Pitt has received a $1.27 million federal grant to study racial and ethnic differences in health status and the use of health services among adults. The grant is one of nine awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to address ethnic and racial health disparities. […]
GSPH gets grant to study racial, ethnic differences in adult health service use >
January 11th, 2001OBITUARY: Joseph A. Bianculli >
January 11th, 2001School of Pharmacy Dean Emeritus Joseph A. Bianculli died Dec. 8, 2000, of heart failure. He was 89. "Dr. B.," as he was known by generations of pharmacists, was a graduate of Westinghouse High School. At Pitt, he earned a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1932, a B.S. summa cum laude in pharmacy in 1935 […]
GSPH to study differences between chronically ill elderly blacks, whites >
January 11th, 2001Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) has received a $1.85 million federal grant to study differences in health and self-care among chronically ill elderly blacks and whites in western Pennsylvania, and the effects of these differences. The study will compare long-term changes in self-care behaviors of African-Americans and Caucasians, aged 65 and older, who […]
Trustees approve FY01 salaries for Pitt's senior administrators >
January 11th, 2001Doing away with bonuses for Pitt senior officers, the Board of Trustees compensation committee on Dec. 7 raised Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg's salary to $325,000 this year. Trustees also approved, at Nordenberg's recommendation, raises for seven other Pitt officers. See list on this page. The new salaries are retroactive to July 1, the beginning of […]
Pitt senior officers' pay >
January 11th, 2001Doing away with bonuses for Pitt senior officers, the Board of Trustees compensation committee on Dec. 7 raised Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg's salary to $325,000 this year. Trustees also approved, at Nordenberg's recommendation, raises for seven other Pitt officers. See list on this page. The new salaries are retroactive to July 1, the beginning of […]
Pitt student awarded Marshall Scholarship >
January 11th, 2001The British Embassy has named Pitt senior Andrew K. Petiprin as one of 40 Marshall Scholars nationwide for 2001. Considered to be one of the most competitive and prestigious merit scholarships in America, the Marshall Scholarship was created by the British Parliament in honor of General George Marshall as a gesture of thanks for U.S. […]
Campaign director leaves for Carnegie Institute job >
January 11th, 2001Dee Jay Oshry has resigned as Pitt associate vice chancellor and director of the University's capital campaign to become associate vice president/development and campaign director at The Carnegie Institute. He assumed his new duties on Jan. 1. "The University of Pittsburgh campaign is in very solid shape at this point," Oshry said. Last fall's public […]
Postal rate increase not expected to have major effect on costs here >
January 11th, 2001Postal rates in some classifications went up this week, but a Pitt mailing services official says the increases will not have a major impact on mailing costs for the University. Gus Tytke, assistant director of University Mailing Services, said "Right now, we don't want to confuse anyone, because it is a complicated thing. But I […]
$14.3 million grant funds gene therapy use in cardiovascular disease treatment >
January 11th, 2001Pitt has received a $14.3 million, five-year grant to treat cardiovascular diseases using gene therapy. The grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) establishes the University's Cardiovascular Gene Therapy Center to oversee clinical and laboratory studies aimed at healing poorly functioning hearts and preventing long-term damage to blood vessels, among other projects. […]