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Health Disparities Researcher César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD, Discusses Social Media Use and Depression Among Sexual and Gender Minority Persons

Meet Health Disparities Researcher César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD

César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD (he/him), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, leads the Program in Internet Delivered Interventions on LGBTQA+ Mental Health, and a National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities-funded grant focused on social media use and depression outcomes among lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults. This study seeks to identify social media behaviors and use patterns that influence...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Dara Sakolsky, MD, PhD, to Associate Professor of Psychiatry 

Dara Sakolsky, MD, PhD, Promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry 

We are delighted to announce that Dara Sakolsky, MD, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Sakolsky earned an MD, as well as her PhD in pharmacology, from Temple University School of Medicine and completed general psychiatry residency training and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH)...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes LalithKumar Solai, MD, to Professor of Psychiatry 

Dr. Solai Promoted to Professor of Psychiatry

We are pleased to announce that LalithKumar Solai, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. At UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH), Dr. Solai serves as Medical Director, Patient Safety. In addition, he is medical director of the Center for Interventional Psychiatry (CIP), overseeing care for patients with severe, difficult-to-treat depression and other...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Julie Kmiec, DO, to Associate Professor of Psychiatry 

Julie Kmiec, DO, Promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry 

We are delighted to announce that Julie Kmiec, DO, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Kmiec earned her medical degree from the Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her psychiatry residency and a fellowship in addiction psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). Dr. Kmiec became a...

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Elizabeth McGuier, PhD, to the Faculty

Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Elizabeth McGuier, PhD

We are pleased to announce that Elizabeth McGuier, PhD, has joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. McGuier earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Penn State University, and completed her psychology internship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She then came to Pittsburgh to undertake a National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences clinical and translational...

Boris Birmaher, MD, Honored by The American College of Psychiatrists

Dr. Boris Birmaher

We are delighted to announce that Boris Birmaher, MD (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Endowed Chair in Early Onset Bipolar Disease) has received the Award for Leadership in Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry from the American College of Psychiatrists. The Award recognizes an individual who has made sustained and substantial contributions to child, adolescent and young adult mental health as...

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