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Access the UPMC/Pitt Mental and Physical Health Resource Guide

The Department of Psychiatry Advocacy Workgroup has created a Mental and Physical Health Resource Guide for employees of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. The guide provides information on how to find information and support on topics including but not limited to workplace accommodations and accessibility, leaves of absence, and short-term disability. Click here to view and print the Mental and Physical Health...

Members of Office of Grants and Contracts Staff Recognized by Pitt Health Sciences Research Administration

OGC Staff Receive Pitt Health Sciences Awards 

Please join us in congratulating Mariana Rieke, Kasey Godard, Cassidy Leasure, Scott Lewis, Bridget Leyland, and Alex Walters from the Department of Psychiatry Office of Grants and Contracts (OGC), who have been recognized by the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Research Administration Office. Mariana, Kasey, Cassidy, Scott, Bridget, and Alex received the following awards at the Research Administration Day...

Patrick Buckley, MD, Receives Two UPMC Clinical Excellence Awards

Patrick Buckley, MD, Receives Two UPMC Clinical Excellence Awards

Please join us in congratulating Patrick Buckley, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), who has been honored with two prestigious awards, a UPMC Physician Excellence Award and an Excellence in Patient Experience Award. Dr. Buckley was recently honored at the 2025 Dr. Loren Roth Quality and Patient Safety Awards Celebration. The UPMC Physician Excellence Award – New Physician Excellence in Clinical Care honors a...

Psychiatry Residents Present Robust Research at the 8th Annual Psychiatry Research Pathway Symposium

Mosaic of 2025 PRP Symposium Participants

The Psychiatry Research Pathway (PRP) Symposium provides UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital residents engaged in research the opportunity to present their work to fellow residents, faculty mentors, T32 postdoctoral research program directors, and interested members of our academic community. The PRP is led by Director and PRP alum Danella Hafeman, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry), together with associate...

Translational Psychiatry: The Role of Reward-Related Brain Activity in Response to Treatment and Later Depression Severity: Data from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Early Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders

Images from Ladouceur & Colleagues Translational Psychiatry 2025

Alterations in reward-related brain activity have been linked to response to psychological treatment in adolescents with anxiety disorders. However, it remains unknown whether these effects are driven by reward anticipation or feedback, which reflect different functional roles in motivated behavior, or to what extent brain activity changes as a function of treatment response and relates to future depression. A team...

Recent Research on Postnatal Neuronal Development in Cell Reports and Molecular Psychiatry

Figures from Peixoto & Colleagues 2025 Cell Reports Article

Rui Peixoto, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), is an expert in developmental neuroscience and investigates abnormalities in cortical and striatal development associated with autism spectrum disorder. He is senior author of recent papers published in Cell Reports and Molecular Psychiatry. “Our recent findings provide new insight into how the striatum and basal ganglia shape the maturation of prefrontal...

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