Department

Congratulations to Kelley Victor, MD, who received an Excellence in Patient Experience Award at the 2021 Dr. Loren Roth Quality and Patient Safety Awards. Dr. Victor was rated by her patients as a Top UPMC Physician by Specialty for Pediatric Psychiatry. Dr. Victor completed her residency training in child and adolescent psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, and is currently a psychiatrist for Children's...

We are delighted to announce that Anneliese (Lisa) Murphree (Department of Psychiatry Director of Faculty Recruitment & Program Innovation) has been named a UPMC MyHealth Role Model! Lisa was nominated by her colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry Chair’s office. They wrote: “In March 2020, just as the pandemic struck, Lisa gave birth to her first child. Two months later, when her daughter was still an infant...

The Psychiatry Research Pathway (PRP) Symposium provides UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital residents engaged in research the opportunity to present their work to an audience of fellow residents, faculty mentors, T32 postdoctoral research program directors, and other members of our academic development community. This year, 10 residents presented current and/or future research, followed by Q&A and lively discussion...

The fourth biennial Child and Adolescent Bipolar Services (CABS) conference, held virtually, addressed the theme “Untangling Bipolar Disorder in Youth: Comorbidity, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.” The CABS conference presents current research and clinical knowledge about the treatment of bipolar disorder and comorbid conditions to professionals, patients, and families, and is organized by Boris Birmaher, MD...

On October 5, 2021, Pitt Psychiatry faculty members, trainees, and staff gathered—masked and socially distanced—in person once again for the Department’s Research Half Day and Research Resources Revue. This unique, combined event featured 96 posters highlighting the latest basic, translational, and clinical research findings from Department investigators, including health disparities research. Sixteen Research...

The annual Mindscapes art exhibition merges art and science to promote community awareness of mental illness, and raise funds for local organizations that provide services for individuals with mental illness. Mindscapes 2021 was a hybrid event, with an online sale and an in-person reception at Imagebox gallery in Pittsburgh, and was organized by Rebecca A. DeGiosio (University of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience...