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The Department of Psychiatry Announces the 2026 Psychiatry Residency Match Result

Collage of 2026 - 2027 Pitt Psychiatry PGY1 Residents

The Department of Psychiatry is delighted to announce the results of the 2026 Residency Match for the General Psychiatry, Child, Triple Board, and Family Medicine/Psychiatry tracks. Please welcome the new incoming PGY1 psychiatry residents: GENERAL PSYCHIATRY Katherine Abraham (Baylor College of Medicine) Brianna Brooks (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) Chinemeh Eyiba (University of Pittsburgh School of...

Department of Psychiatry Annual Research Day Abstracts Due April 17

Collage of Research Day Participants

We are now accepting poster presentation abstracts for our Annual Research Day, which will take place on June 11, 2026 at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. The Department’s 2025 Research Day featured 225 poster presentations! Department of Psychiatry faculty, trainees, and staff are encouraged to submit an abstract for consideration for the poster session. Each trainee and staff poster presenter will be...

Cutting-Edge, Specialized Psychiatric Treatment at the Center for Interventional Psychiatry

Center for Interventional Psychiatry Photo Mosaic

The UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) Center for Interventional Psychiatry (CIP) outpatient clinic has long provided cutting-edge, specialized treatment for individuals whose psychiatric disorders have not responded to first-line treatment such as psychotherapy and medication. Patients with conditions including treatment-resistant depression, catatonia, persistent mania, difficult-to-treat schizophrenia, and...

The University of Pittsburgh NeuroBioBank Brain and Tissue Repository Renewed by NIH for $10M

The University of Pittsburgh NeuroBioBank (NBB) Brain and Tissue Repository was recently renewed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a five-year, $10M contract. Due to the generosity of donor families, the Pitt NBB is an invaluable resource for investigators using postmortem human brain tissue for research. It is led by director David Lewis, MD (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience...

Richelle “Ricki” Stiffler, MSW, Named UPMC Dignity & Respect Champion

Ricki Stiffler

Congratulations to Richelle “Ricki” Stiffler, MSW, who has been named a 2026 UPMC Dignity & Respect Champion. The Dignity & Respect Champion Award recognizes individuals who foster a positive environment by making everyone feel welcomed, valued, and appreciated. Ricki is a Research Program Administrator with the Phillips Mood and Brain Lab (PI: Mary Phillips, MD). Her nominator wrote: “Ricki consistently...

Pitt Psychiatry Updates from the American College of Neuropsychology Annual Meeting

Aeriel View of Nassau with ACNP Logo

University of Pittsburgh Psychiatry faculty and trainees attended the recent American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) annal meeting to learn about and present new research and to connect with colleagues. Below is a recap of Pitt Psychiatry news from the meeting: ACNP Fellow Nadine Melhem, PhD (Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science), was promoted from ACNP Member to Fellow. Dr...

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