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UPPDA Presents Best Poster Award to Salvatore Insana, PhD Congratulations to Salvatore Insana, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department?s Translational Research Training Program in Sleep Medicine, on his selection for a Best Poster Award by the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association (UPPDA). Dr. Insana was presented with the award for his presentation titled Childhood Maltreatment is Associated with...

Colleen A. McClung PhD to Present in the Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar Series Dr. Colleen McClung, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, will present a seminar on Circadian Genes, Dopamine, and the Biology of Psychiatric Disorders, as part of the Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar Series. The seminar will take place at 12:00 noon on Friday, June 1, 2012, in Auditorium 6 of Scaife Hall. Dr. McClung’s...

Work of NARSAD Young Investigator Grantees Highlighted by Brain & Behavior Research Foundation The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) recently featured the work of two Department of Psychiatry NARSAD grantees focusing on the mental health of older Americans. In its recent quarterly publication, the Foundation highlighted research being conducted by Drs. Carmen Andreescu and Jordan Karp in the University of...

Please join us in congratulating Ariel Gildengers, MD on his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Gildengers received his medical degree from the New Jersey Medical School. After completing his general psychiatric residency at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry and the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) in 2001, he went on to completer clinical and research...

Jason Rosenstock, MD Elected to School of Medicine Curriculum Executive Subcommittee Dr. Jason Rosenstock, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, has been elected to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Curriculum Executive Subcommittee. The Curriculum Committee was organized in 1991 as a standing committee of the faculty with student representation and was given responsibility and authority for all four...

2012 Research Day Oral Presentations Highlight Work of Four Investigators Oral presentations for this year?s Annual Research Day will feature the work of four faculty representing a broad range of scientific interests. Cynthia Conklin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, is investigating subjective, physiological, and behavioral reactivity to drug-related cues in adult smokers. Her work aims to develop new...