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Research by our psychiatry residents was well represented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) in Washington, DC. Kristen Eckstrand, MD, PhD (PGY3) was presented with the 2017 AACAP Beatrix A. Hamburg Award for Best Research Poster for her poster titled “Anterior Cingulate Connectivity During Reward Processing Mediates the Relationship Between Trauma Exposure and Depressive and...

The Department of Psychiatry is mourning the passing of Dr. Rolf Loeber, an internationally renowned academic researcher and esteemed member of our faculty since 1984. Dr. Loeber was Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh and a Professor of Juvenile Delinquency and Social Development at the Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. With his wife and life...

Mindscapes, an exhibit of artwork created by Pittsburgh brain researchers and people who have experienced mental illness, was held at The Image Box as part of the Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn monthly art crawl. Drs. Lizzie Manning and Micah Shelton, researchers from the Translational Neuroscience Program (working with Dr. Susanne Ahmari and Dr. Ryan Logan, respectively), held the event during national Mental...

Sixth Annual Clinician Educator Showcase Highlights Innovationsin Teaching, Clinical Care, and Program Development The Department of Psychiatry and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC) welcomed over 120 clinician educators, trainees and staff to WPIC on October 12, 2017 for the Sixth Annual Clinician Educator Showcase. Two members of our faculty were recognized for their outstanding service and...

Clinical Psychology Internship Class of 2018 The Clinical Psychology Internship program has welcomed a new class of gifted students from across the United States to Pittsburgh. This year, over 3,100 applicants were matched to internship positions in North America. Our pre-doctoral internship program attracts some of the most gifted students. The incoming class represents a wide range of scientific and clinical...

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC) received a 2017 Fine Award for Teamwork Excellence from the Fine Foundation and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation for its initiative, The Peer Navigator Project: Embedding Peer Recovery Support in Acute Care Settings. The Fine Awards recognize teams of professionals in western Pennsylvania that provide innovative, quality improvement-centered treatment for...