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On March 27, 2025, Pitt Psychiatry clinician-educator faculty and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) staff, residents, and clinical fellows gathered on the second floor of WPH for the Department’s annual Clinician Educator Showcase. Career Recognitions Department Chair David Lewis, MD, recognized career milestones and lifetime achievements of two faculty members. Ghennady Gushchin, MD, PhD, transitioned to...

Congratulations to David Brent, MD (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Clinical and Translational Science and Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies), who has received the American College of Psychiatrists 2026 Award for Leadership in Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry. The Award recognizes an individual who has made sustained and substantial contributions to child, adolescent...

Early adolescence is associated with major changes in sleep-circadian processes, which, combined with biopsychosocial factors, contribute to a decline in sleep duration. Insufficient sleep in childhood and adolescence is associated with future adverse cognitive and mental health outcomes including depression and anxiety. As part of a Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Grant, scientists from...

We are now accepting poster presentation abstracts for our Annual Research Day, which will take place on June 12, 2025 at Soldiers & Sailors Hall in Oakland. The Department’s 2024 Research Day featured 173 poster presentations! Department of Psychiatry faculty, trainees, and staff are encouraged to submit an abstract for consideration for the poster session. Each trainee and staff poster presenter will be visited...