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New Research in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging—The Reliability of Model-Based Planning in Measuring Decision-Making Processes

Price & Colleagues Biological Psychiatry 2020

To identify neurocognitive mechanisms of mood and anxiety disorders, scientists are increasingly employing computational models to map latent decision-making processes onto dissociable neural substrates and clinical phenotypes. However, the reliability of measures used in research in this area up to now has been unclear. In a study recently published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Rasim Diler, MD, to Professor of Psychiatry

Rasim Diler, MD

We are delighted to announce that Rasim Diler, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Diler earned his medical degree in Istanbul, Turkey and, following a combined residency/fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Çukurova University, undertook residency training in child and adolescent psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH)...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Peter Franzen, PhD, to Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Peter Franzen

We are delighted to announce that Peter Franzen, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. After completing an internship in clinical psychology at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH), Dr. Franzen received his PhD and joined the Pitt Department of Psychiatry as a postdoctoral scholar and sleep medicine fellow under the mentorship of Daniel...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Priya Gopalan, MD, to Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Priya Gopalan Promoted

We are delighted to announce that Priya Gopalan, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Gopalan earned her MD from the University of Virginia and completed her residency training in general psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). She is a consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry specialist, as well as an expert in perinatal...

University of Pittsburgh Awards Tenure to Colleen McClung, PhD 

Dr. Colleen McClung Appointed Tenure

We are delighted to announce that Colleen McClung, PhD, has been appointed Tenured Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. McClung’s research focuses on using animal models to understand how circadian rhythm alterations contribute to the liability for substance dependence, as well as for mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and major depression. She is an expert in the application of cutting...

Say Hello to Our New PGY1 Psychiatry Residents and Chief Residents

Western Psychiatric Hospital Welcomes New Resident Class

2020-2021 PGY1 Residents Please join us in welcoming the newest members of our Psychiatry Residency Program! Among seniors graduating from medical school, interest in Psychiatry, and especially in our residency program, has continued to grow in recent years. This year, we are proud to introduce an outstanding class of PGY1 residents entering our General Psychiatry, General and Child, Family Medicine and Psychiatry...

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