Faculty

The Department of Psychiatry is proud to announce that Dr. Susanne Ahmari has been presented with two awards in recognition of her significant contributions to scientific research. The Society for Biological Psychiatry will present Dr. Ahmari with the A.E. Bennett Research Award for Basic Sciences at a special ceremony on May 13, 2016 at its annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The award is presented by the Society...

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has promoted Dr. Howard Aizenstein to the rank of Professor of Psychiatry with tenure. Dr. Aizenstein also holds secondary appointments in Bioengineering and Clinical and Translational Science. Dr. Aizenstein is an expert in the field of geriatric psychiatry. He is well known for his research focusing on the cognitive and affective neuroscience of aging. As the...

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome Kristine Wilckens, PhD to its faculty. After earning a Master?s Degree in Psychology from New York University, Dr. Wilckens attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she participated in the predoctoral training program in Behavioral Brain Research and earned a PhD in Cognitive Psychology in 2012. As a postdoctoral scholar in the Clinical and Translational...

The Association for Geriatric Psychiatry has presented the organization's Distinguished Scientist Award to Dr. Robert Sweet, MD in recognition of his scientific contributions and extensive mentorship of junior researchers in the field of geriatric psychiatry. Dr. Sweet is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, and an active member of the University's Translational Neuroscience Program faculty. The long term...

Congratulations to Dr. John Donovan on his promotion to the rank of Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Donovan is a social psychologist and an expert on child, adolescent, and young adult problem behavior including alcohol and substance use and abuse. His work has advanced understanding of the interrelations among problem behaviors including problem drinking, marijuana...

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that two members of our faculty have been named the latest recipients of NARSAD Independent Investigator Awards by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. These two-year grants are awarded to researchers at the associate professor level and are designed to support a broad range of brain research projects. Colleen McClung, PhD Molecular Rhythms and Psychiatric...