We are pleased to announce that Lauren Bylsma, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Psychology), has been named a Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Fellow. This honor recognizes the substantial and sustained contributions that Dr. Bylsma has made to the field of psychophysiology and to the SPR. Dr. Bylsma is a highly accomplished clinical psychologist and expert in child...

Two years ago, Rachel Kolko Conlon, PhD (Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), and Heather Joseph, DO (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics), were looking for opportunities to merge their mutual research interests in perinatal and infant mental health. They formed the Psychiatry Maternal Perinatal Infant Research Collaborative, which brings together faculty and trainees with both research and...

We are delighted to announce that Rameshwari Tumuluru, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Tumuluru earned her MBBS from Gandhi Medical College in India. Following an internship at Gandhi Hospital, she came to the United States for psychiatry residency training at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. She completed her child and...

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to three new faculty members: Douglas D’Agati, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) Dr. D’Agati received his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and completed his psychiatry residency training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as chief resident. Dr. D’Agati then completed a clinical research fellowship (the Alexander Wilson Schweizer...

Please join us in welcoming the 2023-2024 Clinical Psychology Intern class! The American Psychological Association-accredited program is co-led by Tina Goldstein, PhD (Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Professor in Psychiatry Research and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology), and Michele Levine, PhD (Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and Associate Professor of...

We are delighted to announce that Beatriz Luna, PhD (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology and Bioengineering and Staunton Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry), has received the Flux Society’s Huttenlocher Lecturer Award. The award commemorates a senior scientist who has made outstanding and significant contributions to the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience. An...

In a recent paper published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Christian Porter (PhD student, Pitt School of Social Work); and Tushita Mayanil, MBBS (MD) (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry); Tina Gupta, PhD (postdoctoral scholar); and Leslie Horton, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), from Pitt Psychiatry, outlined the increased presence of dissociative identity disorder...

We are pleased to announce that Carmen Andreescu, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Andreescu earned her MD from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” in Bucharest, Romania. She completed residencies in neurology at the University Hospital and psychiatry at the Al. Obregia Clinical Hospital in Bucharest. Dr. Andreescu served on...

Loss of control over eating (the ingestion of food accompanied by the perception of being unable to control the amount of food consumed) is the core psychological phenomenon associated with binge eating. Loss of control over eating during pregnancy impacts prenatal health and often co-occurs with depressive symptoms. Importantly, both loss of control over eating and depression during pregnancy confer risk for poor...

Recent papers from the Department of Psychiatry examine clinical initiatives around integration of behavioral health teams in OB-GYN clinics, fetal inflammatory response and risk for psychiatric disorders, and the association between benzodiazepine use and risk of cognitive impairment among older adults. Impact of colocated behavioral health on OB-GYN clinicians' rate of perinatal behavioral health diagnosis and...