Faculty

We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Price, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Price earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Rutgers University and completed an internship in clinical psychology at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. She then undertook T32 postdoctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry under the...

The Department of Psychiatry is delighted to announce that Helmet Karim, PhD, Jiying Ning, PhD, and Stephanie Puig, PhD, have joined the Department of Psychiatry faculty. Jiying Ning, PhD Dr. Ning (Research Instructor in Psychiatry) is trained in biochemistry and structural biology. She earned her PhD in Environmental Science from the Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

We are delighted to announce that Amelia Versace, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Versace earned her MD from the University of Verona School of Medicine in Italy, where she also completed her residency, as well as predoctoral and postdoctoral training. Dr. Versace then joined the University of Pittsburgh to conduct a one-year...

We are delighted to announce that Jason Rosenstock, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Rosenstock earned his MD from Brown University and completed his residency at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). He has been a member of the Pitt Psychiatry faculty since 1996, and has served as Director, Medical Student Education since 2005. Last year...

We are delighted to announce that Meryl Butters, PhD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Butters is an internationally recognized expert in geriatric mental health. Through her exploration of the interface of depression and cognitive decline, she has contributed important new insights related to our understanding of dementia symptoms in the elderly...

Congratulations to Joseph Pierri, MD, Neeta Shenai, MD, and Daniel Varon, MD, who have been honored for excellence in education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine annual Curriculum Colloquium. The event recognizes outstanding faculty contributions to medical education through classroom and clinical teaching, mentoring and innovation. Faculty and students submit nominations for the awards, and...