Faculty

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the promotion of Robert Hudak, MD to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Hudak earned his medical degree from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine through Youngstown State University and completed his residency at Case Western Reserve University where he served as chief resident in his final year. Prior to his recruitment by the...

The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation has selected two researchers from the Department of Psychiatry to receive a NARSAD Young Investigator Award.Marianne Seney, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, will use the award to investigate the impaired balance in excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission in depression possibly resulting from decreased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-mediated inhibition. The study...

Please join us in congratulating Duncan B. Clark, MD, PhD, on his promotion to the rank of Professor of Psychiatry with tenure by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He also holds an appointment in Pharmaceutical Sciences in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Clark completed a doctorate degree in Psychology, a clinical internship and postdoctoral training at UCLA. After...

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology presents Mary Phillips, MD with the Joel Elkes Research Award The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) has presented Mary L. Phillips, MD, MD (CANTAB) with the prestigious Joel Elkes Research Award in recognition of her outstanding clinical contributions to neuropsychopharmacology, and to increasing our understanding of self-regulatory processes as they...

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Rasim Somer Diler to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Diler is a graduate of the Istanbul University School of Medicine. He completed postdoctoral training and was a faculty member of the Çukurova University Medical School in Adana, Turkey prior to his relocation to Pittsburgh in 2000 to enter the research/clinical track...

Yanhua Huang, PhD Receives Travel Awardfrom American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congratulations to Yanhua Huang, PhD on her receipt of a Travel Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP). Dr. Huang was selected as a Travel Awardee from over 300 submissions received by the organization. The award is supporting her participation at the 2014 ACNP Annual Meeting, which is taking place in...