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Leading the Life Sciences Century at the Convergence of Health, AI and Technology

Pitt BioForge Drives Advanced Manufacturing

The biomanufacturing hub at Hazelwood Green supported by a $100 million gift from the Richard King Mellon Foundation is propelling cutting-edge breakthroughs in the manufacturing of precision medicine tailored to disease prevention and treatment strategies based on the individual characteristics of each patient, including genes, environment and lifestyle. Under construction with a completion date of 2028, BioForge already has three projects underway and two in development.

Igniting the Health-AI Ecosystem

In March 2025, our offices of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and of the Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences collaborated to launch Pitt.INC, a program that is part of the University’s larger initiative to bring ideas and discoveries identified in the laboratory closer to becoming products and treatments for patients.

Transforming New Models of Health and Health Care Delivery

In partnership with Vizzhy Inc., Pitt is leveraging AI technology through the GAINMED platform to advance P5 medicine—predictive, preventative, personalized, precision and participatory care—and to better understand disease and health, while providing enhanced care to elevate the health of those in Pittsburgh and beyond.

Anantha Shekhar

“We’re using cutting-edge technology to create not only better understanding of our diseases and health, but we’re also going to be able to provide better care to maintain health.”

Anantha Shekhar, Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences

Transforming Assistive Technologies to Enable Human Achievement

Rory Cooper

Several pieces of technology developed in the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL)—a joint venture between Pitt and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—were showcased at the United Nations’ AI for Good Global Summit 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. Rory Cooper, founding director of HERL and associate vice chancellor for research for STEM-health sciences collaborations, was a speaker at the event.

José-Alain Sahel

The French National Institute of Health and Medical Research established its first partnership outside of Europe with an International Vision Institute with our School of Medicine. Led by Pitt’s José-Alain Sahel and Institut de la Vision’s Serge Picaud, the institute will develop a better understanding of vision health and diseases and find new ways to prevent vision loss and help restore sight.

In October 2024, Pitt partnered with industry leader NVIDIA to establish a one-of-a-kind AI Tech Community that is driving cutting-edge breakthroughs in AI across the health sciences,including applications of AI in clinical medicine and biomanufacturing.

Pitt 2028 Health Sciences Innovation Initiative by 2026 ahead of schedule

Powering a Healthy Future

Fostering Standard-Setting Energy Partnerships

Thanks to a U.S. Department of Energy grant, the University opened the Cyber Energy Center in 2024 to address the need for computer security research and education at the intersection of energy, specifically internet technology and operational technology. While these two areas of study had once been treated separately, we aim to connect the two and provide a workforce that understands the needs of both.

Elevating One Health for Resilient Communities

Our School of Public Health is playing a leading role in the Pennsylvania One Health Consortium, a coalition of experts focused on improving health and well-being for all Pennsylvanians. Pitt convened the inaugural meeting of the consortium in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June 25-27, 2025.

Shown above:
Maureen Lichtveld, Dean and Professor,
School of Public Health

In FY24, Pitt reached a 37.3% reduction in the Pittsburgh campus’ carbon footprint compared to 2008. The University remains on track to achieve our incremental target of 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Plan for Pitt 2028 Future of Urban Energy in Communities Initiative by 2025

Advancing a Digital Future for Everyone

Michael Colaresi

Responsible Data Science (RDS) at Pitt—an initiative within the Office of the Provost led by Michael Colaresi—computed measurable progress, including:

  • A $235,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to launch new workforce training programs in responsible data science for nondegree workers in sectors such as health care, finance and public service
  • A three-year, $600,000 grant from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (CHFC) and Carnegie Corporation of New York to expand access to CHFC heroism data and narratives and support annual research convenings
  • Planned expansion of the RDS Student Scholars Program and Context-Centered Responsible Data Science Training and Exploration Curriculum, which uses generative AI tools to provide learners with safe, hands-on experiences using and collaborating with these interfaces to address real-world problems
Data Science Day

Through the 2024-25 RDS Student Scholars Program, 16 undergraduates from varied disciplines created their own responsible data science frameworks and showcased their work at Pitt’s 2025 Data Science Day.