University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Graduate Studies

The University has long been regarded as a leader in academic research and a premier destination for those who continue to shape the future of biomedical science. In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as number 13 for Research in the United States. With nearly 70 percent of the University's overall research funding dedicated to health sciences, the School of Medicine has significantly invested in renewed infrastructure for research disciplines such as developmental, cellular, structural, and computational and systems biology — as well as recruitment for first-class faculty. The University belongs to the American Association of Universities, an organization of 62 leading Public and Private Research Universities in the United States and Canada. Areas of research emphasis within the School of Medicine include: Drug discovery and design Cell signaling Transplantation immunology Tumor immunology Digestive disease Stem cell biology Regenerative medicine Cancer biology and therapy Virology / gene therapy Bioinformatics and computational biology Basic and clinical neuroscience Infectious disease Vaccine development Hemostasis and vascular biology Structural biology Developmental biology Clinical trials management