Many University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry faculty and trainees attended the 2023 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) annual meeting to learn about and present new research, and connect with colleagues.
The 21st annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day, held on June 8, 2023 was a great success, attended by more than 500 faculty members, trainees, and staff, and featuring 160 posters at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. The plenary program concluded with Outstanding Poster Presentation Awards for recipients including TNN Lab member Kevin Handoko.
a recent paper published in JAMA Psychiatry, Dr. Peciña and investigators including Alex Dombrovski, MD (Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Professor in Brain and Mind Research and Associate Professor of Psychiatry), from Pitt Psychiatry, investigated what makes antidepressant placebo effects persist over time.
Nadine Melhem, PhD; Marta Peciña, MD, PhD; & Randy Auerbach, PhD, receive new funding from NIH to investigate the impact of social media on suicidal behavior among teens
César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD; Nadine Melhem, PhD; Marta Peciña, MD, PhD; & Collaborators Receive Pitt Momentum Fund Award
Dr. Pecina was selected as a President’s Plenary presenter, and discussed the latest work on endogenous opioid release in response to expectancies of pain and mood.
Dr. Peciña has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Peciña!
On May 27th & 28th, 2021, Dr. Peciña presented her work on antidepressant placebo effects at the SIPS: "Molecular Mechanisms of Placebo Response: From Genes to Pathways."
Jiazhou starts his studies at the UCL-NIMH Joint Doctoral Training Program in Neuroscience to work under the mentorship of Argyris Stringaris and Quentin Huys. Best of luck Jiazhou!
Dr. Peciña has been awarded with an R01 grant as part of the NIMH BRAINS program. The five-year study will examine the neurocomputational mechanisms of antidepressant placebo effects.
On January 24th, 2020, Dr. Peciña presented at the Plenary Session “What We Have Learned About Placebo: Implications for clinical Practice and the interpretation of Evidence About Analgesics” at the NANS 23rd Annual Meeting.
During the 58th ACNP annual meeting Dr. Peciña was also elected to Associate Member status.
On December 8th, 2019, Dr. Peciña presented at the Panel: “Novel Extensions of Computational Psychiatry to Decode Treatment Targets in Depression and Anxiety”, at the 58th ACNP Annual Meeting.
Dr. Peciña presented her research on “Opioid-mediated mechanisms of antidepressant placebo effects” at the 2nd SIPS Conference on Placebo Studies in Leuven, July 8th, 2019.
Dr. Peciña's research was showcased in less than five minutes at Pitt’s Department of Psychiatry 19th Annual Research Day on June 19, 2019.
Thandi Lyew won an award for Outstanding Poster Presentation at Pitt’s Department of Psychiatry 19th Annual Research Day on June 19, 2019.
Dr. Peciña's work was featured at the Department of Psychiatry "Researchers on the Rise" 2018 lecture series.
New review article about the role of the endogenous opioid system in depression in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
Placebo Antidepressant Treatment Reinforced by Neurofeedback Improves Mood via Prefrontal Cortex.
Dr. Peciña’s new paper was accepted for publication in the Eu Neuropsychopharmacological journal in 2018.
Dr. Peciña was awarded by the ASCI with the prestigious 2017 Young Physician-Scientist Award.
Dr. Peciña joined the PRF webinar to discuss the science and her research about placebo and nocebo effects with Drs Luana Colloca, Tor Wager and Javeria Hashmi.
Dr. Peciña joins the faculty at the Pitt’s Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Peciña presents her research in the Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute at Stanford University.
Dr. Peciña joins the 2016 CDI for Psychiatry Class.
Dr. Peciña’s JAMA Psychiatry article was featured in the ScienceDaily website in September 2015.
Dr. Peciña’s JAMA Psychiatry article hits the international press.
The NIH Research Matters section features Dr. Peciña’s research.
Dr. Peciña’s JAMA Psychiatry article in social media.
Dr. Peciña’s JAMA Psychiatry article is highlighted in Focus, a German newspaper in November 2015.
Dr. Peciña’s research on personality predictors of placebo analgesia is featured in the Los Angeles Times newspaper.