Code Blue and Gold

The quarterly newsletter of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine

Publications

September 2025 – December 2025 Aging Institute Hernández-Arciga U, Kim JK, Fisher JL, Tyshkovskiy A, Moldakozhayev A, Hall C, Ghosh S, Govindaraj Y, Sipula IJ, Kastroll J, Cooke D, Luo J, Alder JK, Sukoff Rizzo SJ, Ables GP, Choi E, Gladyshev VN, Jurczak MJ,...

Grants

September 2025 – December 2025 Jonathan Alder, PhD // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep MedicineUPMCE TS: A Safe Mechanism to Lengthen Telomeres and Promote Tolerance of Immune SuppressionUPMC Enterprises SRA00005690Start Date: November 24, 2025End...
Building a Culture of Wellbeing in the DOM

Building a Culture of Wellbeing in the DOM

Across academic medicine, rising rates of physician burnout—driven by increasing clinical demands, administrative burden, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—have sharpened the focus on faculty and staff wellbeing. Nationally, medical schools and health...
FORTE: A Model for Practice-Changing Clinical Trials

FORTE: A Model for Practice-Changing Clinical Trials

Each year in the United States, more than 15 million people undergo colonoscopy, and roughly one-quarter are surveillance procedures following removal of colon polyps. Despite how common these follow-up exams are, clinicians have long lacked strong evidence to guide...