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October 29

Ketamine: New Directions in Ketamine Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders

Clinical Grand Rounds
Rebecca Price, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Sharvari Shivanekar, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
November 2

Racism, Religion and Mental Health in Clinical Care

John Welch, MDiv, PhD Theologian, Medical Ethicist, and Community Engagement Consultant
November 5

Extracellular Vesicles as Systemic Stress Signals and Novel Mechanisms in Neurodevelopment

Distinguished Scientist Lecture
Tracy Bale, PhD Professor of Pharmacology and Director, Center for Epigenetic Research in Child Health & Brain Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine
November 10

Statistical Learning and Analysis of Single-Cell Multi-Omics Data

Xinjun Wang, MS Graduate Student, Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh
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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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