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November 6, 2023

Learn More About Pitt's Multi-Disciplinary Cystic Fibrosis Research Center

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder that typically affects the lungs, digestive tract and other organs. Caused by a defective gene that is inherited and passed from generation to generation...
November 1, 2023

Pediatrics Residency Ranked Among Top Ten In The Country

Pitt Pediatrics is proud to announce its Pediatric Residency Program has been ranked as among the top ten of residency programs...
October 26, 2023

Kreutzer Receives Mentoring Award From American Heart Association

Congratulations to Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FSCAI, FACC, for receiving the...
October 26, 2023

Qin Wins First Place Poster At UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Retreat

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Mengtao Qin for her first-place poster award for Translational Science from the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center 2023 Annual Scientific Retreat. Her project, alongside the...
October 24, 2023

Child Care Centers Unlikely Source for COVID-19 Transmission, Study Finds
October 19, 2023

Shaikh, et al., Published in Pediatrics

Despite having a simple solution for detecting urinary tract infections (UTIs) in adults for decades, finding a similarly reliable test in pediatric patients has been a matter of debate for nearly...
October 19, 2023

New ICRE Leadership Roles For Culyba, Rankine

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Alison Culyba, MD, PhD, MPH, and...
October 18, 2023

Pandey Lab Published, Receives R01 Grant

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates the Pandey Lab led by Udai Pandey, PhD, for their recent publication in Nucleic Acids Research titled “...
October 17, 2023

Pitt Pediatrics Researchers Join Rift Valley Fever Vaccine Trial

Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a dangerous disease found among both humans and domesticated livestock. With the ability to be transmitted through mosquito bites as well as through contact with...
October 17, 2023

The Pittsburgh Study Wins W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award
October 10, 2023

An Ongoing (And Continually Updated) List of Publications, Grants, Presentations, and Posters From Our Current (And Recently Graduated) Fellows

Our fellows are consistently setting a high bar for publishing, presenting, and teaching while they continue to focus on thier particular specialties and subspecialties. At Pitt Pediatrics, we are...
October 10, 2023

Congrats To Our 2023 Graduated Fellows

Below find a continually updated list of our 2023 graduated fellows and their current positions. 

Adolescent Medicine

Megana Dwarakanath
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics...
October 10, 2023

Friehling, Chaves-Gnecco Receive 2023 Castle Connolly Top Hispanic and Latino Doctor Award

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Erika Friehling, MD, and Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD...
October 10, 2023

Schweiberger Named 2023 Putnam Scholar

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Kelsey Schweiberger, MD, MS, for being recently recognized as one of the ACH 2023...
October 4, 2023

Raghu Awarded NASPGHAN Research Grant

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Vikram Raghu, MD, MS, for recently receiving a one-year research grant from the North...