Faculty

Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Thurston, PhD, on her selection by the International Menopause Society (IMS) for the prestigious Henry Burger Prize. Dr. Thurston was presented with the prize at the recent 15th World Congress on Menopause in Prague. The prize is awarded to the investigator who is judged as having published the most significant contributions to the field of menopause in basic science or clinical...

The receipt of a researcher's first R01 grant is an important milestone in their career as an independent scientist. Six investigators in the Department of Psychiatry, who recently completed NIH-funded mentored career development K grants, have successfully transitioned to their first R01 awards. These individuals, are representative of the many, next-generation scientists who are conducting innovative and exciting...

Please join us in congratulating Andrea DiMartini, MD on her promotion to Professor of Psychiatry and Surgery. Following her residency at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC), Dr. DiMartini was appointed to the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry faculty in 1991. She was promoted to associate professor in 2001 and also holds secondary faculty appointments in the Department of...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant of up to $14 million to a research team co-led by Dr. Alison Hipwell to study the preconception effects of stress on childhood development. The grant is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) initiative, which has awarded $157 million in NIH grants to support dozens of longitudinal, cohort studies...

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the promotion of Carol M. Greco, PhD to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Greco is an accomplished clinical scientist and educator who has a national and international reputation in the area of mindfulness. She held positions at the University of Virginia Medical Center before embarking on her...

Three members of the Department of Psychiatry faculty have been selected from a large pool of applicants to participate in the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Medical Education Certificate (MERC) Program. The MERC program aims to help medical education leaders to learn research skills that will enhance their ability to develop and implement medical education research projects. Priya Gopalan, MD has...