Career Development Institute for Psychiatry
Dedicated to Launching and Maintaining Careers in Mental Health Research

Holly Swartz, MD

Dr. Swartz's research focuses on optimizing psychosocial treatments for mood disorders. She is currently testing the impact of maternal depression treatment on offspring also receiving treatment and the role of psychotherapy in the management of bipolar II disorder. She is also interested in the process of moving efficacious psychosocial interventions to routine practice settings.

Positions

  • Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Director, Center for Advanced Psychotherapy, UPMC Western Psychiatry Hospital
  • Medical Director, Depression and Manic Depression Prevention Program, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Education & Training

  • MD, 1990, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY