Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior
Grand Rounds Program
Grand Rounds are held most second, third, and fourth Thursdays at 11:30 am.
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Jump to: Past Grand Rounds
2026-2027
| Date | Name | Institution | Title | Location/Zoom |
| August 13 | Jordan Cattie, PhD bjenki25@jh.edu |
Emory | Creating Compassionate Access To Care For Anxiety In Complex Healthcare Systems | EC 1204 |
| August 20 | James Seale, MD jseale@augusta.edu |
MCG | Addressing Unhealthy Use of Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs: Lessons from the GROW Hopes for Life Clinical Trial | EC 1222 |
| September 10 | Donnovan Ellis, MD donovan.ellis@emory.edu |
Emory | Digital Mental Health, Implementation Science, and Improving Access for Underrepresented Communities | Zoom |
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September 17 |
Sarah Y. Vinson, MD
svinson@msm.edu
Sherica Thomas
ssthomas@msm.edu
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Morehouse | Social Injustice and SUD: Implications for Risk, Diagnosis, Treatment and Multi-system Morbidity | EC 1210 |
| September 24 | Jeffrey Rakofsky jrakofs@emory.edu |
University of Toronto | Bipolar Depression Psychopharmacology: Updates, Downdates, and More | Zoom |
| October 8 | Rebecca Schneider, PhD Rebecca.schneider@emory.edu | Emory | From Intensive Treatment Programs to Summer Camp Settings: Innovations in Group-Based Youth Mental Health Care | EC 1210 |
| October 15 | John Fisher, MD jfisher@augusta.edu |
MCG | Infections in Persons with Substance Use Disorders | EC 1210 |
| October 22 | Robert Cotes, MD robert.o.cotes@emory.edu |
Emory | Clozapine without REMS: Implications for Monitoring and Access | EC1210 |
| November 12 | Bryan Jenkins, PhD bjenki25@jh.edu |
Johns Hopkins University | Preclinical Pharmacognosy: Interactive Effects of Cannabinoids on Brain and Behavior | EC 1210 |
| November 19 | Sarah Wakeman, MD swakeman@mgb.org |
Harvard | Driving Towards Performance Improvement in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment | Zoom |
| November 26 | THANKSGIVING | |||
| December 10 |
Joshua Wortzel MD
joshua.wortzel@yale.edu
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Yale | Climate/Heat and Mental Health | Zoom |
| December 17 |
Melissa Weimer, MD
melissa.weimer@yale.edu
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Yale | Integrating Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder into Medical Settings | Zoom |
| December 24 | HOLIDAY BREAK | |||
| January 14 | Nicole Avena, PhD nicoleavena@gmail.com |
Mt. Sinai | DSM-5 and the Dinner Plate: Are Ultra-Processed Foods Addictive Substances | EC 1204 |
| January 21 | Gan Shinozaki, MD gens@stanford.edu |
Stanford | SPEEDD study: Single channel Point-of-care EEG for Delirium Detection | EC 1204 |
| January 28 |
Jessica Britt-Thomas, PhD
jbrittthomas@augusta.edu
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MCG | Rethinking Access: A Strategic Guide to Implementing Integrated Behavioral Health Programs in Medical Settings | EC 1204 |
| February 11 | Brandon Kitay, MD brandon.m.kitay@emory.edu |
Emory | Current Perspectives on Integrated Care | EC 1204 |
| February 18 | Andrea Jakubowski, MD, MS | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Long-acting Injectable Buprenorphine: How Can We Extend its Reach? Findings From a NIDA-Funded Implementation Study in Low-Threshold Clinics | Zoom |
| February 25 | Melissa Paiva-Salisbury, PhD melissa.paivasalisbury@plymouth.edu |
Plymouth State University | Compassion Fatigue | Zoom |
| March 11 | Jeff Conn, PhD jeff.conn@vanderbilt.edu |
Vanderbilt | Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Activators as a Novel Approach for Treatment of Schizophrenia | EC 1210 |
| March 18 |
Monica Radrofd, MD
moradford@augusta.edu
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MCG |
More than Willpower: The Science of Medication Assisted Treatment |
BC 1400 |
| March 25 | Allison LoPilato, PhD allison.lopilato@emory.edu |
Emory | Advancing Youth Suicide Prevention: Reimagining Assessment, Intervention, and the Mechanisms of Risk | EC 1210 |
| April 8 | SPRING BREAK | |||
| April 15 | Dale Terasaki, MD dale.terasaki@dhha.org |
University of Colorado | Novel Interventions for Hospitalized Patients with Substance Use Disorders | Zoom |
| April 22 | Page Anderson, PhD panderson@gsu.edu |
Georgia State University | The Promise and Perils of Generative AI in Psychiatry | |
| April 29 |
Regan Stewart, PhD
stewartr@musc.edu Rosaura Orango Aguayo, PhD
orengoaa@musc.edu
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Medical University of South Carolina | ||
| May 13 | Sophie Arkin, PhD sophie.arkin@wellstar.org |
Wellstar | ||
| May 20 | Amanda Bunting, PhD amanda.bunting@nyulangone.org |
New York University | Stimulant–Opioid Polysubstance Use and the Evolving US Overdose Crisis | Zoom |
| May 27 | Casey Berson, MD casey.berson@prismahealth.org |
Prisma Health | The Papageno Effect | Zoom |