Faculty

We are pleased to announce that Lauren Bylsma, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Psychology), has been named a Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Fellow. This honor recognizes the substantial and sustained contributions that Dr. Bylsma has made to the field of psychophysiology and to the SPR. Dr. Bylsma is a highly accomplished clinical psychologist and expert in child...

We are delighted to announce that Rameshwari Tumuluru, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Tumuluru earned her MBBS from Gandhi Medical College in India. Following an internship at Gandhi Hospital, she came to the United States for psychiatry residency training at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. She completed her child and...

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to three new faculty members: Douglas D’Agati, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) Dr. D’Agati received his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and completed his psychiatry residency training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as chief resident. Dr. D’Agati then completed a clinical research fellowship (the Alexander Wilson Schweizer...

We are delighted to announce that Beatriz Luna, PhD (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology and Bioengineering and Staunton Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry), has received the Flux Society’s Huttenlocher Lecturer Award. The award commemorates a senior scientist who has made outstanding and significant contributions to the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience. An...

We are pleased to announce that Carmen Andreescu, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Andreescu earned her MD from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” in Bucharest, Romania. She completed residencies in neurology at the University Hospital and psychiatry at the Al. Obregia Clinical Hospital in Bucharest. Dr. Andreescu served on...

We are pleased to announce that Britny Hildebrandt, PhD, has been promoted to Assistant Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Hildebrandt earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Michigan State University, having completed her clinical internship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). She then conducted postdoctoral research training as part of the National Institute...