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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...

Brandon McKinney, MD, PhD Selected to Participate in 2014 Summer Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health Congratulations to Brandon McKinney, MD, PhD, on being selected to participate in the 2014 Summer Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health. Dr. McKinney is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he earned his medical degree and a doctorate in Neuroscience. He is currently a PGY4 psychiatry...

New National Institute of Mental Health Award Funds Department of Psychiatry Undergraduate Research Fellowships The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh has received an award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to fund the Silvio O. Conte Center for Translational Mental Health Undergraduate Research Fellowships. The NIMH will provide $750,000 over five years to support the...