Department

It’s time (right now!) to register for the Department of Psychiatry Annual Research Day! Date: Thursday, June 13, 2024 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: All activities will take place at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall on the University of Pittsburgh Oakland campus. This full-day event provides an excellent opportunity to meet investigators, learn more about their work, and share expertise and interests with...

Congratulations to Amy Hartman, PhD, who has received a Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Fellowship! The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation awards fellowship grants annually to outstanding postdoctoral scholars who are investigating the causes, prevention, and treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or depression. Dr. Hartman is a postdoctoral scholar...

The newly established Danny Hurley Schizophrenia Research Fund honors the life and legacy of Danny Hurley. Intelligent, curious, and creative, Danny developed an early fascination with both music and scientific inquiry, and excelled academically through elementary and high school, earning perfect SAT scores and serving as valedictorian of his graduating class. After matriculating to a top science and technology...

The fifth Child and Adolescent Bipolar Services (CABS) conference, focused on pediatric bipolar disorder spectrum disorders, addressed the theme, “Irritability and Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in Youth: Facts and Myths-Assessment, Monitoring and Treatment.” The CABS conference presents current research and clinical knowledge about the treatment of bipolar disorder and comorbid conditions to professionals, patients...

On March 21, 2024, Pitt Psychiatry clinician-educator faculty and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) staff, residents, and fellows gathered in the WPH auditorium and classrooms for the Department’s Clinician-Educator Showcase. The Showcase is an annual opportunity for clinician-educators to learn about promising clinical innovations and the latest quality improvement initiatives, as well as to connect and...

A team of investigators led by Mary Phillips, MD, MD (Cantab) (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical and Translational Science, and Bioengineering, and Pittsburgh Foundation-Emmerling Endowed Chair in Psychotic Disorders), have received a Baszucki Group grant to support their new center, “Elucidating Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying the Therapeutic Effect of the Ketogenic Diet in Bipolar Disorder (BD...