Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to new faculty member Kelly Beck, PhD, LPC, CRC (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry). Dr. Beck earned her PhD in rehabilitation science from the University of Pittsburgh, and was named doctoral student of the year by the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association. Her research interests include mental health intervention development and implementation for autistic...

Congratulations to Mary Woody, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), whose project CREAM Depression: Augmented Reality BCI* was selected to receive a Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh) award! The PInCh competition is supported by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and is designed to support diverse teams who generate innovative solutions to challenging health problems. PInCh provides funding and...

We are delighted to announce that Michael Travis, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Travis received his MD from the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St. Tomas’ Hospitals, London University, and completed psychiatry residency at Hackney, King’s College, and St. Bartholomew’s Hospitals. After serving in clinical and academic roles in...

We are delighted to announce that Michele Levine, PhD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Levine completed her PhD and postdoctoral research training in clinical psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. She holds secondary appointments in the Department of Psychology and in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and...

We are delighted to announce that Lori Scott, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Scott earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Penn State University. Having completed her clinical internship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH), Dr. Scott remained in Pittsburgh to undertake postdoctoral training in the National Institute of...

Carmen Andreescu, MD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry), and Alex Dombrovski, MD (Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Professor in Brain and Mind Research and Associate Professor of Psychiatry), are members of the Global Initiative on Psychiatry-USA (GIP-USA), the American branch of a global organization working to aid mental health professionals and the general population of Ukraine in dealing with the psychological...

We are delighted to announce that Sarah Stahl, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Stahl earned her PhD in developmental psychology from West Virginia University. Upon completion of her postdoctoral training in geriatric psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, she joined the Pitt Psychiatry faculty in 2014 as assistant professor. An...

We are delighted to announce that Lauren Bylsma, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Bylsma earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of South Florida. She came to Pittsburgh for postdoctoral research training in the Department of Psychiatry’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded T32 training program for...

Many Pitt Psychiatry faculty and trainees traveled to Phoenix—or participated remotely—for the 2022 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) annual meeting in early December! Below is Pitt Psychiatry news from the meeting: President’s Plenary Marta Peciña, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry), was selected as a President’s Plenary presenter, and discussed the latest work on endogenous opioid...

We are delighted to announce that Natacha De Genna, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. De Genna earned her PhD in developmental psychology from Concordia University (Montreal, Québec). After receiving her doctorate, she arrived in Pittsburgh to conduct postdoctoral research in substance use epidemiology as part of the Department of...