Department

On October 5, 2021, Pitt Psychiatry faculty members, trainees, and staff gathered—masked and socially distanced—in person once again for the Department’s Research Half Day and Research Resources Revue. This unique, combined event featured 96 posters highlighting the latest basic, translational, and clinical research findings from Department investigators, including health disparities research. Sixteen Research...

The annual Mindscapes art exhibition merges art and science to promote community awareness of mental illness, and raise funds for local organizations that provide services for individuals with mental illness. Mindscapes 2021 was a hybrid event, with an online sale and an in-person reception at Imagebox gallery in Pittsburgh, and was organized by Rebecca A. DeGiosio (University of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience...

The Medical Students Pride Alliance at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is piloting a new mentorship program this fall to pair LGBTQ+ medical students with physicians in Pittsburgh. The program aims to connect students with faculty members who can help them navigate all aspects of their medical education, especially those that relate to being a sexual or gender minority. Ideally, mentors and students...

Two recent presentations offered audiences from the Department of Psychiatry and beyond a nuanced look at health disparities and trauma in psychiatry. Eraka Bath, MD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California / Los Angeles) delivered a Department of Psychiatry Distinguished Scientist Lecture, “Addressing Reproductive...

StatsEye (“Stat-Psy”), a newly established collaborative, engages individuals who are excited about developing and applying novel statistical methods for psychiatry. We spoke with Meredith Wallace, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Statistics, and Biostatistics), and Dana Tudorascu, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biostatistics), who formed the group in collaboration with James Wilson, PhD...

Please join us in welcoming the 2021-2022 Clinical Psychology Internship class! The American Psychological Association-accredited program is co-led by Tina Goldstein, PhD, and Michele Levine, PhD. This yearlong experience adheres to a clinical science model of training and professional development, emphasizing research and clinical training integration, as well as a commitment to empirically informed approaches to...