Join us on October 8, 2021 for our first Researchers on the Rise lectures of our series featuring the work of two of our talented investigators. Researchers on the Rise lectures highlight the work of promising scientists in the early stages of their academic careers who are conducting important research across a broad range of scientific areas. 

Neuroticism and the Pavlovian Control of Active and Passive Defensive Behavior

Timothy Allen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Functional and Neurochemical Substrates of Amygdala-Frontal Circuitry across Development and Anxiety

Shaolin Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Participate via Zoom. Click on this Zoom link. Meeting ID:  976 4363 0949
Passcode: 892922

For More Information. Please contact Frances Patrick at patrickfm@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.