Faculty

The Indo-American Psychiatric Association (IAPA) has selected Rameshwari Tumuluru, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, to receive its 2018 Outstanding Academician Award. She will receive the award at the organization’s annual scientific/business meeting to be held May 5, just prior to the American Psychiatry Association meeting in New York City. At the meeting, Dr. Tumuluru also will present a talk on the...

Katalin Szanto, MD focuses her research on the psychopathology, treatment, and prevention of suicidal behavior, particularly geriatric suicide. She conducted a psychological autopsy study, a successful suicide prevention program in primary care, and has extensive experience in interviewing practitioners who have lost patients by suicide. She founded the Longitudinal Research Program in Late-Life Suicide at the...

Daniel Buysse, MD, UPMC Professor of Sleep Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, has been elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP). He will be recognized at a formal dinner held during the organization’s annual meeting on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, IL. “I am honored to be elected to such a prestigious organization,” he said. “Even...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is commonly associated with combat service, but not everyone realizes that sleep disturbances are just as common in soldiers. It is estimated that 54% of those who have served in combat since 9/11 have insomnia, according to Anne Germain, PhD , who is an international leader in the field of sleep disturbances in trauma-related disorders, particularly PTSD. Dr. Germain is...

Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Genetics and Director, Program for Genetics and Psychosis, has dedicated the greater part of his career—spanning 25 years—to improving global mental health. Addressing the increasing global burden of mental illness and substance use disorders, he has collaborated with colleagues from Pittsburgh to Delhi, Mansoura, Cairo, and Hyderabad. Dr. Nimgaonkar...

The Department of Psychiatry is mourning the recent passing of Jeffrey Yao, PhD, an esteemed member of our faculty and an international expert in the field of psychopharmacology. Dr. Yao was a Senior Research Career Scientist at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) where he also directed the Neurochemistry and Psychopharmacology Laboratory for over 30 years, and was a Research Professor of Psychiatry and...