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Association for Academic Psychiatry Selects Michael Travis, MD for 2014 Psychiatric Education Award Congratulations to Michael Travis, MD, on his selection for the 2014 Psychiatric Education Award from the Association for Academic Psychiatry. The Psychiatric Education Award recognizes innovative and exemplary psychiatric educators and/or educational programs at the medical school, residency and faculty development...

Beckwith Institute Award Supports Development of App to Improve Monitoring of Youth with Mood Disorders The Beckwith Institute has awarded funding to Dr. Rasim Diler to develop an interactive web-based tool to monitor mood and energy changes in youth, and foster mutual decision-making about diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Diler is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Inpatient Child and...

Joshua Morra, MD, PhD Selected for 2014 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award Program The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has announced the selection of Joshua Morra, MD, PhD, for the 2014 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award Program. The award will be presented to Dr. Morra at a meeting hosted by the National Institutes of Health on September 4-5, 2014 in Bethesda, Maryland. His participation at the meeting will...

Lower expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia: Contribution of altered regulation by Zif268 Kimoto S, Bazmi HH, Lewis DA American Journal of Psychiatry doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14010004 The cognitive deficits of schizophrenia are thought to be at least partially due to lower levels of the enzyme GAD67, a key player in the synthesis of the inhibitory...

Holly Swartz, MD Promoted to Professor of Psychiatry Congratulations to Holly Swartz, MD, on her promotion to the rank of Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. A graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Swartz completed her psychiatry residency and a research fellowship at the Payne Whitney Clinic at the New York Hospital ? Cornell University Medical Center, and...

2014 WPIC Resident Graduation The Department of Psychiatry recently celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2014 from the Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC. The graduation ceremony recognized the completion of an important component of the residents? medical training and the outstanding contributions of Department faculty and residents to medical education...