Department

The Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Office of Residency Training is pleased to announce the 2018-2019 Chief Residents: Chief Resident, Inpatient Services: Alex Israel, MD Chief Resident, Ambulatory Services: Abigail Besch, MD Chief Residents, Child Fellowship and Triple Board: Allison Foroobar, MD and Sara Harmon, MD Chief Residents, Family Medicine/Psychiatry: Emily Cottrell, MD and Jiayun Lu, MD Chief...

Heather Joseph, DO, received the Junior Investigator Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). The award is given to one child and adolescent psychiatry junior faculty (assistant professor level or equivalent) and is intended to facilitate innovative basic or clinical research relevant to the understanding, treatment, and prevention of child and adolescent mental health disorders...

The Department of Psychiatry welcomed more than 450 attendees to the 18th Annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day at the University Club on the University of Pittsburgh Oakland campus. The event celebrates the many and diverse research activities of our faculty, trainees, students, and staff. The morning session featured 146 poster presentations representing a wide range of research interests. Faculty experts...

Please join us in congratulating the 2018 graduates of Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Residency and Clinical Fellowship programs. Residents, fellows, and their families and friends celebrated at the graduation ceremony held at the University Club on June 2. The event recognized the completion of an important component of the residents’ medical training and the outstanding contributions of Department...

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) resident housestaff held their annual Kickball Classic fundraiser on May 19 at Sheraden Park. This year’s theme was “Don’t Stop Ball-ieving,” and the residents raised more than $1,000 to benefit Peoples Oakland, a recovery and wellness center for people living with serious mental illness and co-occurring disorders. The event, organized by resident social action chair...

Congratulations to Traci M. Kennedy, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow working with Department of Psychiatry faculty mentors Brooke Molina, PhD, and Sarah Pederson, PhD, on receiving a Best Poster Award from the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association (UPPDA). Dr. Kennedy was presented with the award for her presentation “ Does Monitoring ADHD Symptoms Improve Them? A Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary...