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Congratulations to the Emotion Prosthetics Team on their winning entry in the 2016 Pitt Innovation Challenge. The Emoto Team was awarded $25,000 to support the further refinement and implementation of the Emoto, a wearable sensor and stimulator with a mobile application that helps people take control of their stress with enhanced recognition of one?s own and others? emotions. The device, known as Purrr, has sensing...

Altered expression of ARP2/3 complex signaling pathway genes in prefrontal layer 3 pyramidal cells in schizophrenia Datta D, Arion D, Roman KM, Volk DW and Lewis DA American Journal of Psychiatry, Published online August 2016 Lower dendritic spine density on layer 3 pyramidal cells in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) appears to contribute to cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, whereas psychosis is...

The Department of Psychiatry and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC) are pleased to welcome the new class to the WPIC Psychology Internship Program. Please join us as we welcome the following interns to Pittsburgh: Jessica Hamilton, MA (Temple University) Interests: Biopsychosocial vulnerabilities and stress processes in adolescent depression using a development psychopathology perspective...

Optimizing Treatment of Complicated Grief: A Randomized Clinical Trial Shear MK, Reynolds CF, Simon NM, Zisook S, Wang Y, Mauro C, Duan N, Lebowitz B and Skritskaya N JAMA Psychiatry, 73:685-694, 2016 Dr. Charles F. Reynolds, III, and his colleagues have published the results of the first placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of antidepressant pharmacotherapy, with and without...

Please join us in congratulating Andrea DiMartini, MD on her promotion to Professor of Psychiatry and Surgery. Following her residency at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC (WPIC), Dr. DiMartini was appointed to the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry faculty in 1991. She was promoted to associate professor in 2001 and also holds secondary faculty appointments in the Department of...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant of up to $14 million to a research team co-led by Dr. Alison Hipwell to study the preconception effects of stress on childhood development. The grant is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) initiative, which has awarded $157 million in NIH grants to support dozens of longitudinal, cohort studies...