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Spring 2014

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Illuminating Work

Pittsburgh has shown us what we are made of. Read More >

The History of Disease, In Color

In a concerted effort (involving 200 million keystrokes and probably a few paper cuts), Pitt’s Project Tycho has digitized cases of 56 infectious diseases in every U.S. state and territory before, during, and after vaccination licensure from 1888 to today. The database is helping scientists understand contagion. Read More >

What If?

Modeling in medicine is not just convenient, it also has profound implications, if you ask Yoram Vodovotz. “The conscious mind can’t handle more than a few things [at once],” he says. But modeling gives you “the best of both worlds—the rational process that comes out of your conscious mind, integrated with the ability of your unconscious mind.” He and others here at Pitt are answering some really hard questions in silico. Read More >