The IMPACT two-year, NIMH-funded training program matches creative and energetic post-doctoral (MD, PhD, DO, or MD, PhD) fellows in mental health-related disciplines with faculty members who provide mentorship across an array of approaches and methods, including fMRI, genetics, statistical modelling, treatment evaluation, and implementation science. In addition, we provide resources for travel, coursework, and pilot research.
The program, which has been funded continuously since 1990, aims to develop clinical scientists who can formulate original and significant research in areas such as:
- Mechanisms of pathogenesis, persistence and treatment response
- Translation of basic research findings into clinical interventions
- Identification of individual differences in treatment response that leads to personalization and optimization of treatment
- Implementation of effective interventions in community settings
- Strategies for the dissemination of effective treatments
Fellows at Western Psychiatric Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have an opportunity to work with respected, multi-disciplinary faculty in one of the strongest child and adolescent psychiatry clinical and research programs in the United States. The majority of our graduates go on to obtain academic appointments, secure external funding, and become leading researchers themselves.
Program Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are committed to providing meaningful training opportunities that foster growth in trainees’ cultural competencies to improve patient care, enhance scientific research, and increase advocacy for social justice.
Training Experiences and Resources
- Lectures, presentations and trainings offered through the University of Pittsburgh’s nationally recognized Center on Race and Social Problems (prior lectures)
- WPH Grand Rounds and Medicine Grand rounds focused on topics of health equity
- Opportunities to work with faculty focused on health disparities in their programmatic lines of research
- Training workshops offered by the University of Pittsburgh’s Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Career development support and resources (e.g., grant writing, preparation of publications, mentorship, development of management and leadership skills) through the Departments Career & Research Development Seminars (CARDS), The K Review Program and the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity Program
- Current Fellows
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Yan Yuan, PhD
Kelsey Magee, PhD
Safaa Eldeeb, PhD
Lindsay Taraban, PhD
Ligia Antezana, PhD
Nicholas Harris, MD
- Recent Previous Fellows
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Andrew Seidman, PhD Manivel Rengasamy, MD Teague Henry, PhD
Rosalind Butterfield, PhD Kristen Eckstrand, MD Elizabeth McGuier, PhD
Craig Sewall, PhD Candice Biernesser, PhD Laura Cabral, PhD