University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Britny Hildebrandt, PhD, to Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
We are pleased to announce that Britny Hildebrandt, PhD, has been promoted to Assistant Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Hildebrandt earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Michigan State University, having completed her clinical internship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). She then conducted postdoctoral research training as part of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded T32 Training in Transformative Discovery in Psychiatry program, and she was additionally funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) F32 award.
Dr. Hildebrandt’s research focuses on the biological bases of eating disorders, as well as translational approaches to studying the neurobiology of eating pathology, including hormonal influences and reward circuitry alterations in human and animal models. She integrates her clinical experience with circuit neuroscience to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying binge-like eating, and she is currently examining the role of corticostriatal circuits in the persistence of binge eating. Dr. Hildebrandt is principal investigator of a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) K08 award, “Dissecting circuits underlying loss of control relevant to binge eating.”
“Dr. Hildebrandt has built a well-defined research program that she has skillfully refined throughout her training and as a member of our faculty, and she has already made multiple important contributions to advancing our understanding of the neural circuitry associated with reward, habit, and chronic eating disorder behaviors,” said David Lewis, MD (Chair, Department of Psychiatry).
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Hildebrandt!