Faculty

Dr. Jason Rosenstock, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, has been appointed the Chair of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Curriculum Committee. Dr. Rosenstock will begin his three-year appointment on September 1, 2015. The Curriculum Committee monitors the broad scope of the curriculum and implements and oversees all planned curricular changes. In addition, it serves as a forum to review and approve...

Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award The Sleep Research Society has presented Daniel J. Buysse, MD with the 2015 Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award. The award was presented to Dr. Buysse for his outstanding efforts in disseminating basic or clinical sleep and circadian research as a mentor, teacher and through public education. " I am deeply honored to receive this award from the Sleep Research...

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has promoted Stephanie Stepp, PhD to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Stepp earned a Master?s degree and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Missouri. She is also a graduate of the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) Psychology Internship Program and obtained additional training as a postdoctoral scholar in the...

Congratulations to Kadiamada N.R. Chengappa, MD on his selection by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology for its Best Paper in Journal Award. The award was presented to Dr. Chengappa on June 23rd at the Society's annual meeting in Miami Beach, FL in recognition of his article titled "Smoking Cessation in Bipolar Disorder: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study." Dr. Chengappa is Professor of...

The United States Attorney General has appointed Edward Mulvey, PhD to a two-year term as the chair of the 18-member U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Science Advisory Board. The Board consists of nationally recognized scholars and practitioners in criminology, statistics, sociology and practitioners in the criminal and juvenile justice fields. Its mission is to provide the OJP bureaus and...

Matthew MacDonald, PhD Appointed Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Please join is in welcoming Matthew MacDonald, PhD to the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry faculty. After earning a Bachelor?s degree in Biology from Ogelthorpe University in Atlanta, GA, Dr. MacDonald studied the pathology of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia through mRNA expression in the human brain and peripheral tissue as well...