Aliona Tsypes, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email tsypesa@upmc.edu
Education & Training
PhD
Clinical Psychology, State University of New York, Binghamton
Clinical Psychology, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Clinical Research Training for Psychologists, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Interests
Suicide; Learning & decision-making; Neurocomputational modeling
Selected Research Publications & Products- Tsypes A, Szanto K, Bridge JA, Brown VM, Keilp JG, & Dombrovski AY. (2022). Delay discounting in suicidal behavior: Myopic preference or inconsistent valuation? Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 131(1), 3444.
- Tsypes A, Kaurin A, Wright AGC, Hallquist MN, & Dombrovski AY (2022). Protective effects of reasons for living against suicidal ideation in daily life. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 148, 174180.
- Tsypes A, Owens M, & Gibb BE (2021). Reward Responsiveness in Suicide Attempters: An Electroencephalography/Event-Related Potential Study. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 6(1), 99-106.
- Tsypes A & Gibb BE (2020). Time of day differences in neural reward responsiveness in children. Psychophysiology, 57(5), e13550.
Clinical Interests
Suicide prevention; Acceptance & commitment therapy (transdiagnostic)
Education Interests
Research mentorship; Clinical supervision; Teaching (suicide/suicide prevention)
