The Researchers on the Rise lecture series continues on November 22, 2024 when the Department features the research of two of its early-career investigators, Drs. Britny Hildebrandt and Joseph Stujenske.
Britny Hildebrandt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Michigan State University. After completing her clinical internship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH), she conducted postdoctoral research as a scholar in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded T32 Training in Transformative Discovery in Psychiatry program. Dr. Hildebrandt’s research focuses on the biological bases of eating disorders, as well as translational approaches to studying the neurobiology of eating pathology, including hormonal influences and reward circuitry alterations in human and animal models. She integrates her clinical experience with circuit neuroscience to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying binge-like eating, and she is currently examining the role of corticostriatal circuits in the persistence of binge eating. Dr. Hildebrandt is principal investigator of a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) K08 award, “Dissecting circuits underlying loss of control relevant to binge eating.
Joseph Stujenske, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering, earned his MD and his PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior from Columbia University. He completed psychiatry residency training at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center. His research focuses on the circuit mechanisms of fear and anxiety disorders. He is principal investigator of a NIMH-funded K08 career development award investigating the encoding of fear and safety discrimination in interconnected medial prefrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala neurons, with the long-term goal of advancing the development of new treatments for anxiety and trauma-related disorders.
Join us in person in the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Auditorium or attend virtually using the following Zoom information:
Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96848962612
Passcode: 556140
For More Information. Please contact Shardai Key-Ward at keysj4@upmc.edu.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. The entirety of this program will be a lecture by the speaker(s). All individuals able to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. Registration is not required for this event. This event is free and there will be no refunds. The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded .15 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 1.5 contact hours. In accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials which will be distributed at the time of the conference. WPH is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. WPH maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. This program is being offered for 1.5 continuing education credits. The indicated number of clock hours of continuing education is provided through UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Office of Educational Resources and Planning, a PA-approved provider of social work continuing education in accordance with all the applicable educational and professional standards of the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist. These clock hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LPC and LMFT renewal. For more information, call (412) 204-9085.
