2024-2025 Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds are every Tuesday from noon to 1 PM.

Watch recordings of Grand Rounds here.

2025

Date

Round

Location
Aug 26, 2025


John Wemmie, MD PhD
“Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) stabilize synapses against drug-induced maladaptive plasticity”   

Ziffren

Sept. 2, 2025


Nicole Woodson-Defauw, MD
“Who Gets Help? Exploring Health Disparities in Addiction Medicine” 

Ziffren

Sept. 9, 2025

Eraka Bath, MD (zoom)
“Who Gets Help? Exploring Health Disparities in Addiction Medicine” 

Ziffren

Sept. 16, 2025

-Job Talk -
Jacqueline Clauss, MD, PhD
"From Development to Diagnosis: Neuroimaging and Clinical Insights in Psychosis Risk"

East Room

Sept. 23, 2025

Erin Olufs and Eirene Alexandrou, MD
"Beyond the X: Comprehensive Medical and Mental Health Care in Turner Syndrome"

Ziffren

Sept 30, 2025

-Computational Grand Rounds-
Amy Yang, PhD- University of Minnesota
"DHA Restores Kv1.2 Channel Function and Expression in the Fragile X Cerebellum"

Ziffren

Oct. 7, 2025

-Interventional Speaker-
Alexander McGirr
(Nick Trapp invited speaker)
"Bridging the Gap: Using Pharmacology to Restore Synaptic Plasticity and Improve Neurostimulation Outcomes in Psychiatry"

Ziffren


Oct. 14, 2025

 -External Speaker-
Sam Jackson
"Street Psychiatry"

Ziffren

Oct. 21, 2025

Teresa Davidson
from Chains Interrupted, the HT organization in CR
“Breaking the Chains of Human Trafficking: What Psychiatry Needs to Know”

East Room

Oct. 28, 2025

-Computational Grand Rounds-
Geoff Murphy, PhD

2189 MERF


Nov. 4, 2025


Alison Lynch, MD

Ziffren

Nov. 11, 2025

Gerard Clancy, MD
"Building Back Trust in American Medicine"

Ziffren


Nov. 18, 2025

Philip Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS 
(Eating disorder expert from Eating Recovery Center)

East Room


Nov 25, 2025


Aaron Kauer, MD

Ziffren


Dec. 2, 2025


Allan Andersen, Kelly Vinquist, Brady Carlberg

Ziffren

Dec. 9, 2025


 External Speaker
Francis Lu, MD, DLFAPA- UC Davis

Ziffren

Dec. 16, 2025

-Computational Grand Rounds-

East Room

HOLIDAY  

 

2026

Date

Round

Location
Jan. 6, 2026


Christopher Moreau, MD
"The Addiction Medicine Consult Service and SAFE-T Stays Project"

Ziffren

Jan. 13, 2026

Jackson Richards, MD, PhD
"Beyond treatment-resistant depression: Efforts toward stratification and a more individualized treatment approach"

Ziffren

Jan. 20, 2026


- Betty Simon Lecture -
Kristina Suorsa, from University of Utah
 

Ziffren


Jan. 27, 2026

Dustin Baldridge 
-Computational Grand Rounds-
Deep Mutational Scanning to Determine Pathogenicity of Variants of Uncertain Significance

Ziffren


Feb. 3, 2026

Holly Van Den Beldt, MD & Erin Golden

ECT for Patients with Comorbid Intellectual Disability and Mental Illness

East Room


Feb. 10, 2026


Melanie Nadeau, PhD, MPH 
Pathways to Resilience: Addressing Mental Health and Intergenerational Healing in Tribal Communities

East Room


Feb. 17, 2026


Carissa Gunderson, MD 
Caring for the developing brain

East Room


Feb. 24, 2026

Patricio Riva Posse
- Computational Grand Rounds -

BSB Aud 3 Watzke


March 3, 2026

- CANCELED -

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March 10, 2026


Kevo Rivera, MD 
"A 50-Year Retrospective: How Psychiatry Stopped Making Homosexuals Sick"

Zoom


March 17, 2026

SPRING BREAK WEEK

SPRING BREAK WEEK


March 24, 2026


Eva Schoen, PhD & Brittany McGraw

Ziffren


March 31, 2026

Eric Monson, MD, PhD
"The Intersection of Interpersonal Trauma and Suicide Mortality: Toward Personalized Approaches"

Ziffren


April 7, 2026


Erica Carlisle
"Workplace Culture and the Ethics of Interpersonal Interactions"

Ziffren


April 14, 2026


INSPIRE Post Docs

Jamini Bhagu, Sofia Gonzalez,  Anthony  Lange,  Maddie Mocchi, Paige Nelson Emily Steinbach Swehla
"INSPIRE Data Blitz: Accelerating Discovery in Neuroscience"
 

Ziffren


April 21, 2026


Gechi Obiano, MD

East Room


April 28, 2026


-Computational Grand Rounds-

BSB Aud 3 Watzke


May 5, 2026

Magdalena (Lena) Maginot, MD
Thad Abrams, MD
"Permanent Supportive Housing"

East Room


May 12, 2026


Sam Shultz, MD
 

East Room
 


May 19, 2026

Brigid Adviento, MD, MPH

East Room
 


May 26, 2026

Joy Moel, PhD
"Preventing Postpartum Depression: Challenges & Opportunities"

Ziffren
 

 

SUMMER BREAK

 
Aug. 18, 2026

Seth Howdeshell, MD, MPHS