Danella Hafeman, M.D., PhD

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry

    Education & Training

  • Postdoctoral, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
  • Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
  • PhD, Epidemiology, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Residency, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
  • MD, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Awards
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Fellowship in Child Psychiatry Depression Research in 2016
Career Development Award (K23) from NIMH in 2017
ACNP Travel Award in 2017
NARSAD Young Investigator Award in 2019
Klerman Prizewinner in 2023
Research Interests

Dr. Danella Hafeman, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and a child psychiatrist at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Hafeman’s research at the Mood & Mind Lab, supported primarily by the National Institutes of Mental Health and SAMHSA, focuses on children, adolescents, and young adults with and at-risk for bipolar disorder. Her research program aims to elucidate clinical and neural mechanisms of risk and resilience in these young people, with the goals of delaying or even preventing progression of mood disorders. 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, a training program for research-focused psychiatry residents, and has a strong interest in mentoring the next generation of physician-scientists.