Two Psychiatry Postdoctoral Research Trainees Receive University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association Awards

Congratulations to Cynthia Felix, MD, MPH, and Shalini Sivathasan, PhD, who received Best Poster Presentation Awards at the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association 2024 Postdoctoral Data & Dine Symposium.

Dr. Felix is a postdoctoral associate focusing on advanced Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in the lab of Tharick Pascoal, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology). Her award-winning poster was entitled “MoCA detects pre-clinical AD in the sub-group positive for amyloid and tau pathology.” 

Dr. Sivathasan is a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Carla Mazefsky, PhD (Nancy J. Minshew, MD Chair in Autism Research and Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science), investigating the impact of multiple minority identities on emotion regulation, mental health outcomes, and access to care. Her award-winning poster was entitled “Mental health among sexual and gender minority and cisgender heterosexual autistic young adults.”

Congratulations to Dr. Felix and Dr. Sivathasan!