July 2022
Pitt Joins Select Pool to Compete for Military Medicine Research Contracts
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Rory A. Cooper, associate vice chancellor for research, is pictured with a researcher at Pitt's Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL).
Pitt has joined a select pool of 56 organizations — and just two universities — to compete for as much as $10 billion in contracts from the Department of Defense to develop health care innovations benefiting both wounded warriors and civilians.
“Southwestern PA has one of the highest populations of military veterans in the country, and we at Pitt are all in on supporting both the Department of Defense and our veterans community,” said Ron Poropatich, director of the Center for Military Medicine Research. “We’re trying to build out a defense innovation economy for Pittsburgh.”
Read more in the Innovation Institute blog >>
Read more in Pittwire >>
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A new Pitt Policy that will review major University transactions and the outside engagements of its senior officials has now been approved through the University's policy process and signed by Chancellor Patrick Gallagher. The Institutional Conflict of Interest (RI-11) policy establishes a new Institutional Conflict of Interest (ICOI) Committee, approved by the University Senate, to formulate management plans, assuring that these transactions and engagements do not bias the University's core missions of education, scholarship and research.
The ICOI committee will include two co-chairs, a staff representative and eight faculty members. Nominations for the committee can be submitted via this web form.
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New Resources: Two Web-Based Forms Support Researchers’ Needs
University of Pittsburgh faculty are thought leaders whose remarkable contributions to their scholarly communities resonate on a global scale. Their successes are celebrated through the elected membership, honors and awards conferred by expert societies, national councils, academies and foundations that recognize and reward the creativity, innovation, collaboration and training that inspire new generations of academics. Pitt’s Senior Vice Chancellor for Research recognizes these accomplishments as moments for celebration and wants to make external honors more visible to the entire Pitt community.
We need your help. When you’ve earned external recognitions for your work (not including sponsored projects awards), please share that with us! Use this link to share brief details to keep us informed.
Self-Report Your Research Award >>
For researchers seeking a personalized institutional letter of support signed by the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research to address funder requirements on a sponsored project proposal (e.g. S10, T32, etc.) please complete this form to share essential details at least two weeks in advance of funder deadlines. Our office will work with you to deliver the appropriate content in a timely manner.
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Whitney First Non-Physician Recipient of Hallpike-Nylen Award
Sue Whitney, co-director of the Post-Professional Program in Physical Therapy, received the Hallpike-Nylen Award for her lifetime achievements in vestibular clinical research at the 2022 International Bárány Society meeting. Whitney is the first non-physician to receive this distinction, and was recognized for her career in physical therapy and vestibular rehabilitation. Read more
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Panel Discusses Power of Hydrogen in Region
With support from Pitt’s Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, the Pittsburgh Business Times gathered local leaders recently to discuss the benefits of a hydrogen economy. Pitt professor Götz Veser agreed that to build momentum toward a hydrogen economy, a collaboration of community resources, academia, energy and other industries, and public entities is key. “… We have the industry base, we have the academic base, the research base,” Veser said. Read more >>
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Pittsburgh Jumps to 13th Place on Startup Genome’s List
Technical.ly reports that Pittsburgh moved up 10 spots from its 23rd-place ranking in the last release of the Startup Genome report in September 2021. This year's report shows Pittsburgh surpassed Portland, Dubai, Wuxi, Madrid, Bristol and others it fell behind last year. Read more >>
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Skidmore Takes Research to the Next Level with Prestigious Award
The associate dean for research for Pitt's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS), Elizabeth Skidmore, has earned the 2022 Women in Rehabilitation Science Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine “to acknowledge world-class rehabilitation research conducted by a female scientist in rehabilitation science.” Skidmore's research not only advances rehabilitation practices, but her mentorship also influences rehabilitation research throughout her field. Read more >>
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Continuing Telling The Stories of A 175-Year-Old School
To commemorate the 175-year history of Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, a small team of faculty, staff and graduate students are recording the voices of alumni. 40 stories have been told thus far—and the repository is growing. Read more >>
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Dickson Prize Day
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. ET
Reception to follow
Join the 2020, 2021, and 2022 winners of the Dickson Prize in Medicine, the most prestigious honor given by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, in the first-ever Dickson Prize Day.
2020 Dickson Prize honoree James J. Collins, PhD, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will give a talk, “Harnessing Synthetic Biology and Deep Learning to Fight Pathogens.”
2021 Dickson Prize honoree Cynthia Kenyon, PhD, of University of California-San Francisco, will give a talk, “The Plasticity of Aging.”
2022 Dickson Prize honoree Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, of Stanford University, will give a talk, “Therapeutic Opportunities in Glycoscience.”
RSVP for in-person or virtual attendance >>
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Webinar: Updates to Academic Visitor Process and Website
Tuesday, July 26 at 1 p.m. ET
Presenter: Office of Trade Compliance
Effective July 1, 2022, the University’s Academic Visitor procedures were revised to align more closely with recommended federal research security practices. While many elements of the existing Academic Visitor process remain unchanged, there are some procedural changes that will impact University schools and departments that regularly host Academic Visitors.
The Office of Trade Compliance is offering a live webinar to share the updated Academic Visitor website, revised step-by-step procedures with program-specific checklists, and upgrades to the MyEC system for a streamlined experience for agreement sourcing and endorsements. Questions can be directed to Allen A. DiPalma, Director, Office of Trade Compliance, at dipalma@pitt.edu.
Learn more and register >>
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Webinar: Fundamental Research, Contracting & Other Export Controls Exclusions
Wednesday, July 27 at 1 p.m. ET
Presenter: Office of Trade Compliance
This webinar outlines categories of academic research, describes the fundamental research exemption, and provides a summary of other exemptions in the export control regulations that benefit the academic community. Designed for a broad audience, this webinar is especially useful for researchers involved in pre-award and the conduct of research projects, particularly government-sponsored research projects.
Learn more and register >>
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