We're kicking off the new year on January 6, 2023 with our Researchers on the Rise lecture series featuring the work of two of our talented early-career investigators: Drs. Karen Jakubowski and Elizabeth McGuier.
Karen Jakubowski, PhD is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She serves as the principal investigator of a K23 career development award funded by the National Heart, Lunch and Blood Institute focusing on intimate partner violence and subclinical cardiovascular disease in midlife women. She is also a recent recipient of a North American Menopause Society New Investigator Award.
Elizabeth McGuier, PhD is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. A child clinical psychologist, Dr. McGuier is interested in improving access to quality behavioral health care for vulnerable children, particularly those who experience maltreatment and those in rural areas. She is principal investigator of a National Institute of Mental Health K23 career development award, “Improving access to mental health services for rural youth: Leveraging multidisciplinary teams to enhance implementation of a screening and referral protocol in rural Child Advocacy Center.”
Lectures will be offered as a hybrid event. Join us in-person in the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Auditorium (masking is required) or to attend remotely, click on this Zoom link and enter the following information:
Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/99209959329
Meeting ID: 992 0995 9329
For More Information. Please contact Jeanie Knox at knoxjv@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.
