Danella Hafeman, M.D., Ph.D.

2023 Klerman Prize for Exceptional Clinical Research
2019 Young Investigator Grant
Danella Hafeman, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Dr. Danella Hafeman is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She earned her M.D. and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology at Columbia University and completed her psychiatry residency and child psychiatry fellowship in Pittsburgh. Her research program, supported primarily by NIMH and SAMHSA, is focused on youth with and at-risk for bipolar disorder. Her studies employ a combination of comprehensive clinical assessments, neuroimaging measures of functional connectivity, and technology-based in vivo assessments of mood and energy (e.g., through ecological momentary assessment and mobile sensing). Clinically, she is Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Services outpatient clinic, where she evaluates and treats youth with and at-risk for bipolar disorder. She also serves as Director of the Psychiatry Research Pathway, the research-focused psychiatry residency pathway at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and has a strong interest in mentoring the next generation of physician-scientists.
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