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Three Psychiatry Postdoctoral Research Trainees Receive University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association Awards

Drs. Ligia Antezana, Carolina Soares and Lindsay Taraban

Congratulations to Ligia Antezana, PhD; Carolina Soares, PhD; and Lindsay Taraban, PhD, who received Best Poster Presentation Awards at the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association 2025 Postdoctoral Data & Dine Symposium. Dr. Antezana, Dr. Soares, and Dr. Taraban were counted among 11 total award recipients selected from 130 submissions. Dr. Antezana is a clinical psychologist who conducts research in the...

Don’t Wait! Register NOW for the Department of Psychiatry Annual Research Day

Research Day Poster Session

It’s time (right now!) to register for Research Day! Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025 Time: 8:15 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and the O’Hara Student Center (University of Pittsburgh Oakland campus) This full-day event provides an excellent opportunity to meet investigators, learn more about their work, and share expertise and interests with other members of the research community...

“Truly Phenomenal” – Trevor Baker Receives UPMC Award for Commitment to Excellence in Service (ACES)

Trevor Baker ACES

Please join us in congratulating Trevor Baker (Computer Programmer and Team Lead), who has received a 2024 UPMC Award for Commitment to Excellence in Service (ACES) for his outstanding work in the Department’s Office of Academic Computing. The prestigious ACES award, received by less than 1% of UPMC staff annually, honors individuals who routinely go above and beyond. Trevor’s nominators included the following...

Highlights from the 2025 Department of Psychiatry Clinician Educator Showcase

Clinician Educator Showcase Attendees in the Auditorium

On March 27, 2025, Pitt Psychiatry clinician-educator faculty and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) staff, residents, and clinical fellows gathered on the second floor of WPH for the Department’s annual Clinician Educator Showcase. Career Recognitions Department Chair David Lewis, MD, recognized career milestones and lifetime achievements of two faculty members. Ghennady Gushchin, MD, PhD, transitioned to...

The Department of Psychiatry Announces the 2025 Psychiatry Residency Match Results

2025-2026 PGY1 Psychiatry Resident Photos

The Department of Psychiatry is delighted to announce results of the 2025 Residency Match for the General Psychiatry, Child, Triple Board, and Family Medicine/Psychiatry tracks. Please welcome the new class of 2025 PGY1 psychiatry residents: GENERAL PSYCHIATRY • Osasumwen Benjamin (Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University) • Sahar Delavari (Tehran University of Medical Sciences) • Sayna Matinrazm...

Pitt Psychiatry Hosts Second Annual Interventional Psychiatry Showcase

Collage of Interventional Psychiatry Showcase

In interventional psychiatry research, investigators marry technology development with new knowledge of alterations in neural circuitry in psychiatric disorders. The 2025 Department of Psychiatry Interventional Psychiatry Showcase, attended by faculty, staff, and trainees, focused on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS). Through lively lunchtime roundtables...

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