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WPIC Ranked in the Top 10 for Psychiatric Care in U.S. News & World Report Annual Honor Roll of Best Hospitals Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC) has ranked in the top 10 hospital systems for psychiatric care in the United States in the 2013-2014 U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals annual survey rankings. WPIC earned its rating as one of the top psychiatric service providers in the...

Students of the CTMHR & CABD Fellowships Complete the 2014 Undergraduate Summer Research Program On Friday, July 25, 2014, the ten week summer portion of the Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programs, funded by the NIMH Conte Center for Translational Mental Health Research (CTMHR) and the PA Department of Health Grant on Cannabis and Adolescent Brain Development (CABD), ended with the students' final presentations...

Anne Penner, MD Selected for Association of Academic Psychiatry Fellowship Award Congratulations to Anne Penner, MD, a PGY5 Child Fellow, who has been selected to receive an Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) Fellowship Award. The selection process for this highly competitive award places great value upon a candidate?s promise as outstanding leaders, educators, researchers, and clinicians in the field of...

Joshua Morra, MD, PhD Selected for 2014 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award Program The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has announced the selection of Joshua Morra, MD, PhD, for the 2014 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award Program. The award will be presented to Dr. Morra at a meeting hosted by the National Institutes of Health on September 4-5, 2014 in Bethesda, Maryland. His participation at the meeting will...

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...