Faculty

Yanhua Huang, PhD Joins Department Faculty Please join us in welcoming Yanhua Huang, PhD to the Department of Psychiatry faculty. Dr. Huang is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and will be collaborating with colleagues in the Translational Neuroscience Program and other research faculty. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh, Dr. Huang held postdoctoral fellowship and research positions at Harvard and Washington State...

The Department of Psychiatry has presented Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD with the 2012 Emerging Mentorship Award. The award is presented to a faculty member in recognition of their ongoing commitment to the training and mentorship of students, fellows and junior faculty to help them achieve success in their academic careers. Dr. Szigethy is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Medicine, and serves as the...

Congratulations to Cynthia Conklin, PhD on her promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Conklin joined the Department of Psychiatry faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2003 after earning her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University and completing a two-year post doctoral fellowship through the Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Research Program at the University of Pittsburgh. In...

Dr. Karen Matthews to Deliver Keynote Address at 2012 Research Day Karen Matthews, PhD will deliver the keynote address at the Department of Psychiatry?s Twelfth Annual Research Day on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Dr. Matthews is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Epidemiology and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and an internationally recognized behavioral health scientist. Her extensive...

Jennifer Silk, PhD Named 2011 Klerman Honorable Mention Prizewinner The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) has named Jennifer Silk, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, as a 2011 Klerman Award Honorable Mention Prizewinner. Dr. Silk?s research focuses on the role of emotion regulation in trajectories of depression and anxiety in high-risk children and adolescents, with a focus on the integration of...

Work of NARSAD Young Investigator Grantees Highlighted by Brain & Behavior Research Foundation The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) recently featured the work of two Department of Psychiatry NARSAD grantees focusing on the mental health of older Americans. In its recent quarterly publication, the Foundation highlighted research being conducted by Drs. Carmen Andreescu and Jordan Karp in the University of...