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Now in The Journal of Neuroscience: Calcineurin Infusions to the Lateral Amygdala Reduce the Reinstatement of Cocaine-Cue Memories

Dr. Mary Torregrossa

Treatment for substance use disorders, devastating and pervasive illnesses, are complicated by a high propensity for relapse. Relapse can occur when an individual encounters a familiar stimulus that has, in the past, induced cravings. One strategy for potentially preventing relapse is to weaken these maladaptive memories. Two approaches for doing so include interfering with memory reconsolidation—disrupting the...

A Population-Based Study of How Diabetes, Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index Contribute to Late-Life Cognitive Decline

Dr. Mary Ganguli

The delivery of effective medical and psychiatric treatments in later life can be complicated by the presence of multiple co-occurring conditions. Three such conditions—obesity, diabetes and dementia—co-occur in older adults more frequently than can be expected by chance. While studies have demonstrated that diabetes, high blood pressure and high body mass index in midlife predict dementia in late life, in late...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Sarah Pedersen, PhD, to Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Sarah Pedersen

We are delighted to announce that Sarah Pedersen, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Pedersen graduated from the University of Missouri with a PhD in clinical psychology. During graduate school, she completed a clinical psychology internship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) and stayed in Pittsburgh as a postdoctoral fellow in...

Ryan Logan, PhD, Honored with International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society Young Scientist Award    

Dr. Ryan Logan

We are delighted to announce that Ryan Logan, PhD, has been awarded the 2020 International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) Young Scientist Award. The Young Scientist Award honors an early-career investigator in the field of behavioral and neural genetics. When selecting the recipient for this prestigious honor, IBANGS considers the scientific importance of research discovered, record of achievement...

The Department of Psychiatry Presents the 2020 Psychiatry Residency Match Results

The Department of Psychiatry is delighted to announce results of the 2020 Residency Match for the General Psychiatry, Child, Triple Board, and Family Medicine/Psychiatry tracks. This year, social distancing measures related to COVID-19 prevented the usual, in-person celebrations that traditionally mark Match Day nationwide—but Pitt Psychiatry’s Office of Residency Training instead introduced the new PGY1 class...

Daniel Buysse, MD, Honored with University of Pittsburgh Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award for Advances in Sleep Medicine

Dr. Buysse Presented with Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award

Congratulations to Daniel Buysse, MD (UPMC Endowed Chair in Sleep Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science), who has received a University of Pittsburgh Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award (Senior Scholar category), honoring his outstanding record of research and academic activity. Dr. Buysse is known as one of the most impactful thought leaders in the area of sleep medicine...

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