Faculty

Andrew R Gerlach, PhD

Andrew R Gerlach, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
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Education & Training

PhD
Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, College of Engineering
Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, Idaho National Laboratory
Clinical and Translational Research Training in Late-Life Mood Disorders, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Professional Affiliations

Member, Society of Biological Psychiatry
Member, Organization for Human Brain Mapping

Research Interests

Mood & anxiety disorders; Neuroimaging; Computational models for multimodal integration
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Kazan J, Gerlach AR, Mizuno A, Ward W, Buente K, Andreescu C, Aizenstein HJ, and Stahl ST, Depressive symptoms anticipate behavioral and emotional factors among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychiatry Research Communications, 3 (1), 100096 (2023).
  2. Wilson JD, Gerlach AR, Karim HT, Aizenstein HJ & Andreescu C. Sex matters: Acute functional connectivity changes as markers of remission in late-life depression differ by sex. Mol Psychiatry (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02158-0
  3. Gerlach AR, Karim HT, Lee S, Kolobaric A, Tudorascu DL, Butters MA, Andreescu C. White noise - Is anxiety in late-life associated with white matter hyperintensity burden? Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2023) S1064-7481(23)00398-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.08.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37718134.
  4. Gerlach AR, Karim HT, Pecia M, Ajilore O, Taylor W, Butters MA & Andreescu C. MRI predictors of pharmacotherapy response in major depressive disorder, NeuroImage: Clinical, 36, 103157 (2022).
  5. Gerlach AR, Karim HT, Kazan J, Aizenstein HJ, Krafty RT & Andreescu C. Networks of worry - Towards a connectivity-based signature of late-life worry using higher criticism, Translational Psychiatry, 11, 550 (2021).

Pitt Psychiatry Research Published in Alzheimer's & Dementia

Investigators

Pitt Psychiatry investigators have recently published studies in Alzheimer's & Dementia. Below is a summary of recent original research on neural factors underlying cognitive and depressive symptoms in late life, sleep and rest–activity rhythms across different cognitive aging pathways, and the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and Alzheimer’s disease. Altered Triple Network Model...

The 2024 Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting in Austin, TX

Collage of Photos from 2024 SOBP Meeting

The 2024 Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) Annual Meeting was held in Austin, TX. Pitt Psychiatry faculty and trainees gathered for a program that explored whether the translational medicine approach is living up to its promise in psychiatry. The conference additionally presented the opportunity to network and meet up with Pitt Psychiatry friends and alums! Gold Medal Award Mary Phillips, MD, MD (Cantab)...

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: White Noise—Is Anxiety in Late-Life Associated With White Matter Hyperintensity Burden?

Drs. Andrew Gerlach and Carmen Andreescu

Anxiety disorders are prevalent in late life, with symptoms including severe (uncontrollable) worry and rumination. Late-life anxiety, worry, and rumination in the context of the aging brain can be associated with differences in volume and thickness of gray matter regions in the brain, as well as altered functional connectivity in the networks involved in emotion generation and regulation, but these changes may...

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes New Faculty Members Douglas D’Agati, MD; Andrew Gerlach, PhD; and Joseph Stujenske, MD, PhD

Drs. D'Agati, Gerlach and Stujenske

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to three new faculty members: Douglas D’Agati, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) Dr. D’Agati received his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and completed his psychiatry residency training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as chief resident. Dr. D’Agati then completed a clinical research fellowship (the Alexander Wilson Schweizer...