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In a sun-drenched conference room overlooking the Monongahela River at the sparkling new UPMC Vision Institute, Jay Chhablani beamed as he signed a licensing agreement to launch the University of …
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Pitt innovators were issued 12 U.S. patents in May 2025. University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed a machine learning method to quantify the extent of pneumonia and other thoracic diseases …
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Jordyn Ting is this year’s winner of the Hunter Family Foundation Traumatic Brain Injury Translational Research Program, which aims to transform research discoveries made in laboratories into products and treatments …
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Pitt innovators were issued 14 U.S. patents in April 2025. Pitt innovators have developed and prototyped “smart” stents capable of wirelessly reporting the degree of restenosis, or re-narrowing of an …
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When renowned Pitt researchers William (Bill) Klunk and Chester (Chet) Mathis reunited on a recent Zoom call, fishing was the first order of business. “So last night, Bill, I landed …
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The University of Pittsburgh has ranked #20 in the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2024, published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This annual ranking highlights …
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Pitt students are determined to change the world. Their ideas took center stage in the 2025 Big Idea Competition hosted by the Big Idea Center (BIC), part of the …
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Sam Rothstein is feeling good about his decision four years ago to take the helm of Duo Oncology, a startup company initially funded by Pitt faculty/clinician oncologists excited about the …
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Pitt innovators were issued 11 U.S. patents in March 2025. Current surgical instruments utilized for fat grafting are blindly passed through tissue. Pitt innovators have created proprietary tissue-sensing technology that …
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Tevis Jacobs’ transformation into an academic entrepreneur didn’t come on suddenly. He didn’t disappear into a phone booth wearing his lab coat and emerge buttoning up a Brooks Brothers suit …
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The University of Pittsburgh has joined SPARK GLOBAL and launched Pitt SPARK, a program to advance translational research discoveries from the bench to the bedside. Pitt is the fifth U.S. …
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The University of Pittsburgh has ranked No. 28 of the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2024, according to a list published by the National Academy of Inventors …