We are kicking on the new calendar year with a Meet the PI lecture on January 5, 2023 at noon featuring the work of Judith Morgan, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Morgan’s research has focused on mechanisms of risk for affective disorders during early development. Dr. Morgan received her BS.in Psychology from the University of Alabama in 2004, summa cum laude, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Delaware in 2010. Dr. Morgan has received continuous funding from the National Institute of Mental Health since 2013. In July 2013, she was awarded a NIMH-funded Career Development Award (K01), “Neural and Social Processes of Positive Affect in Children at Risk for Depression”, that examined neural reward function in 6- to 8- year-old children at familial risk for depression. In 2017, she was awarded a Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) R01 to evaluate how affective, behavioral, and neural synchrony in mother-child dyads may be compromised by maternal depression. This prestigious R01 is awarded to “outstanding, exceptionally productive scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who plan to make a long-term career commitment to research”. Most recently, she received an R01 in February 2023 to evaluate biobehavioral synchrony in mother-infant dyads affected by postpartum depression. Dr. Morgan has been recognized for her scholarly efforts through various awards throughout her career, including a Klingenstein Third Generation Fellowship in 2014, a NARSAD Young Investigator Award in 2017, and a Constellation of Emerging and Rising Stars Award from the University of Pittsburgh in 2022.
Join us in person in the WPH Auditorium or join us via Zoom using the following information:
Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96094745694
Passcode: 729673
For More Information. Please contact Shardai Key Ward at keysj4@upmc.edu.
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