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Congratulations to Anne Germain, PhD on her recent conferral of tenure by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Germain is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science. She began her career at the University of Pittsburgh in 2001 as a postdoctoral research fellow and was appointed to the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry In 2005. She was...

WPIC Recognized by Human Rights Campaign Foundation as a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality The Department of Psychiatry?s clinical partner, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC), has been recognized as a ?Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality? by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the country?s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights...

Please join us in welcoming Kymberly Young, PhD as the newest member of the Department of Psychiatry faculty. A talented clinical neuroscientist, Dr. Young?s research focuses on investigating the deficits in autobiographical memory recall in depression and related conditions, and developing therapeutic applications that utilize and target autobiographical memory recall. Her most recent work has involved training...

Screening for underage drinking and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition alcohol use disorder in rural primary care practice Clark DB, Martin CS, Chung T, Gordon AJ, Fiorentino L, Tootell M and Rubio DM Journal of Pediatrics, 2016,173:214-220. A study led by Dr. Duncan Clark indicates that a single screening question about drinking frequency in the past year could help doctors identify...

The Department of Psychiatry is proud to announce that Dr. Susanne Ahmari has been presented with two awards in recognition of her significant contributions to scientific research. The Society for Biological Psychiatry will present Dr. Ahmari with the A.E. Bennett Research Award for Basic Sciences at a special ceremony on May 13, 2016 at its annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The award is presented by the Society...

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has promoted Dr. Howard Aizenstein to the rank of Professor of Psychiatry with tenure. Dr. Aizenstein also holds secondary appointments in Bioengineering and Clinical and Translational Science. Dr. Aizenstein is an expert in the field of geriatric psychiatry. He is well known for his research focusing on the cognitive and affective neuroscience of aging. As the...