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We are pleased to announce that Priyanka Amin, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Amin earned her MD from the Pitt School of Medicine and remained in Pittsburgh for psychiatry residency training at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). She joined the Pitt faculty in 2019 as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Amin is a skilled...

Congratulations to Julia Feldman, PhD; Rayan Mroué, MD; and Andréia Rocha, PhD, who received Best Poster Presentation Awards at the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association (UPPDA) 2026 Postdoctoral Data & Dine Symposium. Dr. Feldman, Dr. Mroué, and Dr. Rocha were counted among 10 total award recipients chosen from 103 posters across 40 departments at the University. Further congratulations to Marina Scop...

Recent research in JAMA Pediatrics from Brant Hasler, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical and Translational Science, and Psychology), and Meredith Wallace, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Biostatistics and Statistics) advance our understanding of the association between sleep, circadian rhythm, and sleep outcomes in young people. Chronotherapeutic Approaches to Target Insufficient and Late...

The Pascoal Lab (Principal Investigator: Tharick Pascoal, MD, PhD; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology) focuses on the quantification of brain pathophysiology in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, as well as in the validation of therapies capable of modifying the course of these diseases. Dr. Pascoal is a global leader in Alzheimer’s disease biomarker research, particularly through...