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Using Peer Review to Improve Research and Promote Collaboration Kupfer DJ, Murphree AN, Pilkonis PA, Cameron JL, Giang R, Dodds NE, Godard KA, Lewis DA. The declining success rate of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications highlights the need for interdisciplinary work within a large, diverse department to improve chances of federal funding success. To address this need, we have the Research Review...

Dr. Sarah Pedersen, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, has been invited to join the national Alcohol Medical Scholars Program. She is one of five new individuals selected to participate in this prestigious program. The mission of the Alcohol Medical Scholars Program is to promote optimal education in medical schools regarding the identification and care of people with alcohol use disorders and other substance...

Registration Open and Call for Abstracts Available Now 14th Annual Research Day June 5, 2014 Mark your calendars for Thursday, June 5, 2014 and join us for the Fourteenth Annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day at the University Club in Oakland. Visit the Research Day page of our web site for details about this event and to download the Call for Abstracts, 2014 Abstract Submission Form and a Registration Form...

Rebecca Price, PhD Selected to Receive Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award Rebecca Price, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry has been selected to receive the Donald Klein Award from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). The award recognizes the best original research paper on neurobiology, psychopharmacology, psychosocial treatments, or experimental psychopathology of anxiety...

2014 Society for Biological Psychiatry Travel Awards Congratulations to Drs. Matthew MacDonald, Brandon McKinney and Danella Hafeman on their receipt of 2014 Society for Biological Psychiatry Travel Awards. The award provides support for the recipients to attend the Society?s annual meeting in New York City, May 8-10, 2014, where they will be matched with a mentor and actively participate in the scientific program...

Drs. James Tew and Alexis Fertig Appointed Leaders of Clinician Educator Faculty Development Program The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the appointment of James Tew, Jr., MD and Alexis Fertig, MD as the new Director and Co-Director of the Clinician Educator Faculty Development Program. Established in 2011, the Clinician Educator Faculty Development Program is designed to provide newer Department of...