Faculty

Michele D. Levine, PhD

Michele D Levine, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and Associate Professor of Psychology

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email
Website
Perinatal Health and Behavior Lab
Assistant
Pamala Pyle
Pylep2@upmc.edu

Education & Training

PhD
Clinical Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Arts and Sciences
Clinical Psychology, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
Psychology, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
Clinical Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Current Appointments

Co-Director, Clinical Psychology Internship and Postdoctoral Training Program

Professional Affiliations

Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine
Fellow, The Obesity Society
Member, Executive Committee, Academy of Psychological Clinical Science
Member, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Selected Honors & Awards

Best Abstract, Women's Health, Society of Behavioral Medicine
Junior Scholar Award for Biobehavioral Health Research, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Research Interests

Pregnant/postpartum women's health; Binge eating and obesity; Women's smoking behavior
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Kolko RP,* Emery RL, Marcus MD & Levine MD. Loss of control over eating prior to and during early pregnancy among community women with overweight and obesity. Int J Eat Disord. In Press.
  2. Emery RL* & Levine MD. The relative contribution of personality and behavioral task measures of impulsivity in predicting body mass index: A comprehensive meta-analysis. Psych Bull. In Press.
  3. Levine MD, Cheng Y, Marcus MD & Emery RL. Psychiatric disorders and gestational weight gain among women who quit smoking during pregnancy J Psychosom Res. 2015; 78(5):504-8. PMCID: PMC4380755
  4. Levine MD, Cheng Y, Marcus MD, Kalarchian MA, Emery RL. Preventing postpartum smoking relapse: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176:443-52. PMID:26998789.
  5. Levine MD, Bush T, Magnusson B, Cheng Y, Chen X. Smoking-related weight concerns and obesity: Differences among normal weight, overweight and obese smokers using a telephone tobacco quitline. Nicotine Tob Res. 2013; 15:1136-1140. PMCID: PMC3693501

Clinical Interests

Perinatal women's health; Eating behaviors and disorders
Selected Clinical Publications & Products
  1. 74.Emery RL*, Grace JL, Kolko RP, Levine MD. Adapting the Eating Disorder Examination for use during pregnancy: preliminary results from a community sample of women with overweight and obesity. Int J Eat Disord. In Press.
  2. Perkins KA, Conklin CA, Levine MD. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Smoking Cessation: A Practical Guidebook to the Most Effective Treatments. New York: Taylor & Francis; 2007.
  3. Marcus MD, Levine MD. Obese patients with binge eating disorder. In: Goldstein DJ, ed. The Management of Eating Disorders and Obesity, Second Edition. New Jersey: Humana Press Inc; 2004.

Education Interests

Research mentorship; Training clinical psychologists

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Michele Levine, PhD, to Professor of Psychiatry

Dr, Michele Levine

We are delighted to announce that Michele Levine, PhD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Levine completed her PhD and postdoctoral research training in clinical psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. She holds secondary appointments in the Department of Psychology and in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and...

Spotlight: The UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Clinical Psychology Internship

Drs. Tina Goldstein & Michele Levine Direct the Clinical Psychology Internship

The Department of Psychiatry and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship Program provides a unique training experience, in a broad range of clinical settings, for clinical psychology graduate students pursuing a doctoral degree. The internship program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and is a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical...

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Welcomes the Clinical Psychology Intern Class of 2022-2023

Clinical Psychology Internship Class of 2023

Please join us in welcoming the 2022-2023 Clinical Psychology Intern Class! The American Psychological Association-accredited program is co-led by Tina Goldstein, PhD, and Michele Levine, PhD. This yearlong experience adheres to a clinical science model of training and professional development, emphasizing research and clinical training integration, as well as a commitment to empirically informed approaches to...

Current Research: Perinatal Stress & Cardiovascular Disease in Black Women

Perinatal Stress & Cardiovascular Disease in Black Women

“A common approach to health disparities research is to take a sample of Black women, and a sample of white women, and compare them,” said Alison Hipwell, PhD, of a recent National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-funded R01 focused on the association between perinatal stress and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Black women, which she co-leads with Michele Levine, PhD. “But the current crisis in maternal health and...