Sharon Riddler, MD, has received UPMC’s Excellence in Patient Experience Award. Her patients have rated Sharon as a Top UPMC Provider by Specialty in the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Clinician and Group Survey (CG-CAHPS). The survey assesses...

Minh-Hong Nguyen, MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $437,250 for a two-year grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) entitled, "Within-patient Candida auris strain diversity in a tertiary...

Lorraine Matteo Pollini, MLIS, has been promoted to the position of Director of Academic Achievement and Information Access effective August 1, 2023. Lorraine holds BA degrees in English and Social Science from Cabrini College in Radnor, Pennsylvania. She joined the...

Madhu Choudhary, MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $657,036 for a one-year administrative supplement to the U01AI152969 award (Sharon Riddler, PI) by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) for a...

Yijia Li, MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $50,000 for a one-year grant by the RUSTBELT Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) titled, "Intact HIV-1 Provirus Decay Dynamics on Long-Term ART." This proposal was submitted in response to the funding opportunity...

J. Alex Viehman, MD, has been appointed Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, effective July 1, 2023. Dr. Viehman was recruited to UPMC as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2015. He was appointed as Director of Medical Affairs and...

Please welcome Darren Wong, MD to Pitt Infectious Diseases as the rank of Clinical Associate Professor.

Of the five Rustbelt Center for AIDS Research pilot funding awardees, two are University of Pittsburgh Infectious Diseases faculty. Yijia Li, MD, has been awarded funding for his research titled, "Intact HIV-1 provirus decay dynamics on long-term ART" Anthony Cillo,...

Another year past, another generation of Infectious Diseases fellowship graduates. The 2023 ID Fellowship graduation ceremony was a bittersweet exchange of awards, laughs, and memories. Congratulations to our graduates; we wish you all the luck in your careers. You...