Travis Churilla, MD, and Bethany Sederdahl, MD, are this year’s University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine recipients of the Matthew Eric Piraino Award for Excellence in Infectious Diseases. This year’s awardees have received $5,000 each and award certificates. This...

Nicolas Sluis-Cremer, PhD, has been awarded funding of $414,693 for a two-year R21 grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) entitled “Potent inhibition of HIV-1 latency reversal by PF-03758309”. This...

Giraldina Trevejo-Nunez, MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $432,980 for a two-year grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health (NIH/NIAID) entitled, “Negative regulation of inflammation during Klebsiella pneumoniae...

Carolyn Fernandes, MD, has been appointed to the role of Director of Outpatient Services with the Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Fernandes has been a member of the ID Division for the the the past nine years and holds the academic rank of Clinical Assistant...

Kailey Hughes Kramer, MPH, has been named one of “30 Under 30” award winners by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The “30 Under 30” awards, in partnership with Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc., honor leaders in Pittsburgh's business and nonprofit communities who are under 30...

Neel B. Shah, MD, FIDSA, has received the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Medical Student Research Mentoring Merit Award. This prestigious award initiated by medical student recommendations, is presented to a Longitudinal Research Project (LRP) mentor of a...

Joshua Cyktor, PhD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $940,424 for a five-year grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health (NIH/NIMH) entitled, “CNS Viral Persistence and Neuropsychiatric Perturbations in HIV: Single cell and...

Sharon A. Riddler, MD, MPH, has been appointed to the leadership role of Associate Chief of Clinical Research with the Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Riddler has been a member of the ID Division for the past 27 years and holds the academic rank of Professor of...

Lorraine Matteo Pollini, has been selected as one of two 2021 winners of the University Staff Professional Development Award. The annual award supports Pitt staff members who wish to supplement their job training and acumen through professional development opportunities.

Ghady Haidar, MD, was recently interviewed for a CBS 60 Minutes segment focusing on COVID-19 variants by medical correspondent, Dr Jon LaPook. In this segment, Ghady discusses an immunocompromised patient with cancer who developed COVID-19 with persistence of...