Psychiatry Grand Rounds

The Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds are held Thursdays from 12-1pm on Zoom. Please see below for the 2022-2023 Grand Rounds Schedule:

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Date Presenter Title
9/8/2022 Department Meeting 
9/15/2022 Amruta Nori-Sarma, PhD, MPH Extreme Weather Events (Extreme Heat): Effects on Mental Health
9/22/2022 Usha Tummala-Narra, PhD Culturally Informed Psychotherapy
10/6/2022 Amy Yule, MD, Sarah Valentine, PhD, Cara Fuchs, PhD, MPH and Lawrence Were, PhD Department of Psychiatry Research Blitz
10/13/2022 Jori Berger-Greenstein, PhD Moral Distress in the Hospital Setting: Observations of a Clinical Ethics Consult Team Member
10/20/2022 Bizu Gelaye, PhD, MPH Life Course Epidemiology of Trauma Exposure and Perinatal Mental Health: Findings from Peru
10/27/2022 Jerome Taylor, MD Pediatric Psychosis – What We Know and What is Next
11/3/2022 Albert Garcia-Romeu, PhD Psychedelic-assisted Treatments for Substance Use Disorders: Current Evidence and Future Directions
11/10/2022 Maggi Price, PhD Structural Stigma May Undermine Treatment Efficacy: The Necessity of Structural Interventions
11/17/2022 Melissa Threadgill Advocating for Children’s Behavioral Health: The Office of the Child Advocate’s Efforts to Support Children in the Commonwealth
11/24/2022 THANKSGIVING 
12/1/2022 Jodie Kliman, PhD DEI Presentation – A Tool for Understanding our Intersectional Identities: The Social Matrix Diagram
12/8/2022 Manpreet Kaur Singh, MD, MS Reimagining the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Mood Disorders
12/15/2022 Faculty Development Session: Grace Huang, MD and Juhee McDougal, MD MedEdportal: “Making it Count Twice”
12/22/2022 HOLIDAY BREAK 
12/30/2021 HOLIDAY BREAK
1/5/2023 Department Meeting 
1/12/2023 Carter J. Carter, PhD Psychoanalyzing Whiteness: Lessons for Clinicians and Institutions
1/19/2023 Cara Fuchs, PhD & Sarah Kirshenbaum, LICSW Advancing health equity through collaboration and innovation in Integrated Behavioral Health
1/26/2023 Amanda Bravo, MA, R-DMT The Art of Mental Health
2/2/2023 Linda Sprague-Martinez, PhD Advancing community engagement and participatory research approaches in the context of structural racism
2/9/2023 Thalia Bragg, PhD Hide-and-Seek: Learning to Identify the Invisibility Caused by Racial Bias in Neuropsychological Testing of Black-Identified Patients
2/16/2023 Sarah Y. Vinson, MD Social Injustice and Mental Health Objectives
2/23/2023 Arielle Sheftail, PhD Early vulnerabilities associated with preteen suicidal behavior
3/2/2023 Kathleen Chard, PhD Using Cognitive Processing Therapy to Treat PTSD in Diverse Patient Presentations
3/9/2023 Ana Maria Rivas-Grajales Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Principles and Clinical Applications in Psychiatry
3/16/2023 Matthew Louis Goldman, MD, MS, FAPA Expanding the Evidence Base for the Crisis Care Continuum: Call Centers, Mobile Teams, Stabilization Units and Follow-Up
3/23/2023 Shani Dowd, LHD(hc) Understanding Power in Organizations
*in person only
3/30/2023 John Torous, MD, MBI Mobile Mental Health Technology for Psychiatry
4/6/2023 Trainee Topic – TBD
4/13/2023 Trainee Topic – TBD
4/20/2023 Trainee Topic – TBD
4/27/2023 Trainee Topic – TBD
5/4/2023 Kimberly Hook, PhD Mental Health Issues in Ukraine
5/11/2023 RLC Peer Panel Peer Recovery Services at BMC
5/18/2023 RISE UP Conference – NO GRAND ROUNDS
5/25/2023 Resident QI Presentation
6/1/2023 Resident QI Presentation
6/8/2023 Resident QI Presentation
6/15/2023 Kimberly Yonkers, MD Pregnancy and Mental Health Treatment
6/22/2023 Topic TBD
6/29/2023 DEPARTMENT MEETING – NO GRAND ROUNDS