We are delighted to announce that Camila Aponte, MD, and Hader Mansour, MD, PhD, were honored with 2020 Loren Roth Quality and Patient Safety Awards. Dr. Aponte received the Physician Excellence Award–New Clinician of Excellence, which recognizes an early-career physician who has made exceptional contributions to UPMC’s clinical mission. Kenneth Nash, MD (Chief, Clinical Services, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital)...

Bernie Devlin, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, earned his PhD in botany, conducting his early research in plant biology. His postdoctoral research in genetics in plant populations ignited a career-long love for statistical modeling, and today he is an internationally recognized expert in building statistical models to understand the genetic epidemiology of simple and complex...

For many children and families, the lack of convenient access to behavioral health services can be a major barrier to receiving necessary treatment for psychiatric and mood disorders. UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) is committed to expanding access to care, and the Pine Center in Wexford, PA—just north of the City of Pittsburgh—is accessible to many local communities, and has recently launched programs to...

The Department of Psychiatry congratulates Jessica Gannon, MD, who has received a 2019 UPMC ACES award. This prestigious award, received by fewer than 1% of UPMC staff annually, honors individuals who regularly go above and beyond. Dr. Gannon is medical director for Ambulatory Comprehensive Recovery Services (CRS) and was nominated for an ACES award by the therapists who work with her at the CRS Ambulatory Clinic...

We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Price, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Price earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Rutgers University and completed an internship in clinical psychology at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. She then undertook T32 postdoctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry under the...

The Department of Psychiatry is delighted to announce that Helmet Karim, PhD, Jiying Ning, PhD, and Stephanie Puig, PhD, have joined the Department of Psychiatry faculty. Jiying Ning, PhD Dr. Ning (Research Instructor in Psychiatry) is trained in biochemistry and structural biology. She earned her PhD in Environmental Science from the Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

We are delighted to announce that Amelia Versace, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Versace earned her MD from the University of Verona School of Medicine in Italy, where she also completed her residency, as well as predoctoral and postdoctoral training. Dr. Versace then joined the University of Pittsburgh to conduct a one-year...

Sleep is an important component of overall physical and mental well-being, and can predict important health outcome in older adults, including mortality. Sleep is often studied as a single construct represented by duration or the presence/absence of a disorder. However, scientists including Meredith Wallace, PhD, Daniel Buysse, MD, and Martica Hall, PhD, believe that sleep is a multidimensional construct, composed...

We are delighted to announce that Jason Rosenstock, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Rosenstock earned his MD from Brown University and completed his residency at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). He has been a member of the Pitt Psychiatry faculty since 1996, and has served as Director, Medical Student Education since 2005. Last year...

The Department of Psychiatry is thrilled to congratulate James Emanuel, who has received a 2019 UPMC ACES award for his outstanding work in Pitt Psychiatry research. This prestigious award, received by fewer than 1% of UPMC staff annually, honors individuals who regularly go above and beyond. As Lead Research Project Coordinator for the Lithium As a Treatment to Prevent the Impairment of Cognition in Elders...