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PMBC Clinical Scholar
Visiting Instructor in Psychiatry,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Email: sorecai@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-246-6945
Fax: 412-246-5520

 Research Program
Dr. Soreca is presently involved in the clinical activity of the Depression and Manic Depression
Prevention Program, directed by Ellen Frank, Ph.D.  She also has worked under the supervision
of Andrea Fagiolini, M.D. This program is specifically focused on the medical risk reduction in
patients with bipolar disorder. She is participating in the Pittsburgh Mind-Body clinical scholars
program under the mentorship of Richard Jennings, Ph.D. and Peter Gianaros, Ph.D.
Dr. Soreca’s overall goal is to identify biological and neural mediators of treatment response and
early markers of relapse risk in mood disorders. She is particularly interested in exploring
biological and neural markers that could mediate the antidepressant activity of behavioral
interventions such as aerobic exercise or interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT), and
. identifying possible markers of endophenotypes that would benefit the most from these
interventions.

Leadership Positions and Honors
Italian Society of Psychopathology (SOPSI) Young Investigator Award, 2003
Psychiatry specialization degree conferred with maxima cum laude, 2004
New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (NCDEU) New Investigator Award, 2007

Representative Publications
Soreca I, Dell’Erba A, Castrogiovanni P. Antidepressants and weight gain:  an emerging
problem. Minerva Psichiatrica 46:99-104, 2005.
Soreca I, Di Muro A, Capano G, Ciuoli C, Pacini F, Catsrogiovanni P. Application of
the biopsychosocial model for subgrouping obese treatment  seeking patients. Minerva
Psichiatrica 47:89-94, 2006.
Soreca I, Mauri M, Castrogiovanni S, Simoncini M, Cassano GB.  Measured and expected
resting energy expenditure in patients with  bipolar disorder on maintenance treatment.
Bipolar Disord 2007, in press
Gildengers A, Whyte EM, Drayer RA, Soreca I, Fagiolini A, Kilbourne AM,  Houck PR,
Reynolds CF, Frank E, Kupfer DJ, Mulsant B. Medical burden in late-life bipolar and major
depressive disorders. Am J Geriatr  Psychiatry, in press.
  Revised 10/1/2007  la/tc

 

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