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Please join us in congratulating Vernon Nathaniel, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), who has received a 2025 UPMC Award for Commitment to Excellence in Service (ACES). The prestigious award, received by less than 1% of UPMC staff annually, honors individuals who routinely go above and beyond. Dr. Nathaniel is medical director of WPH’s Community Treatment Teams, which provides outreach and community-based...

Please join us in congratulating Piper Carroll, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), who has received the Gateway Medical Society 2025 Rising Star Award. The Rising Star Award recognizes physicians who demonstrate consistent leadership and commitment to the tenets of clinical excellence, community health & advocacy, and tangible work to reduce health disparities within care delivery systems and within the health...

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...

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to Lilcelia Williams, PhD, MBA-HCM (Research Instructor in Psychiatry). Dr. Williams received her PhD in Instructional Management and Leadership from the Robert Morris University School of Nursing, Education, and Human Studies, and her MBA in healthcare management from Western Governors University. She conducted postdoctoral research training at the University of Pittsburgh...

We are delighted to congratulate Kristen Eckstrand, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), who has received a 2023 UMPC Award for Commitment to Excellence in Service (ACES) for her outstanding achievement in increasing inclusivity for LGBTQIA+ people at UPMC. The prestigious ACES award, received by less than 1% of UPMC staff annually, honors individuals who routinely go above and beyond. Dr. Eckstrand is...

We are pleased to announce that Rebecca Price, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology), has been selected as a member of the inaugural University of Pittsburgh Equitable, Inclusive, Innovation and Incubation (PittEI3) Fellowship cohort. The Pitt Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship established PittEI3 to expand access for women and other historically excluded people to the university’s expanding...