The $3.3M grant will let neurosurgeon Mark Richardson, MD, PhD, and his team examine the brain activity of Parkinson's patients, who will talk during deep brain stimulation surgery. Learn More
The focus won't be on the latest paper or body of work, but what is coming next, says Nathan Urban, PhD, vice provost for special projects and associate director of the Brain Institute. Learn More
The support helps the Brain Institute to better frame the national research agenda, as well as compete for large-scale federal funding opportunities, says Scientific Director Peter L. Strick. Learn More
Neurobiologist William Stauffer, PhD, has been recognized as a "creative, outside-the-box thinker" who combines optogenetics techniques with behavioral research to study how we process rewards. Learn More
Psychiatry professor Rebecca Thurston, PhD, and colleagues found a link between poor sleep patterns and carotid atherosclerosis in women aged 40 to 60 years. Learn More
Researchers found that scans of people who have trouble sleeping show higher-than-normal activity in certain brain regions when they are asleep, and lower-than-normal activity when they're awake. Learn More
Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD, Endowed Chair in Auditory Physiology, heads the study of the molecular and cellular basis of ringing in the ears. Learn More
Both vaccines are promising candidates for clinical trials, and researchers predict they would be inexpensive to produce and distribute. Learn More
Brain Institute scientists joined hundreds who ran, walked, or rolled a mile, gorged on doughnuts and then tackled another mile to support ALS research. Learn More
“Moving that robotic arm became my singular goal,” says Jan Scheuermann of Whitehall, who in time used her mind to control two prosthetic arms at once. Learn More
A CMU fraternity has pledged to raise $500K for the Brain Institute's Live Like Lou Center for ALS Research. The third annual Donut Dash, open to all, will start at Schenley Plaza on Sunday morning. Learn More
Alison Hipwell, PhD, and colleagues at Pitt and the University of Chicago will test whether a mother's exposure to stress before pregnancy is a predictor of neurodevelopment in her children. Learn More
Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD, integrates care for children and adults with inflammatory bowel disease — teaching behavioral specialists about the gut and medical specialists about the brain. Learn More
Boys who consistently slept fewer hours at age 11 were far more likely to smoke and drink as teens, says Brant Hasler, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and psychology. Learn More
Lauren Ward, former director of foundation relations at CMU, has been recruited to increase the visibility of the Brain Institute and aid faculty in competing for large grants. Learn More
The Ladies Hospital Aid Society chooses the Brain Institute and the Neurological Institute for its 118th benefit. Learn More
Neurological surgery chair Robert Friedlander, MD, discusses the life-saving technology, developed at Pitt and UPMC, that draws patients from around the world. Learn More
Brian Galla, PhD, a Research Scientist in the Learning Research and Development Center, reported his findings in the Journal of Adolescence. Learn More