News | Safar Center for Resuscitation Research

2024 Fink Scholar Abstract Winner

Apr 29, 2024

Caitlin McNamara, MD, current T32 fellow, received the award for best clinical research abstract.

T32 Scholar Dr. Michael Taylor Received the 2024 In Training Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mar 1, 2024

Michael Taylor, MD received the 2024 In Training Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM).

Courtney Robertson, MD gives the 21st Annual Distinguished Alumna Award Lecture

Feb 20, 2024

Dr. Robertson was a graduate of our pediatric critical care medicine training program at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) in 1999 and did research training at the Safar Center.

T32 Scholar Dr. Bailey Petersen Awarded 2-Year Early Investigator Seed Grant

Jan 12, 2024

T32 scholar Dr. Bailey Petersen was awarded a two-year Early Investigator Seed Grant from the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) to study the role of physical activity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in neurobehavioral recovery from pediatric...

Safar Center investigators and collaborators receive two grants from the Chuck Noll Foundation

Jan 9, 2024

Two separate Safar Center investigators and their collaborating teams have received three-year awards from the Chuck Noll Foundation studying traumatic brain injury (TBI). First, Safar Center Associate Director Shaun Carlson, PhD, and Rangos Imaging Core...

Drs. Yijen Wu and Shaun Carlson awarded a Partnering PI grant from the Department of Defense

Jan 9, 2024

Dr. Yijen Wu (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Rangos Research Center Animal Imaging Core) and Dr. Shaun Carlson (Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Safar Center Associate Director) were awarded an Investigator-Initiated Research...