Aliona Tsypes, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • AI & Computational Methods
Aliona Tsypes, PhD

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Suicide; Learning & decision-making; Neurocomputational modeling

Clinical Interests

Suicide prevention; Acceptance & commitment therapy (transdiagnostic)

Education Interests

Research mentorship; Clinical supervision; Teaching (suicide/suicide prevention)

Selected Publications

  1. Tsypes A, Hallquist MN, Ianni A, Kaurin A, Wright AGC & Dombrovski AY. (2024). Exploration-exploitation and suicidal behavior in borderline personality disorder and depression. JAMA Psychiatry, 81(10), 1010-1019.
  2. Tsypes A, Szanto K, Bridge JA, Brown VM, Keilp JG, & Dombrovski AY. (2022). Delay discounting in suicidal behavior: Myopic preference or inconsistent valuation? Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 131(1), 3444.
  3. Tsypes A, Kaurin A, Wright AGC, Hallquist MN, & Dombrovski AY (2022). Protective effects of reasons for living against suicidal ideation in daily life. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 148, 174180.
  4. Tsypes A, Owens M, & Gibb BE (2021). Reward Responsiveness in Suicide Attempters: An Electroencephalography/Event-Related Potential Study. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 6(1), 99-106.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Clinical Psychology, State University of New York, Binghamton
Internship
Clinical Psychology, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Postdoctoral
Clinical Research Training for Psychologists, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Selected Honors & Awards

  • Career Development Institute (CDI) for Psychiatry Program Award,