We hope you will join us on April 22, 2022 when we welcome Argyris Stringaris, MD, PhD, FRCPsych as part of our Distinguished Scientist Lecture series.
Dr. Stringaris recently began his appointment as Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Departments of Psychiatry and Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology at the University College London (UCL). He previously served as a Senior Investigator and Chief of the Section of Clinical and Computational Psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health. He studies mood and what leads people to depression. Dr. Stringaris is a child & adolescent psychiatrist trained at the Maudsley Hospital in the United Kingdom. He earned his PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London. His current research interests focus on the definition of core terms in psychiatry, particularly that of mood and emotion and that of distinctions between positive and negative valences; the boundaries to normality of psychiatric conditions, especially that of depression; the mechanisms of maintenance of negative moods. Dr. Stringaris has been recognized for his work on mood disorders with numerous honors including awards from the Klingenstein Foundation, the European Psychiatric Association, as well as the Klerman Prize by the DBSA.
Our lectures will take place via Zoom due to current COVID19 safety guidelines.
Join Via Zoom. Click on this Zoom link; Meeting ID: 934 1288 9161; Passcode: 377243.
For More Information. Please contact Frances Patrick at patrickfm@upmc.edu.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. The entirety of this program will be a lecture by the speaker(s). All individuals able to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. Registration is not required for this event. This event is free and there will be no refunds. The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded .15 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 1.5 contact hours. In accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials which will be distributed at the time of the conference. WPH is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. WPH maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. This program is being offered for 1.5 continuing education credits. The indicated number of clock hours of continuing education is provided through UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Office of Educational Resources and Planning, a PA-approved provider of social work continuing education in accordance with all the applicable educational and professional standards of the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist. These clock hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LPC and LMFT renewal. For more information, call (412) 204-9085.
