Faculty

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...

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine recently announced that Loren Roth, MD, MPH has been promoted to the rank of Distinguished Service Professor, one of the highest honors that the University of Pittsburgh can accord a member of the faculty. Designation as a Distinguished Service Professor recognizes distinctive contributions and outstanding service to the University community in support of its multi...

Rebecca Clark Thurston, PhD Elected to Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research Rebecca Clark Thurston, PhD has been elected to the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. The Academy is the honorary senior scientist society for those whose research exists at the interface of behavior and medicine. Election to this society is highly selective and is reserved for those with nationally and internationally behavioral...