Research News

Building upon the Peter and Eva Safar Lectureship established in 1980, this yearly event honors the late Dr. Peter Safar and his wife Eva for their contributions to the scientific community and highlights current research in areas spanning Dr. Safar’s scientific career and interests.

Kimberly Howard-Quijano, MD, MS, and Marta Kelava, MD, were awarded the inaugural Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Multi-Institutional Collaborative Clinical/Translational Research Grant for their project "The Effect of Continuous Low Tidal Volume Ventilation and Hyperoxia Avoidance during Cardiopulmonary Bypass.”

They were recognized for their abstract “Preclinical Evaluation of a Novel Glycinergic Analgesic for Treatment of Chronic Pain in Rodents.”

The study, which will be conducted as a single-center, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial at UPMC Shadyside, will explore aromatherapy’s potential to modulate perioperative anxiety.

In his project, Dr. Salavatian will investigate the neuronal interactions in the cardiac nervous system in the setting of cardiac disease and evaluate the efficacy of neuromodulation therapy in mitigating the adverse effect of cardiac pathology.

The project “AtTACC Pain” was one of three projects to receive $50,000 in the 2020 Pain Research Challenge.

Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, received a Pitt Innovator Award from the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute on Nov. 20, 2019 for his group’s project "Personalized Pain Treatment."

Gregg E. Homanics, PhD, received a Pitt Innovator Award from the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute at their 14th annual Celebration of Innovation on November 20.

The project “BRIDGE Device: Alternative Postpartum Analgesia” was selected for funding by CTSI’s Research Initiative for Special Populations Pilot Program.

The goal of the center, under the directorship of Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA, is to develop research and implement new clinical services to assess the role that complementary and alternative medicine can play in care for surgical patients.