Events

Our Meet the PI lecture series continues on February 27, 2026 when we will feature the work of Konasale Prasad, MBBS, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

The Department will welcome Geoffrey Neimark, MD on March 3, 2026 when he will present the annual Clinician Educator Grand Rounds. In his presentation, Dr. Neimark will discuss lessons learned from the literature, leaders in the field, and personal experience, and how that knowledge can help us better understand and shape approaches to clinical practice and teaching, and how those lessons can impact outcomes. 

We hope you will join us for the Improving Mental Health: A Team Building Symposium on March 3-7, 2026 on the University of Pittsburgh Oakland Campus.

The Department welcomes Theresa Desrochers, PhD on March 4, 2026 for a Special Guest Lecture on the Cognitive Sequences: Parallel Cross-Species Dynamics in Lateral Prefrontal Cortex.

The Department is delighted to welcome Sarah Vinson, MD, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences at the Morehouse School of Medicine as our next speaker for the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series on March 13, 2026. 

Registration Is Now Open!

On March 16, 2026 the Department of Psychiatry will host its Annual Interventional Psychiatry Showcase at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital.

This year's showcase will focus on Ketamine and Ketosis: Exploring the Power of K. Presentations will highlight the latest research and how these clinical interventions are being used to treat psychiatric disorders.