Stories

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CORRT is a Game-Changing Program for SHRS Researchers

February 9, 2024 | 6 min read

After more than 16 years, the Comprehensive Opportunities in Rehabilitation Research Training (CORRT) initiative is widely recognized as one of the most successful research career development programs for physical and occupational therapy scientists ever.

Three clinicians (two women and one man) wearing scrubs and placing a cast on an Aussiedoodle.

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Giving Man’s Best Friend a New Leash On Life

January 31, 2024 | 3 min read

Students in the Prosthetics & Orthotics (P&O) program are learning how their industry is expanding to help man’s best friend put their best paw forward.

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For this Health Informatics Assistant Professor, Aging in Place is Personal

January 29, 2024 | 4 min read

Assistant Professor Yong Choi is at the forefront of helping older adults age in place, leading research at the Healthy Home Lab that focuses on examining the unique needs of older adults and incorporating them into technologies that provide solutions.

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Pitt Doctor of PA Studies: Leading-edge program creates health care leaders of tomorrow

January 25, 2024 | 3 min read

While only being one year old, the Pitt Doctor of Physician Assistant Studies program has already built a legacy.

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Everyone Has a Story to Tell: the Pitt Communication Science and Disorders Podcast

January 18, 2024 | 4 min read

Recent Speech-Language Pathology master’s program graduates Ellen Swain (MA ’23) and Juliann Bardin (MA ’23) co-created the “Lived Communication Experiences” podcasts.

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Every Day is Game Day! Practice and Collaboration Make a Winning Combination

August 10, 2023 | 6 min read

Pitt Athletic Training and Emergency Medicine programs prepare students to respond to medical crisis and to work at some of the top sports venues in the country.

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Introducing the Future: The New HexAI Research Lab

August 9, 2023 | 5 min read

Although Artificial Intelligence has evolved over the past 70 years and has been embraced by some members of the health care community, the HexAI Research Laboratory in the Department of Health Information Management stands alone.

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Donors’ Undergraduate Summer Research Award Scholarship Is a Transformative Gift for SHRS Students

August 5, 2023 | 6 min read

Allen and Nell McMurtry established the SHRS Undergraduate Student Summer Research Award in 2019 as a token of pure gratitude for the faculty who made a difference in the lives of students.