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January 20

The Search for Tractable Translatable Endophenotypes (Neuromarkers) in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Special Guest Lecture
John Foxe, PhD Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Chair in Neuroscience; Director, The Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience; Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience, and; University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
January 20

REACH Health Equity Seminar

Paula Powe, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Heather Joseph, DO Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
January 21

Interpersonal Stress Reactivity as a Proximal Risk Factor for Self-Harm and Aggression in Young Adults

Meet the PI Lecture
Lori N. Scott, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
January 28

Social (In)Justice and Mental Health

Distinguished Scientist Lecture
Ruth Shim, MD, MPH Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Associate Dean of Diverse and Inclusive Education and Director of Cultural Psychiatry, University of California at Davis
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Consistently ranked among the top psychiatric departments and hospitals in the US, our Department and its flagship hospital, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, revolutionizes psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, advances scholarship and knowledge, and continues to be a trailblazer in innovative research.
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primary faculty members. Of the 20 new faculty members hired in 2020, 25% are individuals who are under-represented in medicine.

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Our residency training program is ranked sixth in the nation for research output by Doximity.

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million awarded in research funding in university fiscal year 2020-2021.

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peer-reviewed articles were published by our faculty last year.

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