Faculty

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Rosenstock on his receipt of the William I. Cohen Award for Excellence in Education. This award recognizes faculty who consistently provide outstanding clinical skills instruction for first and second year medical students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In addition to the Cohen Award, Dr. Rosenstock was also selected to receive the Award for Outstanding Mini...

The International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology (ICGP) has presented Meryl A. Butters, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, with the 2015 Senior Investigator Award. Dr. Butters was presented with the award at the recent ICGP Annual Meeting that took place in Palo Alto, CA. The award recognizes Dr. Butters's outstanding research contributions on the interface...

Thomson Reuters has a new methodology for determining the scientific impact of investigators in different fields. In each field they have listed the top 1% of researchers for most cited documents. Using this new methodology in 2014-2015, three researchers in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry were ranked: Drs. William Klunk (left), David Lewis (middle) and David Kupfer (right). Dr. Klunk is well...

Dr. Susan Perlman Awarded BRAINS Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health Congratulations to Susan Perlman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, on her receipt of a Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This prestigious R01 award is intended to support the research and career development of outstanding...

Institute of Living to Present David Brent, MD with the C. Charles Burlingame Award For his multiple important contributions to psychiatry throughout his distinguished career, David Brent, MD was selected by the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital to receive the C. Charles Burlingame Award. The Burlingame Award will formally be presented to Dr. Brent at a special reception on evening of October 21st and he will...

Congratulations to LalithKumar Solai, MD on his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Solai received his medical degree from Kilpauk Medical College in Madras, India and completed his internship and residency training at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. After completing a two-year fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at the...