Faculty

Mary Amanda Dew, PhD has been appointed to the University of Pittsburgh IRB Advisory Committee on Social and Behavioral Research. Dr. Dew was invited to serve on the committee as the representative for the Schools of the Health Sciences. The Committee serves as a liaison between the IRB and investigators in the Provost's area schools as well as other schools that include members engaged in social/behavioral...

Three Department of Psychiatry researchers have been awarded NARSAD Young Investigator Awards from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. Melynda Casement, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, will study the relationship between chronic inflammation and depression in young women with moderate to severe depressive symptoms. Research suggests that inflammation might contribute to depression by damaging brain...

Please join us in congratulating Antoine Douaihy, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, on his receipt of the Donald Fraley Award for Medical Student Mentoring. Named in honor of the late Donald S. Fraley, MD, alumnus of the School of Medicine and past chair of the Curriculum Committee, the award recognizes individuals for their outstanding contribution to medical education through their service as mentors to...

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Rosenstock on his receipt of the William I. Cohen Award for Excellence in Education. This award recognizes faculty who consistently provide outstanding clinical skills instruction for first and second year medical students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In addition to the Cohen Award, Dr. Rosenstock was also selected to receive the Award for Outstanding Mini...

The International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology (ICGP) has presented Meryl A. Butters, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, with the 2015 Senior Investigator Award. Dr. Butters was presented with the award at the recent ICGP Annual Meeting that took place in Palo Alto, CA. The award recognizes Dr. Butters's outstanding research contributions on the interface...

Thomson Reuters has a new methodology for determining the scientific impact of investigators in different fields. In each field they have listed the top 1% of researchers for most cited documents. Using this new methodology in 2014-2015, three researchers in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry were ranked: Drs. William Klunk (left), David Lewis (middle) and David Kupfer (right). Dr. Klunk is well...