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2014 WPIC Resident Graduation The Department of Psychiatry recently celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2014 from the Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC. The graduation ceremony recognized the completion of an important component of the residents? medical training and the outstanding contributions of Department faculty and residents to medical education...

Faculty and trainees from the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry Sleep and Chronobiology Center (SCC) were a strong presence at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 31st through June 4th. The annual meeting featured the research and expertise of 22 faculty, postdoctoral fellows, residents, and medical students engaged...

The Department of Psychiatry hosted its 14th Annual Research Day on June 5, 2014 at the University Club in Oakland, attracting the largest number of participants in the history of the event. Dr. David Lewis, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and the UPMC Endowed Professor in Translational Neuroscience, welcomed over 300 registered guests to this year's event. Research Day is an important tradition that...

Department of Psychiatry Research Well Represented at 2014 Society for Biological Psychiatry Meeting The Society for Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) hosted its 69th annual scientific meeting in New York City, May 8-10, 2014. The wide range of research at the University of Pittsburgh?s Department of Psychiatry was well represented at the meeting. Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, residents, and medical students presented...

University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry Awarded $10 Million Grant from the National institute of Mental Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded a $10 million, five-year grant to fund the Silvio O. Conte Center for Translational Mental Health Research at the University of Pittsburgh?s Department of Psychiatry. The Center focuses on cortical cells, circuits, connectivity and...

Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Dr. Paul Summergrad to Pittsburgh for Annual Frederick L. Weniger Lecture The Department of Psychiatry looks forward to a visit by Dr. Paul Summergrad, President-Elect of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), on Friday, April 25 th when he visits Pittsburgh to present the Annual Frederick L. Weniger Lecture. The lecture will take place at noon in the Western Psychiatric...