Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology is a 30-PI network with 31 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (33% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), and Retinal Development and Disorders as the leading topic (9% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are Jay Chhablani (32.4 weighted works; Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinal Imaging and Analysis). The clearest collaboration lines are Jay Chhablani and Sandeep Chandra Bollepalli (18 shared works, weight 9.4); Jay Chhablani and José‐Alain Sahel (20 shared works, weight 8.8). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 14 internal connections, weight 35.9, around Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, led by Jay Chhablani, José‐Alain Sahel, Shaohua Pi.