Faculty

Dr. Susan Perlman Awarded BRAINS Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health Congratulations to Susan Perlman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, on her receipt of a Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This prestigious R01 award is intended to support the research and career development of outstanding...

Institute of Living to Present David Brent, MD with the C. Charles Burlingame Award For his multiple important contributions to psychiatry throughout his distinguished career, David Brent, MD was selected by the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital to receive the C. Charles Burlingame Award. The Burlingame Award will formally be presented to Dr. Brent at a special reception on evening of October 21st and he will...

Congratulations to LalithKumar Solai, MD on his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Solai received his medical degree from Kilpauk Medical College in Madras, India and completed his internship and residency training at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. After completing a two-year fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at the...

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has selected Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Medicine, as the recipient of the 2015 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation award for Research in Depression or Suicide. The award recognizes the best research paper on depression or suicide in the Journal of the American Association of Child & Adolescent...

Kenneth Fish, PhD Promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry Congratulations to Kenneth Fish, PhD on his promotion to the rank of associate professor of psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Fish received his PhD in molecular microbiology and immunology from the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in 1998. He obtained postdoctoral training at OHSU and The Scripps Research...

Congratulations to Dr. Carla Mazefsky on her promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Mazefsky is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). After receiving a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Virginia Commonwealth University, she obtained postdoctoral training at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric...