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Hecheng Jin Wins First Place Poster Award at International MRI Conference

Diamonds in the Mind

T.K. Kozai to develop wireless electrodes using “doped” diamonds for brain stimulation

Jordyn Ting Receives Hunter TBI Translational Research Award

The bioengineering alumna will receive $100,000 to support her research in deep brain stimulation

Setting the SCENE for Neuroscience Breakthroughs

Pitt and CMU team selected for $80M initiative to study how the brain turns perception into action

Pitt’s neural engineers advance neuroscience through collaboration

This Pitt junior won a Goldwater Scholarship for his brain imaging research

Satyaj Bhargava won one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for undergraduate researchers in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.

An Unexpected Insight into Alzheimer’s Disease

MRI findings reveal surprising discrepancy between Alzheimer’s pathology and cognitive function in unique case study

Public Health and Engineering team up on five research projects

Neural Population Activity is a One-Way Highway

Pitt and CMU engineers use BCI technology to find out how neural activity changes over time

Diving Deep into Dopamine

Bioengineering's Helen Schwerdt receives $2.5M R01 to investigate dopamine’s role in learning

Taking a Stride Toward Early ADRD Detection

Pitt researchers are studying the link between walking patterns and cognitive decline to improve early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)

Chronic pain treatments can be dangerous and ineffective. These Pitt researchers are working on a solution.

A novel neural explanation for choking under pressure

Study in Mice Suggests How Chronic Kidney Disease is Driven by Sickle Cell Disease

Using Ultrasound to Boost Brain Implant Biocompatibility

A First Look Inside Traumatic Brain Injury

Tracy Cui receives $2.65 million R01 grant to develop in-vivo tool to study traumatic brain injuries

Takashi D-Y Kozai on how diversity drives discovery

Human vs. Machine

Takashi D.Y. Kozai says a closer look at nerve insulating cells could be a boon for BCI, and much more

Spinal Cord Stimulation Instantly Improves Arm Mobility After Stroke