Regenerative Medicine In The News
UPCI Summer Academy Receives Grant

McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member Dr. Michael Lotze McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member Michael Lotze, M.D., vice chair, Department of Surgery with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is pleased that the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) has been awarded $194,400 over 3 years by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) to expand minority high school student participation in summer research programs. With the foundation's funds, the UPCI Summer Academy will be one of five high school programs at Pitt recruiting students into clinical research positions. The Summer Academy prepares rising high school seniors to further their studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and to consider careers in cancer care and research.