Faculty

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Manelis, PhD to its faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. After earning a PhD in Psychology from Rutgers University in 2009, Dr. Manelis obtained postdoctoral training in cognitive neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2013 Dr. Manelis joined the University of Pittsburgh's Clinical and Translational Affective...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Dr. Amy Herschell to Associate Professor of Psychiatry Congratulations to Amy Herschell, PhD on her promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Herschell is a graduate of West Virginia University where she earned Master?s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology. She also attended the...

Please join us in welcoming Sarah T. Stahl, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry to the Department of Psychiatry faculty. Dr. Stahl earned her PhD in Life-span Developmental Psychology in 2011 from West Virginia University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Clinical Research Training in Geriatric Psychiatry program (T32) at the University of Pittsburgh prior to her appointment to the Department of...

Matthew MacDonald, PhD Presented with Young Investigator Awardby the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research Congratulations to Matthew MacDonald, PhD on his selection for a Young Investigator Travel Award from the International Conference on Schizophrenia Research. The purpose of the Young Investigator Award program is to stimulate research careers in the field of schizophrenia and provide an educational...

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...