The Scoop, October 2024

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TheEye&EarFoundation

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AdeleMoattiJoinsthe Department

Creatingeffectivedrug deliverysystemsforthe innerear–essentialfor treatinghearingloss–will bemademorepossiblewith theadditionofAdeleMoatti, PhD,totheDepartmentof Otolaryngology-Head& NeckSurgeryatthe UniversityofPittsburghand

GeneTherapyBootcampisLifeChanging

ElizabethWoodappliedtothe PittsburghGene TherapyBootcamp onawhim.Thehusbandry technician,or“monkeynanny”attheUniversity ofPittsburghlearnedaboutitfromamassemail. Thensheforgotallaboutituntilshewas accepted.“Honestly,Iwasshocked,”she recalled.“Thefirstthingthatwentthroughmy headwasthismustbeamistake.”

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THRIVEGrantWill AddressBarrierstoCare inHNC

JessicaH.Maxwell,MD, MPH,FACS,receiveda $50,000Telehealth ResearchandInnovationfor VeteranswithCancer (THRIVE)grantfromthe OfficeofRuralHealthto addressbarrierslike distanceandruralityin patientswithheadandneck cancer.

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"FromResearchto Reality"Audiology Seminars

Aseriesofearlymorning seminarsisproviding educationforaudiology studentsoncutting-edge topicswhileoffering continuingeducationfor facultyandclinical instructors.Ajointinitiative betweenPittandUPMC,

thePittsburghHearing ResearchCenter(PHRC).

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eachseminarfeaturesboth aclinicianandresearcher, providinginsightsintohow researchisbeingappliedin real-worldclinicalsettings.

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HealthyVisionLabHasUniqueFocus

TheHealthyVisionLabattheUniversityof Pittsburghisuniqueinitsfocusonsocial determinantsofhealth,useofawiderangeof analysis(fromlargedatasetstopatient-level interviewsandhealthservicesresearch),and interdisciplinaryrelationshipswithscholarsfrom theSchoolofPublicHealthandtheSchoolof HealthandRehabilitationSciences.

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