{"id":276570,"date":"2026-09-01T15:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276570\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:34:14","slug":"10-pitt-people-made-pittsburgh-magazines-40-under-40-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276570\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Pitt people made Pittsburgh Magazine\u2019s 40 Under 40 list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten University of Pittsburgh affiliates were named to Pittsburgh Magazine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghmagazine.com\/40-under-40-honorees\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 40 Under 40 list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the publication selects 40 individuals under the age of 40 who are profiled in the November print and digital editions of Pittsburgh Magazine. Judges look for specific examples from the nominee\u2019s professional life and community involvement that demonstrate accomplishment and upward mobility. The honorees will be publicly recognized at a Nov. 6 event.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1999, Pittsburgh Magazine and Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project have named more than 900 high-performing, high-impact professionals who are achieving success for themselves and the Pittsburgh region through their leadership and commitment to excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Pitt people who made this year\u2019s list:<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/people.dom.pitt.edu\/people\/deborah-akanya-md-facc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deborah Akanya<\/a>, clinical assistant professor in the School of Medicine\u2019s Department of Medicine and student in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrs.pitt.edu\/person\/matthew-berwick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Berwick<\/a> (SHRS \u201923G), adjunct instructor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences<br \/>\n\tDonminika Brown (BUS \u201915, \u201916G)<br \/>\n\tCaily Grube (A&amp;S \u201912, SOC WK \u201918G)<br \/>\n\tDemi Kolke (SOC WK \u201911G)<br \/>\n\tAlisa Omelchenko, PhD candidate in the School of Medicine<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu\/people\/martin-piazza\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Piazza<\/a>, assistant professor in the School of Medicine\u2019s Department of Neurological Surgery<br \/>\n\tJames Snow (A&amp;S \u201912)<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealth.pitt.edu\/directory\/alexander-sundermann\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Sundermann<\/a> (SPH \u201914G, \u201922G), assistant professor in the School of Public Health\u2019s Department of Epidemiology<br \/>\n\tRobyn Tedder (EDUC \u201909)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photography by Aimee Obidzinski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ten University of Pittsburgh affiliates were named to Pittsburgh Magazine\u2019s 2026 40 Under 40 list. Each year, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-276570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}