News

September 27, 2021

Eraka Bath, MD, & Paula Powe, MD, Current Research in Trauma-Informed Psychiatry

Two recent presentations offered audiences from the Department of Psychiatry and beyond a nuanced look at health disparities and trauma in psychiatry. Eraka Bath, MD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California / Los Angeles) delivered a Department of Psychiatry Distinguished Scientist Lecture, “Addressing Reproductive...

September 22, 2021

Department

StatsEye: A Community of Statisticians Across the University of Pittsburgh

StatsEye: Drs. Dana Tudorascu and Meredith Wallace

StatsEye (“Stat-Psy”), a newly established collaborative, engages individuals who are excited about developing and applying novel statistical methods for psychiatry. We spoke with Meredith Wallace, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Statistics, and Biostatistics), and Dana Tudorascu, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biostatistics), who formed the group in collaboration with James Wilson, PhD...

September 20, 2021

Faculty

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Jessica Gannon, MD, to Associate Professor of Psychiatry

We are delighted to announce that Jessica Gannon, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Gannon earned her MD from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed her psychiatric residency at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). She joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry as assistant professor and was...

September 17, 2021

Department

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Welcomes the Clinical Psychology Intern Class of 2021-2022

Class of 2022 Clinical Psychology Interns

Please join us in welcoming the 2021-2022 Clinical Psychology Internship class! The American Psychological Association-accredited program is co-led by Tina Goldstein, PhD, and Michele Levine, PhD. This yearlong experience adheres to a clinical science model of training and professional development, emphasizing research and clinical training integration, as well as a commitment to empirically informed approaches to...

September 15, 2021

Faculty

Alexandre Dombrovski, MD, on Decision-Making in Suicide

Alexandre Dombrovski, MD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry) is an expert in both geriatric psychiatry and suicide. Using the methods of decision neuroscience, he seeks to understand what disruptions in decision processes result in disadvantageous decisions, including the tragic decision to end one’s life. We spoke to Dr. Dombrovski about his work in elucidating the roles of learning and decision-making in...

September 13, 2021

Faculty

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Matthew MacDonald, PhD, to Associate Professor of Psychiatry

We are delighted to announce that Matthew MacDonald, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. MacDonald earned his PhD in pharmacology from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his postdoctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded Training in...