Gabriela Berger wins “Top Scientific Poster” award at UPMC Children’s Hospital Summer Research Internship Poster Day Celebration

Aug 8, 2024

Gabriela Berger received one of the Top Scientific Poster awards at the UPMC Children’s Hospital Summer Research Internship Poster Day Celebration.

Investigators at Barrow Neurological Institute, Rangos Research Center, and the Safar Center collaborate to publish a pre-clinical multi-model traumatic brain injury single cell RNAseq atlas in the journal Neuron

Aug 7, 2024

Collaborative research led by former Safar Center investigator Dr. Ruchira Jha, was published in the journal Neuron. 

T32 Scholar Dr. Michael Taylor Selected as the 2024 Fellow of the Year

Jun 28, 2024

Michael Taylor, MD, MPH was selected as the 2024 fellow of the year at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.  Michael is currently funded by our long-standing T32 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development titled “Training in Pediatric...

T32 Scholar Dr. Caitlin McNamara Received the 2024 National Neurotrauma Society Travel Award

Jun 20, 2024

Caitlin McNamara, MD, current T32 fellow, received a travel award from the National Neurotrauma Society to present an abstract at the society’s 41st annual Symposium in San Francisco.

The 21st Safar Symposium a Smashing Success

May 21, 2024

The 21st Annual Safar Symposium was held at the University of Pittsburgh on April 25 and 26, 2024.

Microglial Breakthroughs in Longevity, Aging, and Senescence after TBI (MicroBLAST)

May 13, 2024

Dr. Amy Wagner, received a $6.7 million award from the Department of Defense’s CDMRP traumatic brain injury (TBI)-Psychological Health research program.