Faculty

The Department of Psychiatry welcomes Jessica Kettel, MD, PhD to the faculty. Dr. Kettel, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, completed the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Medical Scientist Training Program under the mentorship of Dr. Olivera Finn. She is a graduate of the General Psychiatry residency training program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, where she was a fellow in the Child and...

Tiffany F. Hughes, PhD, MPH, Joins Department of Psychiatry Faculty Please join us in welcoming Tiffany F. Hughes, PhD, MPH to the Department of Psychiatry faculty. Dr. Hughes earned her PhD in Aging Studies and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of South Florida, and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh under the mentorship of Mary Ganguli, MD before her appointment as a Research...

Latest Appointments of Department FacultyTo Federal Study Sections Three researchers have joined the many Department of Psychiatry faculty serving on federal study sections. Drs. John Donovan, Ellen Frank and Jordan Karp received four-year appointments to various federal study sections of the National Institutes of Health. John E. Donovan, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, will serve on the...

Tina Goldstein, PhD Promoted to Associate Professor Congratulations to Tina Goldstein, PhD on her promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Goldstein received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She completed the Psychology Internship program and a federally-funded postdoctoral fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at WPIC prior to her appointment...

Department Welcomes Sarah Pedersen, PhD to Faculty The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome Sarah L. Pedersen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, to our faculty. After receiving a Master?s degree and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Missouri, Dr. Pedersen completed a clinical psychology internship and a post doctoral fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Department of...

AACAP Recognizes the Work of David Axelson, MD The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has presented David Axelson, MD with the 2012 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide. The award recognizes the best research paper on depression or suicide published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from July 2011 to June...