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- VIBPG and Danielle Dick featured on WRIC regarding the "Nature vs. Nurture Debate"
- Kenneth Kendler mentioned in Slate.com article about keeping cool under pressure. MORE
- John M. Hettema talks with ScienceWatch.com and answers a few questions about this month's Fast Moving Fronts paper in the field of Psychiatry/Psychology. MORE
- VTCC has long been the centerpiece of the commonwealth's mental health system for our children. This was true when I became secretary of health and human resources in the
administration of Gov. Gerald Baliles 25 years ago. And it remains true today.
As a result of a budget-cutting effort during a previous state financial crisis, VTCC is now part of the VCU Health System. But its role remains the same: providing world-class mental health care for children; performing cutting-edge research on prevention and treatment issues; and training the next generation of children's mental health professionals -- physicians, nurses, social
workers, and psychologists.
VTCC has won national and international recognition for the quality of its patient care, research, and training. MORE
- The VCU Medical Center Department of Psychiatry conducted a panel discussion before a studio audience at the Community Idea Stations on July 13th as a follow-up to “Voices of Hope and Recovery,” a local Public TV documentary and was then broadcast on July18th as a WCVE Forum program. This special community conversation featured a panel of regional experts who answered previously submitted questions. "A Conversation About Children's Mental Health" LISTEN NOW
- As previously announced, Psychiatry Vice Chair & VTCC CEO Dr. Robert Cohen will be retiring from VCU effective June 30, 2011. Bob will remain in his role as Professor and Vice Chair until his retirement date. He has been an integral part of the growth and vision of our Department and he will be greatly missed.
The role of Vice Chair is an important one, and as such, I am excited to announce the appointment of Ananda Pandurangi, M.D. as a new Vice Chair, effective immediately. Dr. Pandurangi is Professor of Psychiatry and the Medical Director and Chairman, Division of Inpatient Psychiatry as well as an Adjunct Professor of Radiology. Dr. Pandurangi joined us in 1984 and was promoted to Division Chair and Medical Director in 1992. In his role, he directs psychiatric services on two acute inpatient units and a crisis stabilization unit, an electroconvulsive therapy program, a magnetic stimulation therapy program, a schizophrenia program, and emergency psychiatry. In addition to being a leader, he is also a highly respected clinician. I am confident Dr. Pandurangi’s medical and interpersonal skills will make him a highly successful Vice Chair.
Additionally, Dr. James Levenson will continue in his role as department Vice Chair.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Pandurangi on his new role!
- An international team of researchers has identified a risk gene for schizophrenia, including a potentially causative mutation, using genome-wide association data-mining techniques and independent replications.
The results of the research, led by Xiangning Chen, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and human and molecular genetics in Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Medicine and the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, and Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D., professor of psychiatry and human and molecular genetics in VCU’s School of Medicine and the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, are reported in the September issue of the journal Molecular Psychiatry. MORE
- Tamara Helfer, MD, PGY-3 was presented with the Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award. MORE
- Dr. Robert Cohen’s project, “Faison School for Autism – VCU Partnership” was selected as the 2009-2010 Community Research exemplary nomination by the Council for Community Engagement 2009-2010 Currents of Change Awards and Recognition Committee. The Council's awards ceremony will be held on April 30, 2010, Monroe Park Campus Student Commons at 3:00 p.m., at which time the program's achievements will be recognized.
- Dr. Robert Cohen was awarded the Voices for Change Award to recognize his work in the formation of CSA in the early '90s.
- Dr. Victor Vieweg was invited to become a member of the American Journal of Medicine Editorial Board.
- Congratulations to first year resident, Kim Woodyard, MD. While on her internal medicine rotation at MCV, she was nominated for and named Most Valuable Intern for that rotation period.
- Sandra Barker was recognized for her
research at the Department of Psychiatry's Human-Animal
Interaction Center by the NIH MORE
- A blogger takes a look at Dr. Kendler's
study on depression and loss. Peter Kramer sees the direct
link to today's economic crisis and groundbreaking findings
at the Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral
Genetics. MORE
- The National Alliance for Mental Health, Voices for Virginia’s
Children, Mental Health America of Virginia, Virginia Federation
of Families, Psychiatric Society of Virginia, and the Virginia
Association of Community Service Boards honor experts in
the field of mental health each year.
Robert Cohen, PhD, Brian Meyer, PhD, Aradhana
Bela Sood, MD, were chosen for their dedication
and leadership by these organizations who come together
to showcase the finest mental health care advocates in the
Commonwealth. Our three doctors were nominated by peers
and celebrated for their steadfast fight for advocacy, research,
education and patient care in mental health.
“This is a well-deserved honor for Drs. Cohen, Sood
and Meyer. Three of the seven awards in the state going
to VCU psychiatry physicians show what dedicated and distinguished
individuals we have on our team. Our department is driven
by a commitment to advocating for children," said Joel
Silverman, M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry.
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- President Eugene P. Trani and Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs Stephen D. Gottfredson recognized Mary
Ellen Olbrisch, PhD for her outstanding accomplishments
in the areas of teaching, scholarship, service and overall
excellence and honored her with the Distinguished Faculty
Award.
Throughout her career and specifically in her 24 years at
the Department of Psychiatry, at VCUHS, Olbrisch has maintained
a tradition of service that has carried over to her roles
as a clinical health psychology educator and practitioner.
Dr. Olbrisch specializes in obesity and weight loss surgery,
living organ donors, and post traumatic stress disorders.
MORE
Susan G. Kornstein, MD was featured in Brown
Medical School's Magazine in the feature "Eye on Alumni".
MORE
- Susan G. Kornstein, MD has been chosen
by Jewish Women International as a "Women to Watch" honoree
for her work as a pioneer in women’s health. Kornstein,
a professor of psychiatry and obstetrics/gynecology in the
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, is
one of 10 women nationwide to receive the JWI’s national
leadership award this year. MORE
- Kenneth Kendler, PhD - VCU part of international
research team awarded Wellcome Trust Foundation grant to
study molecular genetics of depression. MORE
- Aradhana Bela Sood, MD, MSHA received
one of the Women in Science, Dentistry and Medicine (WISDM)
Professional Achievement Award for their special contributions,
dedication, leadership, mentorship and accomplishments in
the schools of Medicine and Dentistry. We are thrilled to
have one of our own receive this University honor. Dr. Sood
is the Chair of the Department’s Division of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Susan Williams White, PhD has been awarded
a five-year career award to develop expertise in treating
children with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
from the NIMH. She will design an evidence-based cognitive
behavioral therapy that aims to help these children overcome
anxiety and develop better social skills. Once an initial
version of the therapy is developed, Dr. White intends to
test it in a clinical trial.
- Susan Kornstein, MD is a professor in
Psychiatry at VCU and Executive Director of the Mood Disorders
Clinic. She was a keynote speaker at the Third International
Congress on Women’s Mental Health in Melbourne, Australia.
This conference explored
the psychosocial, economic and cultural contexts of women’s
mental health as well as the genetic, cellular, neural,
hormonal, pharmacologic and other basic science aspects
of women’s mental health.
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