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Positive Attributes Protect Adolescents from Risk for the Metabolic Syndrome Midei AJ and Matthews KM Journal of Adolescent Health, 55: 678-683, 2014 The risk for cardiovascular disease develops as early as adolescence. In a recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Dr. Karen Matthews and her mentee, Dr. Aimee Midei, sought to identify whether low levels of positive and high levels of negative...

Pitt Promotes Dustin Pardini, PhD to Associate Professor of Psychiatry Congratulations to Dustin Pardini, PhD on his appointment to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Dr. Pardini earned his PhD in Child Clinical Psychology in 2003 and completed his clinical psychology internship at the University of Washington in...

The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) Fellowship and Awards Committee has appointed Roberto Ortiz-Aguayo, MD as a Fellow. Status as a Fellow by the organization recognizes the individuals by their peers of their abilities, talents and contributions to the mental health profession. Dr. Ortiz-Aguayo is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and completed the Triple Board Residency...

ACGME Selects Cristin McDermott, MD for Membership on the Psychiatry Residency Review Committee The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has appointed Cristin McDermott, MD as a Resident Member of the organization?s Review Committee for Psychiatry. Dr. McDermott is a PGY3 resident in the Triple Board Program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC) and a member of the...

Altered Glutamate Protein Co-Expression Network Topology Linked to Spine Loss in the Auditory Cortex of Schizophrenia MacDonald ML, Ding Y, Newman J, Hemby S, Penzes P, Lewis, DA, Yates N, and Sweet RA Biological Psychiatry, in press Impaired glutamatergic signaling is believed to underlie auditory cortex pyramidal neuron dendritic spine loss and auditory symptoms in schizophrenia. Many schizophrenia risk loci...

Congratulations to Dr. Abigail Schlesinger, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and her colleagues on their receipt of the 2014 Silver Award from the American Psychiatric Association. The Psychiatric Services Achievement Awards Committee chose the Children's Community Pediatrics Behavioral Health Services in the Pediatric Medical Home initiative as winner of this...