Come join us on October 25, 2019 for this Meet the PI lecture highlighting the findings of Translational Neuroscience Program investigator Mary Torregrossa, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Dr. Torregrossa received her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Michigan in 2005. She went on to do post-doctoral work in addiction neuroscience in the lab of Dr. Peter Kalivas at the Medical University of South Carolina and with Dr. Jane Taylor at Yale University. Dr. Torregrossa went on to obtain a research faculty position at Yale where she obtained a K01 and then moved to the University of Pittsburgh in 2012 to start her independent lab in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Torregrossa was promoted to Associate Professor in the department in 2018 and continues her work investigating the causes and consequences of substance use in animal models, with a particular interest in targeting learning and memory systems to develop novel treatments.

Date & Time. October 25, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location. UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Auditorium

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

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.

Continuing Education Credit.  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.