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Pitt Psychiatry’s 2025 Research Day featured 225 poster presentations from faculty, trainees, and staff. Forty-six pairs of faculty members discussed posters with the presenters.

During the plenary session, Top Poster Awards were presented to the following recipients:

Postdoctoral Scholars

Ligia Antezana, PhD
Wasiu Balogun, PhD
Rayan Mroué, MD
Jacques-Yves Campion, MD
Caroline Christian, PhD
Guilherme Povala, PhD
Safaa Eldeeb, PhD
Stanley Seah, PhD
Andreia Silva da Rocha, PhD
Carolina Soares, PhD
Lindsay Taraban, PhD
 

Science Trainees (Graduate and Undergraduate Students)

Megan Marowski, BS
Alexis Bamfo, BS
Nicholas McDonald, BS
Mary Pangburn
Anna Roberts
Dylan Stein
Melanie Wang, BS
Joshua Yeoum, BS
Kelly Barko, BS, MS
Nathan Brantly
Reece Budinich, BS
Nahom Mossazghi, BS, MS
Teneisha Myers, MS
Megan Perez, BS
Nicole Horan, BS
Destiny Wright, BS
 

Medical Trainees (Residents and Medical Students)

Douglas Teixeira Leffa, MD, PhD
Kevin Dowling, BA

Research Staff

Sophia Arruda Da Costa E Silva, BS
Sarah Brammell, BS
Lamia Choity, BS
Michel Nafash, BS
Hannah Dewhurst, BS
Israel Edery, BA
Tylar Schmitt, BA
Karoline Shellhause, BS
Micah Shelton, MS
Haeun Son, BS
Laura Taglioni, BA
Megan Julien, BHA
Lauren Keller, BS

Congratulations to all! To read Part I of our Research Day recap, click here.