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The Department of Psychiatry is well known for its robust research and its significant contributions to the scientific community. Our research staff are an important part of that success. Two members of our staff were recently presented with the ACES Award in recognition of their outstanding performance and their support of the Department?s research mission. Brandie George-Milford, a Project Coordinator in the...

The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine has selected Neeta Shenai, MD as the recipient of a 2016 William Webb Fellowship. The prestigious William Webb Fellowship program was created to foster the career development and leadership potential of advanced residents and psychosomatic medicine fellows. As a Webb Fellow, Dr. Shenai will have the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with leaders in the field and other...

Three members of the Department of Psychiatry faculty have been selected from a large pool of applicants to participate in the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Medical Education Certificate (MERC) Program. The MERC program aims to help medical education leaders to learn research skills that will enhance their ability to develop and implement medical education research projects. Priya Gopalan, MD has...

Congratulations to Michael Marcsisin, MD on his selection for the 2016 Marshall W. Webster Physician Leadership Program. The Marshall Webster Physician Leadership Program is a collaborative venture between the Center for Healthcare Management at the University of Pittsburgh Katz School of Business and UPMC. Each year, only 30 physicians are selected from a large pool of applicants for the highly competitive program...

The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) has selected an article by Ariel Gildengers, MD as one of the best papers published in the journal Bipolar Disorders in 2015. Dr. Gildengers is an active member of the Department of Psychiatry's Geriatric Psychiatry Research program and has published extensively on late-life mood disorders. Dr. Gildengers' paper was one of only three articles selected by a...

Time-varying associations between confidence and motivation to abstain from marijuana during treatment among adolescents Chung T and Maisto SA Addictive Behavior, 57:62-68, 2016 An important goal of addictions treatment is to develop a positive association between high levels of confidence and motivation to abstain from substance use. Dr. Tammy Chung examined session-to-session changes in level of confidence and...