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The 70th annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), held in October 2023 highlighted and honored the innovative clinical and research achievements of Pitt Psychiatry faculty and trainees. AACAP Distinguished Fellows Heather Joseph, DO (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics), and Justin Schreiber, DO, MPH (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics) were named...

The October 2023 Behavioral Health and Aging Conference focused on two broad themes, sleep and cognitive impairment. Invited speakers, who focused on the association between geriatric mental health and sleep, discussed the link between sleep and both emotional and cognitive health in later life, behavioral approaches to improving sleep, and the use of hypnotic medications. Speakers addressing age and cognition...

Congratulations to Eric Thut (Residency Program Coordinator), and Meghan Wander (Academic Manager), of the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) Office of Residency Training, on their receipt of the 2023 UPMC Medical Education Outstanding Team of the Year! The award honors the hard work and dedication of a GME team that has gone above and beyond to support each other, their trainees, and their program, and was...

Two years ago, Rachel Kolko Conlon, PhD (Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), and Heather Joseph, DO (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics), were looking for opportunities to merge their mutual research interests in perinatal and infant mental health. They formed the Psychiatry Maternal Perinatal Infant Research Collaborative, which brings together faculty and trainees with both research and...

Please join us in welcoming the 2023-2024 Clinical Psychology Intern class! The American Psychological Association-accredited program is co-led by Tina Goldstein, PhD (Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Professor in Psychiatry Research and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology), and Michele Levine, PhD (Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and Associate Professor of...

We are proud to introduce our new class of PGY1 residents entering our General Psychiatry, General and Child, Family Medicine and Psychiatry, and Triple Board tracks. Please join us in welcoming this group of outstanding physicians as they embark on the next phase of their academic and clinical careers! In addition, the Office of Residency Training is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 Chief Residents: Chief...