HSLS Update

The Health Sciences Web Portal

The Health Sciences Web Portal <www.health.pitt.edu> is a gateway to the health sciences community at the University. Information ranging from scientific news to important institutional announcements is added to the site daily. The Portal provides access to tools to assist with research, educational, clinical and administrative activities, and saves time by putting information at your fingertips. Receiving over 200,000 visits per year, the Portal draws visitors from the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, and beyond.Some of the most popular features are:

Health Sciences Today contains a dynamic, comprehensive daily listing of health sciences related events. Listings are entered by more than 150 calendar agents from across the University and beyond. Significant upcoming events are shown in the "Future Events" and "Experiences" sections.

Tools for the Health Sciences brings users within one click of a variety of applications to help accomplish the research and educational missions of the schools of the health sciences.The Health Sciences Library System, Faculty Research Interests Project, the Clinical Research Informatics Service and the Education and Certification Program in Research & Practice Fundamentals are among the links offered here.

Things You Need to Know and Scientific News of Interest lists important institutional announcements and memos, as well as funding opportunities and information about special events. The "Scientific News of Interest" section is updated daily, and contains much of the latest health news from local, federal, and international organizations.

Gallery of Links provides users with quick access to hundreds of links of practical interest such as the Institutional Review Board, the Office of Research, and the National Institutes of Health. Your suggestions for additional useful links are welcome.

Searches provides five different ways to search:
People Search –locates contact information for people at the University and UPMC.
Research Interest Search –searches for faculty with a specific research interest.
Calendar Search –searches for calendar listings of interest.
Web Site Search –searches the Portal.
Google Search –uses the "Google" search engine to search the Internet.

The tools listed above are some of the many value-added features of the Portal. When visiting the site, be sure to take a look at the "Newsstand," the links to the schools of the health sciences, and their associated departments.

--Stephanie Lunsford, Administrator, Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI)