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WPIC Homeless Continuum Team Selected for HAP Award Congratulations to the Homeless Continuum Team of Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC) on the selection of the Housing First! program by the Hospital & Healthcare Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) for the 2013 Community Benefits Achievement Award. This Housing First! Program was selected from a total of 131 entries submitted for consideration...

2013 WPIC Summer Seminar Series Kicks off July 11th Sleep and Circadian Rhythms ? From Bench to Bedside Mark your calendars and plan to join us for the WPIC Summer Seminar Series. This year?s series will offer presentations and discussions on a host of issues related to Sleep and Circadian Rhythms. Each session will include two 20-minute ?mini-lectures? - one focused on clinical research and one focused on...

Laura McLafferty, MD Chosen by Association for Academic Psychiatry for Fellowship Award The Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) has presented Laura McLafferty, MD with a 2013 AAP Fellowship Award. The two-year fellowship award was created to honor psychiatry residents who demonstrate particular promise as educators and scholars in academic psychiatry. Awardees are selected for this competitive program based...

White Matter Microstructure, Alcohol Exposure, and Familial Risk for Alcohol Dependence Hill SY, Terwilliger R, McDermott M Numerous investigations that focus on individuals with chronic alcohol dependence show that long-term consumption of alcohol is associated with both brain morphological and neurocognitive changes. There is an intriguing possibility that some of the observed variation in structural and...

WPIC Residents Recognized for Academic Contributions The Office of Residency Training at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC) recently honored the following psychiatric residents for their outstanding service to the academic community and for their commitment to teaching excellence at the 2013 Resident Graduation Ceremony: 2013 Outstanding Graduating ResidentNeil Puri, MD 2013 Outstanding...

Erika Forbes, PhD Recognized for Outstanding Mentorship Congratulations to Erika Forbes, PhD on her selection for the 2013 Emerging Mentorship Award. Dr. Forbes was presented with the award at the 13th Annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day in recognition of her ongoing commitment to the training and mentorship of students, fellows and junior faculty to help them achieve success in their academic careers. An...