Faculty

December 4, 2017

Faculty

Robert A. Sweet, MD Receives NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grant

Robert A. Sweet, MD has been selected to receive a NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. The NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants ($100,000 each) are among the most competitive in mental health research and are awarded to established scientists with a record of outstanding research accomplishments and who are pursuing particularly innovative project ideas. Dr...

November 28, 2017

Faculty

Eva M. Szigethy, MD, PhD presented with Simon Wile Leadership in Consultation Award

Dr. Szigethy Receives Simon Wile Award from AACAP

Eva M. Szigethy, MD, PhD has been presented with the 2017 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's (AACAP) Simon Wile Leadership in Consultation Award. The award acknowledges outstanding leadership and continuous contributions in the field of consultation-liaison child and adolescent psychiatry and is named after Simon Wile, MD, a renowned pediatrician and lifelong supporter of child and adolescent...

November 14, 2017

Faculty

Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Talented New Researcher Dr. Polina Vanyukov to Its Faculty

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome Polina Vanyukov, PhD to its faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Vanyukov studies decision-making in suicide and the social and cognitive aspects of decision-making. Her research characterizes impairments associated with suicidal behaviors using behavioral, eye-tracking, and brain-imaging methods. Dr. Vanyukov earned an undergraduate degree in Logic...

October 19, 2017

Faculty

Abigail Schlesinger, MD Appointed Associate Professor by Pitt School of Medicine

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the promotion of Abigail Schlesinger, MD to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Schlesinger received her MD from the University of Pittsburgh and completed the psychiatry residency training program and a clinical child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic...

September 13, 2017

Faculty

Colvin Prize

Congratulations to Mary Phillips, MD, MD (CANTAB) on her selection for the prestigious Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. Dr. Phillips is an internationally renowned scientist in the field of mood disorders research and directs the Clinical and Translational Affective Neuroscience Program at the University of Pittsburgh Department of...

September 6, 2017

Faculty

Dr. Justin Schreiber Appointed John F. McDermott Editor-in-Residence of JAACAP for 2018-2019

Justin Schreiber, DO, MPH, FAAP was appointed the John F. McDermott Editor-in-Residence of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) for the 2018-2019 term. JAACAP is the flagship journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). The assistant editor-in-residence position provides the opportunity for an early-career child and adolescent psychiatrist to...