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Pitt and Leidos Are Building AI to Digitize Pathology Slides, and Send It on a Road Trip
The shipping container parked behind UPMC Shadyside Hospital may not look high-tech, but researchers hope that what’s happening inside can lead to better disease diagnosis. And having that technology housed in a container means it can hit the road easily. The…
Pitt AI PathConnect: Bridging Innovation in Computational Pathology 2025
This symposium took place on November 5, 2025 to include Academic, Industry and policymakers committed to transforming diagnostic medicine through computational innovation.
$10 Million Investment From Leidos to Accelerate AI Tools in Health Care
The University of Pittsburgh and the technology company Leidos announced a $10 million partnership to advance Pitt’s Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence (CPACE) on Friday, April 18, 2025. The first focus of the five-year collaboration…
Reshaping Pennsylvania’s Economy: Senate, House Policy Committees Examine Innovations in AI
Dr. Hooman Rashidi, Executive Director of CPACE and Associate Dean of AI at Pitt School of Medicine giving the Senate Testimony on the state of AI at Pitt school of medicine and CPACE. PITTSBURGH – Academics, employers, and state legislators gathered in Pittsburgh…
How Pitt is Revolutionizing and Democratizing AI in Education, Clinical and Research
“Our vision and mission are pretty simple,” said Hooman Rashidi, associate dean of artificial intelligence in medicine and professor of pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and executive director of CPACE. “Thanks to the support of our dean, Dr….