Faculty

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has promoted Dr. James Tew, Jr. to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Tew is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the psychiatry residency program and the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC). He was appointed to the Department of Psychiatry faculty in 2006 and...

Two members of the Department of Psychiatry have been selected for Travel Awards by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP). Jill Glausier, PhD is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and an active member of the Translational Neuroscience Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include investigating excitatory signaling and oxidative phosphorylation alterations in schizophrenia...

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome Dr. Caroline Oppenheimer to its faculty. After earning a PhD in Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Denver in 2014, Dr. Oppenheimer moved to Pittsburgh to complete a clinical psychology internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC. She obtained postdoctoral training through the federally funded Child and Adolescent Mental Health...

The University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has presented Dr. Marianne Seney with a Pain Research Challenge Award. The award will support Dr. Seney?s study of a mouse model of comorbid chronic pain and depression/anxiety that is directly informed by human studies. Several chronic pain conditions have a high rate of comorbidity with psychiatric disorders, including depression and...

Congratulations to Dr. Jack Rozel on his selection as the President Elect by the members of the American Association of Emergency Psychiatry. The association is the leading national organization dedicated to the improvement of compassionate, evidence-based care for people with psychiatric emergencies. Dr. Rozel, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, has been working in emergency...

Like many of our faculty members, Dr. Julie Kmiec is committed to meeting the needs of people who often lack access to health care services. When she was invited by the Global Brigades chapter at her alma mater, Smith College, to accompany them to rural Honduras as part of a mobile health clinic, she enthusiastically answered "Yes!" Global Brigades is an international non-profit organization that aims to meet the...