Code Blue and Gold

The quarterly newsletter of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine

Publications

December 2025 – March 2026 Aging Institute Doshi NK, Pesaresi T, Pagadala T, Dion W, Zhang Y, David NL, Amorim T, Wang W, Kumar GVN, Zhu B, Liu S, Patwari P, Fazeli PK, Steinhauser ML. Branched chain amino acids prime metabolic inflammation. Mol Metab. 2026...

Grants

>> Internal Funding Opportunities December 2025 – March 2026 Timothy Anderson, MD, MAS // General Internal Medicine Characterizing the Quality of Evidence-based Prescribing for Hospitalized Veterans VA Merit Award I01 RD000382 First VA Merit Award Start...
The Strength Behind the Spotlight: Leading the Way in Porphyria Care

The Strength Behind the Spotlight: Leading the Way in Porphyria Care

National attention is beginning to turn toward porphyria, a group of rare disorders that can be difficult to recognize, diagnose, and treat. At the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, that spotlight reflects something that has been steadily taking shape for years: a...