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Roberto Ortiz-Aguayo, MD, FAAP Elected President of National Training Program The National Association for Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Programs has selected Dr. Roberto Ortiz-Aguayo as its new president. Dr. Ortiz-Aguayo, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, serves as the Associate Director of the Residency Training for the Triple Board Program at the University of...

School of Medicine Appoints Mary Amanda Dew, PhDto New Mentorship Program Mary Amanda Dew, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Clinical and Translational Science, has been appointed to a three-year term as a mentor and senior advisor to the new University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Career Mentoring Program (CaMP) for junior faculty. The Career Mentoring Program will be...

Department to Host Thirteenth Annual Research Day on June 6, 2013 Be sure to mark June 6, 2013 on your calendar and join us for an important Department of Psychiatry tradition - Research Day! The Thirteenth Annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day will include a poster session, oral presentations, and opportunities to network and connect with your colleagues. The event will take place at the University Club and...

Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling and Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex Dysfunction in Major Depressive DisorderTripp A, Oh H, Guilloux JP,Martinowich K, Lewis DA, Sibille E. Understanding the primary pathology in major depression remains elusive, and it is estimated that current treatments of the illness result in just 33% of patients achieving a complete recovery. A recent study conducted by Adam...

Society for Biological Psychiatry Selects Nicole Edgar, PhD and Marianne Seney, PhD for Travel Awards Nicole Edgar, PhD and Marianne Seney, PhD Congratulations to Nicole Edgar, PhD and Marianne Seney, PhD on their receipt of domestic travel awards from the Society for Biological Psychiatry (SOBP). This highly competitive, merit-based award is presented to promising young investigators within North America who would...

Predictors of Prospectively Examined Suicide Attempts among Youth with Bipolar Disorder Goldstein TR, Ha W, Axelson DA, Goldstein BI, Liao F, Gill MK, Ryan ND, Yen S, Hunt J, Hower H, Keller M, Strober M, Birmaher B. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2012 Nov;69(11):1113-22. Individuals with bipolar disorder are at high risk for suicide, and those who experience onset of their illness during childhood are at even...