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The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) News Editorial Board has selected Dr. Erik Loraas as the AACAP News Resident Editor. Dr. Loraas was selected from a large and diverse pool of candidates to serve as the Resident Editor. He will officially begin his term with the 2016 March/April issue. AACAP News is an official membership publication of the Academy published six times annually. Dr...

32nd Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference Focuses on Role of Genetics and the Latest Treatment Options for Managing the Illness The 32nd Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference took place on November 6, 2015 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel and attracted an audience of over 300 researchers, clinicians, consumers and their families. This year?s meeting featured internationally renowned scientists...

A research team in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry has been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to participate in a multi-site study focusing on the impact of adolescent marijuana, alcohol and other drug use on the developing brain. The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study will follow nearly 10,000 nine and 10-year-old children over the...

Fourth Annual Clinician Educator Showcase Highlights Medical Education, Career Development and Clinical Innovations The Fourth Annual Clinician Educator Showcase took place on October 22, 2015 and was attended by over 150 faculty, staff and trainees. The Department was honored to feature Dr. Melissa McNeil as the plenary speaker. In her presentation, Dr. McNeil offered lessons learned from her own career trajectory...

Drs. Erin Smith and Barbara Nightingale Participate in the 2015 MINT Training of New Trainers (TNT) Conference in Berlin Erin Smith, MD, a PGY-4 resident, and Barbara Nightingale, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, were among a select group of physicians invited to participate in the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) Training of New trainers (TNT) workshop and annual...

The Psychiatry Residency Training program at the University of Pittsburgh is reputed for its clinical and research excellence and is consistently ranked high in the Doximity poll. In 2015 it was ranked seventh overall. The program receives more than 1300 applications per year, and 17 residents are accepted into the program annually. The diversity of the cohorts makes it difficult to describe the typical resident...