The American Medical Women’s Association has named Katherine L. Wisner, M.D., M.S., as the recipient of the 2011 Women in Science Award, which is given to a female physician who has made exceptional contributions to medical science, especially in women's health, through her basic and/or clinical research, her publications and through leadership in her field
Dr. Wisner is a professor of psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and director of the Women's Behavioral HealthCARE program at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC. She also serves as an investigator at the Magee-Womens Research Institute. Her research focuses on the psychiatric treatment of women of childbearing age, and she is internationally recognized as an expert in the treatment of depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Dr. Wisner will receive her award during a presentation that will take place at the American Medical Women’s Association annual meeting in Washington D.C., on April 2. The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is an organization of women physicians, medical students and other persons dedicated to serving as the unique voice for women's health and the advancement of women in medicine. For more information, visit www.amwa-doc.org.
