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University of Pittsburgh Awards Tenure to Antoine Douaihy, MD

We are delighted to announce that Antoine Douaihy, MD, has received conferral of tenure at the rank of professor by the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Douaihy is an outstanding clinical leader, teacher, and researcher with broad expertise in addiction medicine and dual diagnosis, as well as substance use and co-morbid HIV. He is senior academic director of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH)’s Addiction Medicine...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Leslie Horton, PhD, to Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Leslie Horton, PhD

We are pleased to announce that Leslie Horton, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Horton earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, having completed a clinical psychology internship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). She conducted postdoctoral research training in Psychiatry’s...

Ann Cohen, PhD, Elected to National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center Steering Committee

Dr. Annie Cohen

Congratulations to Ann Cohen, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry), who has been elected to the National Institute on Aging’s (NIA) National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) Steering Committee for a three-year term. The NACC serves as the centralized data repository, collaboration, and communication hub for the NIA’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRC) Program. At the University of Pittsburgh, Dr...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Abigail Schlesinger, MD, to Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Abigail Schlesinger

We are pleased to announce that Abigail Schlesinger, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Schlesinger earned her MD from the University of Pittsburgh and completed general psychiatry residency and a research fellowship in perinatal mental health at the University of Michigan. Dr. Schlesinger came to Pittsburgh for a clinical fellowship in child and...

Piper Carroll, MD, Receives Gateway Medical Society Rising Star Award

Dr. Piper Carroll Is Presented with Rising Star Award

Please join us in congratulating Piper Carroll, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), who has received the Gateway Medical Society 2025 Rising Star Award. The Rising Star Award recognizes physicians who demonstrate consistent leadership and commitment to the tenets of clinical excellence, community health & advocacy, and tangible work to reduce health disparities within care delivery systems and within the health...

Nature Names Thomas Karikari, PhD, a Rising Star in Aging Research 

Thomas Karikari, PhD

The journal Nature has named Thomas Karikari, PhD, one of three Rising Stars in Aging Research. Dr. Karikari is an internationally recognized expert in plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease. His research focuses on improving our understanding of the mechanistic and biochemical basis of neurodegenerative proteinopathies in the human brain and biofluids, and applying this knowledge to the development of diagnostic...

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