WPIC Visiting Professorship, Meet the Principal Investigator, Young Investigator, and Clinical Grand Rounds 

(All Lectures to be held in Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic Auditorium, 2nd floor, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Visiting Professorship Lectures

Cognitive Neuroscience: Bridging Molecules to Mind in the Quest for More Effective Therapeutics in Schizophrenia

Cameron Carter, MD

Professor of Psychiatry McGill University

The Impact of Effect Sizes on Randomized Clinical Trials: The Changing Face of Randomized Clinical Trials

Helena Chmura Kraemer, PhD

Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry (Emerita)

Stanford University

Understanding Firewater: Risk Factors for Substance Dependence in Native Americans

Cindy L. Ehlers, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Neurosciences

Director, Laboratory of Translational Neuropharmacology

The Scripps Research Institute

Sleep: A Window on the Brain

Giulio Tononi, MD, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry

School of Medicine and Public Health

University of Wisconsin

Women and Depression: Everything You Never Wanted to Know about Sex... Hormones

David Rubinow, MD

Assad Meymandi Professor & Chair

Department of Psychiatry

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pharmacotheraphy of High Risk Bipolar Disorder

Maria A. Oquendo, MD

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Columbia University Medical Center

New York State Psychiatric Institute

Current Research on Pediatric Anxiety: Integrating Neuroscience and Clinical Approaches

Daniel Pine, PhD

Chief, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience

and Chief of Child and Adolescent Research in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program

National Institute of Mental Health

The Statistics of Suicide

Robert D. Gibbons, PhD

Professor of Biostatistics

Director, Center for Health Statistics

University of Illinois, Chicago

The Role of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Mediating Resilience in the Face of Adverse Events

Steven F. Maier, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Psychology

Director, Center for Neuroscience

University of Colorado at Boulder

Mind and Body 2008: The Imperative of Integrated Care

Michael E. Hogan, PhD

Commissioner

New York State Office of Mental Health

Dynorphin and Kappa-Opinoid Receptors in the Study and Treatment of Psychiatric Illness

William Carlezon, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Harvard University

Bipolar Illness: Approaching an understanding of Genetic Structure

John Nurnberger, Jr., MD, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry

Indiana University

Genetic Analysis of Circadian Clocks in Mammals

Joseph Takahashi, PhD

Professor of Neurology

Northwestern University Medical School

Depression, Menopause, and Risk for Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease

Karen A. Matthews, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Psychology

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

The Role of Early Life Experience and Genetics in Shaping Anxious Behavior: Lessons from Nonhuman Primates

Judy L. Cameron, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Adolescent Brain Development: A Period of Vulnerabilities and Opportunities

Ronald Dahl, MD

Staunton Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Studies in the Treatment and Prevention of Pediatric Obesity

Marsha D. Marcus, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS): NIH Roadmap Initiative

Paul A. Pilkonis, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Young Investigator Lectures

Does Female Hormonal Context Alter the Neurobiology of Mood? PET Studies in Postpartum Depression,, Menopause, and Aging

Eydie Moses-Kolko, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Psychophysiological Correlates and Treatments of Sleep Disturbances in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Anne Germain, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Psychosocial Factors and Bariatric Surgery

Melissa A. Kalarchian, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

An Economist's Perspective of Mental Health Services Research

Andrew W. Dick, PhD

Senior Economist, RAND Corporation

Cytokines, Hormones, and Genetic Vulnerability to Major Depression

Francis Lotrich, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Emotion Regulation and Risk for Child and Adolescent Depression: Neural and Ecological Factors

Jennifer Silk, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Neuroreceptor Imaging in Schizophrenia

Gordon Frankle, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Clinical Grand Rounds Lectures

Services and Resaerch for Recovery in Serious Mental Illness

Rohan Ganguli, MD

Professor of Psychiatry, Pathology, and Health & Community Systems

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Geriatric Psychiatry

Jules Rosen, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Forensic Psychiatry

Christine A. Martone, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

VA Medical Center

Sara Salmon-Cox, MS, OTR/L

Program Coordinator, MIRECC

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Debates in Psychiatry

Lalth Solai, MDD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Child and Adolescent MR Services

Martin J. Lubetsky, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Addiction Medicine Services

Dennis C. Daley, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Social Work

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Adult Services

Jack Cahalane, PhD

Chief, WPIC Adult Services

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

School of Pharmacy Distinguished Lecture Series

(All lectures, unless otherwise indicated, to be held in 456, Salk Hall,

Reception to follow lectures)

Center for Bioethics and Health Law Grand Rounds (Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are at the School of Law, 3900 Forbes Avenue)

Psychiatric Epidemiology and Alcohol Research Seminar