Faculty

Susanne Ahmari, MD, PhD JoinsTranslational Neuroscience Program Faculty Please join us in welcoming Susanne Ahmari, MD, PhD to the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Ahmari was appointed Assistant Professor of Psychiatry effective October first and will work closely with faculty in the Translational Neuroscience Program and throughout in addition to forming collaborations with other researchers within and outside of the...

SmartCAT App Selected for National Behavioral Health Patient Empowerment Challenge Award Congratulations to Jennifer Silk, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, and her colleague, Bambang Parmanto, PhD, Professor of Rehabilitation and Health Sciences at Pitt, on the selection of their SmartCAT application by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) for a...

Department Welcomes Henry Chase, PhD to Faculty The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the appointment of Henry Chase, PhD as a Research Instructor in Psychiatry. Dr. Chase is conducting research in the area of major depression and bipolar disorder, specifically using neuropsychological and functional neuroimaging methods. He has been actively engaged in research in the Department's Mood and Brain...

Tobias Teichert, PhD, joins TNP Faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome Dr. Tobias Teichert to the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Translational Neuroscience Program (TNP). After completing his PhD in Psychology at Philipps-University Marburg in Germany, Dr. Teichert held a Postdoctoral Research Scientist position in the Department of...

David Lewis, MD, Receives the William E. Brown Outstanding MSTP Mentor Award On Friday, August 16, 2013, David Lewis, MD was awarded the William E. Brown Outstanding Mentor Award during the 2013 Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Annual Retreat. The recipient of this annual award is elected by Pitt?s MSTP students in recognition of extraordinary performance and achievement in mentoring. The award is named in...

Judith K. Morgan, PhD Appointed to Faculty The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that Dr. Judith Morgan has been appointed Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Morgan is a graduate of the University of Alabama (B.S., Psychology, 2004) where she was selected as a McNair Scholar. She earned her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Delaware in 2010 where she also received a...