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IMAGE: Dr. Balazs is one of 120 newly elected members to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. view more
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PITTSBURGH (April 26, 2021) . Anna C. Balazs, an award-winning University of Pittsburgh Distinguished Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering, has added one of the nation s top honors to her portfolio. The National Academy of Sciences announced today that Balazs is among its 120 newly elected members, recognizing distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Balazs, who also holds the John A. Swanson Chair of Engineering in the Swanson School s Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, is internationally recognized for her theoretical and computational modeling of polymers. For the past decade, her research has focused on mimicking biological processes in polymeric materials which could contribute to the advancement of soft robotics or squishy robots.
Share The students behind ReSolution a self-cleaning contact case are wasting no time getting their company off the ground. The ink is barely dry on their ceremonial big check for the top prize of $25,000 in the 2021 Randall Family Big Idea Competition, but they are already preparing to create a startup company. What began as a classroom project for Pitt engineering students Evan Kerin, Magdalen Daluga, Lia Franco and Brendan Mostek has transformed during the past month into a startup company built around their invention. “The competition not only gave us an incentive to pursue this idea further, but it provided us with the criticism and mentorship we needed to take our project to the next level,” Kerin, a junior chemical engineering major, said.
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The Schools of Medicine at Yale and University of Pittsburgh are joining forces with Three Lakes Foundation to accelerate a cure for pulmonary fibrosis
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CHICAGO, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Three Lakes Foundation (TLF) has announced that it has selected Yale University School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to join the
Three Lakes Consortium for Pulmonary Fibrosis (TLC4PF). Together, they will focus on advancing disease understanding with the goal to accelerate new treatments and curing this devastating lung condition.
Naftali Kaminski, MD, Yale School of Medicine and Melanie Königshoff, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine are joining forces with Three Lakes Foundation
An individualized approach to improve surgical outcomes after shoulder dislocation
A dislocated shoulder is a common sports injury that can occur with a single swing of the tennis racket or an awkward fall on the field. Though popping the bone back into the socket may seem like a simple solution, the reality is more complex.
The injury can sometimes require an operation, and improper surgical technique and healing can further exacerbate the injury. This puts individuals at increased risk for future dislocation or joint disease later in life.
To tackle this issue, multidisciplinary researchers from the University of Pittsburgh will use an award from the National Institutes of Health to study an individualized approach that may improve surgical outcomes and help athletes avoid lasting repercussions.