Code Blue and Gold

The quarterly newsletter of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine

The Department of Medicine is making headlines. Read more about how our experts are leading the charge on the global stage.

Timothy Anderson, MD, spoke with STAT about the PREVENT model to predict risk of heart failure. >>Read the article

Juliane Beier, PhD, was interviewed for a recent WESA’s Allegheny Front story on liver disease related to the East Palestine train disaster. >> Read the article

Sonya Borrero, MD, MS, offers insights on the updated Providing Quality Family Planning Services in the U.S. guidelines in a recent Public Health Review Morning Edition podcast. >> Listen to the podcast

Predoctoral T32 scholars Nathalie Chen and Nathan Raabe, MPH, along with Lee Harrison, MD, joined a recent American Society of Microbiology panel to discuss the most impactful antimicrobial resistance papers of 2025. >> Watch the discussion

Neil Clancy, MD, spoke with Infection Control Today to discuss fungal infections and their rise in resistance. >> Read the article

Malamo Countouris, MD, MS, provides insight into what a cardio-obstetrics program is in a recent discussion with Cardiac Interventions Today. >> Read the interview

Wei Du, MD, PhD, was highlighted by Children’s Leukemia Research Association for her groundbreaking work on how blood stem cells regenerate and function in the bone marrow. >> Read the post

Aditi Gurkar, PhD, was quoted in a story on aging in a recent New York Times article: >> Read the article

The effects of biology and lifestyle on aging was discussed by Aditi Gurkar, PhD, in a recent episode of UPMC’s Good Health, Better World podcast. >> Listen to the podcast

Lee Harrison, MD, discusses the avian influenza outbreak and its nationwide impact in a recent Trib Live story. >> Read the article

Paul Joudrey, MD, MPH, explains how medications for opioid use disorder aid in recovery in a recent Pittsburgh Post Gazette story about opioid addiction. >> Read the article

Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA, was interviewed for a recent article on the US Surgeon General’s call for cancer warning on alcoholic beverage labels. >> Read the article

Jason Ng, MD, was cited in a recent Medical News Today article about keto diets. >> Read the article

Marie Norman, PhD, recently sat down with Ervin Dyer from PittWire to discuss her approaches to teaching. >> Read the interview

Cristina Padilla, MD, MS, sat down to discuss scleroderma research in a recent Mogil’s Mobcast – A Scleroderma Chat. >> Listen to the podcast

Jane Schell, MD, and her journey to becoming a physician was recently highlighted by Dialysis Clinic, Inc., >> Watch the video

Rocky Schoen, MD, MPH, discusses the benefits of a colonoscopy in screening for colorectal cancer in a recent Verywell Health story. >> Read the article

Spencer Schrank, DO, discusses how to prevent Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne virus that can cause severe brain inflammation and neurological damage, in a recent UPMC Health Beat review. >> Read the article

Graham Snyder, MD, was consulted about how to treat and prevent norovirus, following this winter’s surge in cases. >> Read the article

Katie Suda, PharmD, discusses how supply chain issues impact drug shortages differently in the USA and Canada in a recent JN Learning podcast. >> Listen to the podcast

Holly Thomas, MD, MS, discusses sexual health in women of older age in a recent Springer Medicine podcast. >> Listen to the podcast

Future Chief Resident Georgia Vasilakis, MD, discusses transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis in a recent CardioNerds podcast. >> Watch the video