Faculty

We are delighted to announce that Lori Scott, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Scott earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Penn State University. Having completed her clinical internship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH), Dr. Scott remained in Pittsburgh to undertake postdoctoral training in the National Institute of...

We are delighted to announce that Sarah Stahl, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Stahl earned her PhD in developmental psychology from West Virginia University. Upon completion of her postdoctoral training in geriatric psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, she joined the Pitt Psychiatry faculty in 2014 as assistant professor. An...

We are delighted to announce that Lauren Bylsma, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Bylsma earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of South Florida. She came to Pittsburgh for postdoctoral research training in the Department of Psychiatry’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded T32 training program for...

We are delighted to announce that Natacha De Genna, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. De Genna earned her PhD in developmental psychology from Concordia University (Montreal, Québec). After receiving her doctorate, she arrived in Pittsburgh to conduct postdoctoral research in substance use epidemiology as part of the Department of...

Congratulations to the most recent graduates of the Clinician-Educator Faculty Development Program (CEFDP)! The CEFDP is a Department of Psychiatry professional development opportunity for 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 medical center can be challenging...

We are delighted to announce that Zachary Freyberg, MD, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Freyberg received his MD, and his PhD in Developmental & Molecular Biology from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. At New York Presbyterian Hospital, he completed his internship in internal medicine, neurology, and psychiatry, and residency in...