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The 24th annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day, held on June 11, 2026, was attended by 620 members of our scientific community at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Lunchtime Roundtables Our 27 roundtables were attended by 220 facilitators and participants, and focused on topics including Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Psychiatry, Writing Your First First...

Graduates of the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) residency training program gathered with friends, family, and loved ones at the Pitt University Club on June 4, 2026. Below are the awards and honors presented at the 2026 graduation ceremony. 2026 Psychiatry Student Interest Group Exemplary Service for Excellence in Teaching Awards: Faculty: Daniel Bender, DO Resident: Ali McCathern, MD The class of 2026...

The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is crucial for higher-order cognitive processes, such as attention and working memory, which are impaired in schizophrenia. Alterations in the somatostatin and parvalbumin classes of inhibitory GABAergic interneurons in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex are thought to contribute to these cognitive impairments of schizophrenia. Both somatostatin and parvalbumin interneurons are...

We are pleased to announce that Priyanka Amin, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Amin earned her MD from the Pitt School of Medicine and remained in Pittsburgh for psychiatry residency training at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). She joined the Pitt faculty in 2019 as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Amin is a skilled...