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Pittsburgh is proud to host the inaugural International Congress for Integrative Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (the Flux Congress) at the Wyndham Grand Hotel downtown On September 19-21, 2013. The Flux Congress will serve as a forum for developmental cognitive neuroscientists to share their findings, expand their approaches, and be informed of translational approaches. This year?s theme aims to inform...

Jay Fournier, PhD Appointed to Department Faculty The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has appointed Jay Fournier, PhD, as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Fournier earned a master's and a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the APA-Accredited Clinical Psychology Internship program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC...

Erika E. Forbes, PhD Receives Conferral of Tenure from the University Congratulations to Erika E. Forbes, PhD on receiving conferral of tenure at the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh. Conferral of tenure by the University constitutes a major affirmation that truly outstanding teaching and scholarly achievements have occurred on the part of an academic whose work is...

Department Welcomes Meredith Wallace, PhD to Faculty The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome Meredith Wallace, PhD to its faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Wallace earned her PhD in Biostatistics from the Graduate School of Public Health in 2009. She completed post-doctoral fellowships in both psychiatry and statistics at Pitt under the...

Sleep Disturbances as the Hallmark of PTSD Germain, A. The hypothesis that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep disturbances are the hallmark of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), proposed by Ross and colleagues in 1989, has stimulated a wealth of clinical, preclinical, and animal studies on the role of sleep in the pathophysiology of PTSD. A recent review article by Dr. Anne Germain revisits this influential...

Speed Dat (a)ing! Relationships are important? especially when it comes to building collaborations with other researchers. This year at the Department of Psychiatry?s Annual Research Day on June 6th, we are hosting a Speed Dat(a)ing Session that showcases the work of 10 faculty in the early stages of their scientific careers through a series of five-minute presentations. Come join us to learn more about the...