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The Department of Psychiatry and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) welcomed over 150 clinician educators, trainees and staff to WPSY on October 11, 2018 for the Seventh Annual Clinician Educator Showcase. The Showcase kicked off with a luncheon and interactive poster session that provided plenty of networking opportunities. Two members of our faculty were recognized for their outstanding service and many...

With a shared passion for fighting mental health stigma, two Department of Psychiatry neuroscientists decided that they wanted to do something beyond their research that could have a more immediate impact on those suffering from mental illness. Drs. Lizzie Manning and Micah Shelton, researchers from the Translational Neuroscience Program, organized an exhibit of artwork created by Pittsburgh brain researchers and...

The Graduate School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a new T32 pre- and postdoctoral training program in Population Neuroscience of Aging & Alzheimer’s Disease funded by the National Institute on Aging. The program is codirected by Drs. Caterina Rosano, Professor of Epidemiology, and Mary Ganguli, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Neurology...

Front Row: Michele Levine, PhD (Co-Director), Andrea Wieckowski, Caroline Hoyniak, Karen Jakubowski Back Row: Elizabeth Fyne (Administrator), Katherine Foster, Kathryn Fox, and Tina Goldstein, PhD (Co-Director) The Clinical Psychology Internship program has welcomed a new class of talented students from across the country to Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. This year, more than 3,100 applicants were...

Registration is now open for the Seventh Annual Clinician Educator Showcase, slated for October 11th. This special half-day event, hosted by the Department of Psychiatry and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) and Community Care Behavioral Health, celebrates the many accomplishments of our talented clinician educators and staff and features an interactive plenary session and breakout sessions on a wide...

The Department is pleased to welcome the following physicians to the faculty: Daniel Fishman MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Fishman earned his MD at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed his adult psychiatry residency at WPIC. As a resident, he also participated in the Academic Administrator Clinician-Educator track and completed a Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship. He serves...