Events

The Department welcomes Theresa Desrochers, PhD on March 4, 2026 for a Special Guest Lecture on the Cognitive Sequences: Parallel Cross-Species Dynamics in Lateral Prefrontal Cortex.

The Department is delighted to welcome Sarah Vinson, MD, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences at the Morehouse School of Medicine as our next speaker for the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series on March 13, 2026. 

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On March 16, 2026 the Department of Psychiatry will host its Annual Interventional Psychiatry Showcase at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital.

This year's showcase will focus on Ketamine and Ketosis: Exploring the Power of K. Presentations will highlight the latest research and how these clinical interventions are being used to treat psychiatric disorders.

We'll be featuring the research of Jill Glausier, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, as part of our Meet the PI lecture series on March 27, 2026. 

Join us on April 10, 2026 when we feature the work of talented early-career investigators Shinnyi (Cindy) Chou, MD, PhD and Daniel Wonjae Chung, MD, PhD as part of our Researchers on the Rise lecture series.

Please join us for a Distinguished Scientist Lecture by Cynthia Rogers, MD, the Blanche F Ittleson Professor of Psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine, on April 17, 2026.