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Congratulations to Ligia Antezana, PhD; Carolina Soares, PhD; and Lindsay Taraban, PhD, who received Best Poster Presentation Awards at the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association 2025 Postdoctoral Data & Dine Symposium. Dr. Antezana, Dr. Soares, and Dr. Taraban were counted among 11 total award recipients selected from 130 submissions. Dr. Antezana is a clinical psychologist who conducts research in the...

Social determinants of health are non-medical factors of daily life that influence health outcomes. A review of factors influencing cognitive impairment in older adults presented a range of community-level structural and social determinants of health, distinguished from individual risk and protective factors. Investigators led by Mary Ganguli, MD, MPH (Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Neurology), analyzed...

It’s time (right now!) to register for Research Day! Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025 Time: 8:15 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and the O’Hara Student Center (University of Pittsburgh Oakland campus) This full-day event provides an excellent opportunity to meet investigators, learn more about their work, and share expertise and interests with other members of the research community...

Congratulations to Sarah Pedersen, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical and Translational Science, and Psychology), who has received the American Psychological Association Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology) Nancy Petry Mid-Career Award. The award was presented at the Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction (CPA) conference, which brings together Society of Addiction Psychology and American...

Intravenous ketamine produces reliable, fast-acting, and potent antidepressant effects even among individuals with treatment-resistant depression. Ketamine can also be a powerful experimental tool to provide a more precise evaluation of neurocognitive mechanisms underlying reduction in depression symptoms. Cognitive theorists of depression have long posited that systematic alterations in attentional bias (giving...