彼得 一束麻, the Thomas Detre Professor of Neuroscience and distinguished professor and chair of neurobiology, was one of three Pitt people to receive NIH Director’s Awards this year. 一束麻 earned the 变革球速体育研究奖, part of the 高风险，高回报的球速体育研究最新体育赛事资讯、实时赔率分析及在线投注平台, for his work on identifying a biological basis for the mind-body connection.

沃伦•罗德, assistant professor of 生物工程, and 埃里克·赖特, assistant professor of 生物医学信息学, each won NIH Director’s 新创新者奖, given to “exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose high-impact projects.”

Ruder的团队将致力于设计能够被高磁场梯度激活的细胞； Wright’s group will use thousands of microbial genomes to discover new antibiotics and figure out better ways of prescribing them to address the serious public health threat of antibiotic resistance.