Faculty

Each year the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine recognizes outstanding faculty contributions to medical education through several prestigious awards at its annual Curriculum Colloquium. Honorees are selected by the Award Review Committee and the Dean, based on nominations by students and faculty. This year, Department of Psychiatry faculty garnered five awards in recognition of their outstanding...

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has appointed Dr. Mary Phillips to its Scientific Council. The Council is composed of 173 world-renowned scientists and is responsible for reviewing and selecting the most promising research ideas with the greatest potential to lead to breakthroughs. Dr. Phillips is the Pittsburgh Foundation-Emmerling Endowed Chair in Psychotic Disorders, and Professor in Psychiatry and...

The Department of Psychiatry is honored to announce that Dr. Charles F. Reynolds, III, has been selected for the highest academic honor accorded by the University of Pittsburgh - appointment as Distinguished Professor. This honor recognizes a recipient?s eminence and outstanding contributions in a particular field of study. Dr. Reynolds, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences...

Please join us in congratulating Kurt Ackerman, MD, PhD on his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Ackerman earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester and is a graduate of the General Psychiatry residency training program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC). In 1997 Dr. Ackerman was appointed to the Pitt...

Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Thurston, PhD, on her selection by the International Menopause Society (IMS) for the prestigious Henry Burger Prize. Dr. Thurston was presented with the prize at the recent 15th World Congress on Menopause in Prague. The prize is awarded to the investigator who is judged as having published the most significant contributions to the field of menopause in basic science or clinical...

The receipt of a researcher's first R01 grant is an important milestone in their career as an independent scientist. Six investigators in the Department of Psychiatry, who recently completed NIH-funded mentored career development K grants, have successfully transitioned to their first R01 awards. These individuals, are representative of the many, next-generation scientists who are conducting innovative and exciting...