Wellspring for Entrepreneurship

13 years after launching a business pitch competition for Pitt healthcare technologies, Pitt alum Michael Wells reflects on the growth of the university’s culture of innovation and entrepreneurship Michael Wells had already developed an innovation mindset while earning both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. (EDUC’90, EDUC’92G)

Tech Tuesday: New Senotherapeutic Agents for Cancer Therapy

We're back with another round of Innovation Institute's Tech Tuesdays, where we showcase the most cutting-edge technologies from our impressive portfolio of impactful innovations ready for licensing or strategic partnering! This week we feature a groundbreaking technique that may help improve the health of people dealing with prostate issues. The technology is led by Youko Ikeda, Anthony J. Kanai, and Irina V. Zabbarova, who are all part of the Department of Medicine.

Pitt and UPMC Partner to De-Risk Disease Therapies

Pitt and UPMC, through its Translational Sciences division, are once again collaborating to provide funding support for therapeutics projects that need further de-risking experiments to determine their clinical and commercial potential. We are featuring two projects that received funding from the first request for proposals from 2022.

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