Distinguished Scientist Lectures

We are delighted to welcome Renẻ Kahn, MD, PhD to the Department on January 31, 2025 for the next Distinguished Scientist Lecture. 
    

The Department is delighted to welcome Rajita Sinha, PhD from Yale University on February 14, 2025 when she will present a Distinguished Scientist Lecture on "The Adaptive Stress Response and the Pathophysiology of Addiction: Risk, Relapse and Treatment Outcomes."

We look forward to welcoming Larry Sweifel, PhD from the University of Washington to the Department on April 11, 2025 as our next speaker for the Distinguished Scientist Lecture series. 

Pitt Psychiatry is pleased to welcome Anissa Abi-Dargham, MD as the speaker for our first Distinguished Scientist Lecture for this year's lecture series on September 19, 2025.