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Featured Physician Scientist
Dr. Stephen Y. Chan's research focuses on Molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular disease and pulmonary hypertension (PH)
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Featured Physician Scientist
Dr. Ulka Sachdev-Ost focuses on the role of danger signaling, toll-like receptors (TLRs) and autophagy in regulating recovery from ischemic muscle injury. This work has potential implications in patients with peripheral vascular disease. She also studies the growth and functional characteristics of muscle satellite cells that are harvested from patients with PAD, to determine whether they can be used in therapeutic applications, and the role of inflammation in patients with chronic venous insufficiency.
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Featured Physician Scientist
Dr. Bernhard Kühn's research focuses on cardiomyocyte proliferation, and heart regeneration
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The University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related research university founded as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787. Pitt is a member of the Association of American Universities, which comprises 62 preeminent doctorate-granting research institutions in North America.
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School of Medicine
The University of Pittsburgh is a research powerhouse, 5th nationally in NIH funding, with active translational research programs spanning multiple disciplines and more than 150 Research Centers or Institutes providing a rich milieu for interdisciplinary cooperation, collaborations, seminars, workshops, and scientific and professional training.
Directors Welcome
This is a time of explosive growth in our knowledge of the science of health and disease. Residents and fellows training for careers involving laboratory investigations have the rare opportunity to be buoyed by this tide of discovery and to engage in transformative research that is not only captivating on its own but can advance disease treatment or prevention.
The goal of the Physician Scientist Incubator program in Pittsburgh is to train the highest quality biomedical physician investigators, focusing at this time on those with MD degrees without PhD doctoral training who seek careers that involve pre-clinical research. Support from the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation (BWF), UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine enables us to offer comprehensive training for residents and fellows as BWF Scholars. Our program is deliberately structured to build the scientific, professional and resiliency skills necessary to become a successful physician-scientist.
The University of Pittsburgh is a rich environment for building a physician-scientist career. Fifth in the country in NIH funding, the University of Pittsburgh is not only a research powerhouse but is particularly strong in translational research with 12 clinical departments in the top 10 nationally in NIH support. More than sixty of our top mentors from multiple departments and specialties are eager to work with BWF Scholars. In addition to helping to facilitate optimal laboratory matches and mentoring teams for trainees, the Incubator provides research salary support, expert Career Advisors, Executive Coaching, professional development and leadership training to the Scholars. The program is customized to the strengths and training needs of individual trainees. Our goal is that every scholar will gain the tools to thrive in all phases of an academic medicine career and do great science driven by clinical need.
Mark T. Gladwin, MD
Jack D. Myers Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Director, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, and Blood Vascular Medicine Institute
Principal Investigator, BWF Physician Scientist Incubator Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Richard Steinman, MD, PhD
Associate Dean & Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Director, BWF Physician Scientist Incubator Program
Director, Physician Scientist Training Program
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
