News
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
UPMC implants first US patient with wireless retinal device
The PRIMA system is designed to restore partial sight in patients blinded by retinal degeneration, and works in tandem with augmented reality glasses with a built-in miniaturized camera. Learn More
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Advance in neuroprosthetics: Using light to stimulate the brain
TK Kozai, PhD, is developing a precise, light-activated electrode that can be used to stimulate neurons without causing the tissue damage that often follows implantation of electrical stimulators. Learn More
Friday, December 13, 2019
Pitt Medcast: Hear some of the 'child pioneers' of the polio vaccine
Former schoolkids from the clinical trials of Jonas Salk’s killed-virus vaccine talk about their part in the struggle against one of the most crippling diseases in history. Learn More
Events
Fri
31
Jan
Department of Psychiatry Distinguished Scientist Lecture
Experimental Approaches to the Treatment of Schizophrenia
Donald Goff, PhD
New York University School of Medicine
12:00 PM
Fri
07
Feb
Department of Psychiatry Researchers on the Rise Lecture
Enhancing NGR/p75/KAL9 Signaling and Impaired Dendritic Morphogenesis in Schizophrenia
Melanie Grubisha, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
12:00 PM
Fri
07
Feb
Department of Psychiatry Researchers on the Rise Lecture
Disruption of Corticostriatal Circuit Development by Early Imbalances in Network Activity- A Common Pathophysiology in ASD?
Rui Peixoto, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
12:00 PM