Faculty

Drs. David Brent and William Klunk Elected to the School of Medicine Executive Committee of the Faculty David Brent, MDThe Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that two of its faculty members have been elected as representatives to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Executive Committee of the Faculty. David Brent, MD, Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies and Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics...

Martica Hall, PhD Selected for Strategic Research Award by American Sleep Medicine Foundation The American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) has presented Martica Hall, PhD with their Strategic Research Award. This highly competitive program selects only three projects each year to support and is designed to support research aimed at improving quality of health care delivery in the field of sleep medicine. Through...

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the promotion of Eydie Moses-Kolko, MD to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Moses-Kolko completed an internship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and her psychiatry residency at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC). After obtaining postdoctoral...

Dr. Jeremy Musher Accepts American Medical AssociationCPT Panel's Educational Excellence Award on Behalf of theAmerican Psychiatric AssociationJeremy S. Musher, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, accepted the American Medical Association (AMA) CPT Panel's Educational Excellence Award along with his colleague, David Nace, MD, Vice President and Medical Director, McKesson Health Solutions. The award is given in...

NARSAD Young Investigator AwardsThe Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that the following individuals have been selected by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation to receive NARSAD Young Investigator Awards:Ryan Logan, PhDIdentifying Neurotherapeutic Epigenetic Targets for the Treatment of Bipolar DisorderDr. Ryan Logan earned his PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Maine. A...

Mary Amanda Dew, Ph.D. will be inducted as a Fellow in the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine in November 2013. This is an honor not only for Dr. Dew, but for the Department of Psychiatry, as she is one of the few psychologists ever to have been inducted into the Academy.The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine represents psychiatrists dedicated to the advancement of medical science, education, and healthcare for...