Faculty

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the promotion of Eydie Moses-Kolko, MD to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Moses-Kolko completed an internship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and her psychiatry residency at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC). After obtaining postdoctoral...

Dr. Jeremy Musher Accepts American Medical AssociationCPT Panel's Educational Excellence Award on Behalf of theAmerican Psychiatric Association Jeremy S. Musher, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, accepted the American Medical Association (AMA) CPT Panel's Educational Excellence Award along with his colleague, David Nace, MD, Vice President and Medical Director, McKesson Health Solutions. The award is given in...

NARSAD Young Investigator Awards The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that the following individuals have been selected by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation to receive NARSAD Young Investigator Awards: Ryan Logan, PhD Identifying Neurotherapeutic Epigenetic Targets for the Treatment of Bipolar DisorderDr. Ryan Logan earned his PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Maine. A...

Mary Amanda Dew, Ph.D. will be inducted as a Fellow in the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine in November 2013. This is an honor not only for Dr. Dew, but for the Department of Psychiatry, as she is one of the few psychologists ever to have been inducted into the Academy.The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine represents psychiatrists dedicated to the advancement of medical science, education, and healthcare for...

Jessica Levenson, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in the University of Pittsburgh Translational Research Training in Sleep Medicine Fellowship, has been selected for the 2013 Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Award from the American Psychological Foundation. The grant supports innovative research, education, and interventions in: 1) Understanding and fostering the connection between...

Boris Birmaher, MD Presented with Colvin Prize Congratulations to Boris Birmaher, MD on being selected by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation for the 2013 Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research. Dr. Birmaher is the Endowed Chair in Early Onset Bipolar Disease and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and serves as the Co-Director of the...