Faculty

We are delighted to announce that Tobias Teichert, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Teichert received his PhD in psychology from Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany) and completed postdoctoral training at the Columbia University Department of Neuroscience. After serving for a year as an Associate Research Scientist at Columbia, Dr...

We are delighted to announce that Cecile Ladouceur, PhD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Ladouceur earned her PhD in psychology from the University of Quebec, and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh. She has been a member of the Pitt Psychiatry faculty since 2005. At the Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience & Development...

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to two new faculty members who have joined our Department: Alain Altamirano-Espinoza, PhD (Research Instructor in Psychiatry) Dr. Altamirano-Espinoza received his PhD in neuropharmacology and experimental therapeutics from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV, Mexico) and conducted postdoctoral research at the...

We are delighted to announce that Carla Mazefsky, PhD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Mazefsky earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University, having completed her clinical internship at the Brown University School of Medicine. She remained at Virginia Commonwealth University for postdoctoral training at the Virginia...

This month, the most recent class of early-career clinician-educator faculty graduated from the Clinician-Educator Faculty Development Program (CEFDP), a professional development opportunity for Department of Psychiatry early-career clinician-educators, specially designed to enhance clinical and academic skills, and to foster peer network connections. Because the transition to a faculty position in an academic...

We are delighted to congratulate Colleen McClung, PhD (Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science), who has received a 2021 Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research. Dr. McClung was honored at the recent International Mental Health Research Virtual Symposium, where she delivered a presentation on the relationship between...