Grand Rounds

2025–2026 Schedule

Fridays from 11 a.m. to noon. In-person presentations will be held at UConn Health (Upper Campus). Information subject to change.

Date Location Speaker Topic (Subject to Change*)
September 5, 2025 No Grand Rounds
September 12, 2025 No Grand Rounds
September 19, 2025 No Grand Rounds
September 26, 2025 No Grand Rounds
October 3, 2025 No Grand Rounds
October 10, 2025 No Grand Rounds
October 17, 2025 Virtual (Webex) Jason Krompinger, PhD, ABPP, Clinical Director, Director of Training, and Licensed Psychologist, New England Center for OCD and Anxiety Treatment-Resistant OCD; New Advances in Treatment of OCD
October 24, 2025 Virtual (Webex) Jaime Ramos-Cejudo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Peripheral Immunity and the Aging Brain: Understanding the Role of Platelet and Neutrophil Inflammation in AD/ADRD
October 31, 2025 Virtual (Webex) Emily S. Miller, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Division Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Listening to the Living: Innovative Approaches to Perinatal Mental Health Care
November 7, 2025 No Grand Rounds
November 14, 2025 Virtual (Webex) Kristin Bernard, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Stony Brook University Empowering Parents to Promote Child Well-Being: Integrating Neurobiological and Neighborhood-Level Perspectives
November 21, 2025 In-Person; Low Learning Center Tobias Wasser, MD, Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Hartford HealthCare Fairfield Region; Chair and Professor of Psychiatry, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University Modern Trends in Forensic Psychiatry Practices and Institutions
November 28, 2025 No Grand Rounds
December 5, 2025 In-Person; Low Learning Center Samuel T. Wilkinson, MD, Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine; Medical Director, Yale Depression Research Program Novel Therapeutics in Depression: Ketamine and Beyond
December 12, 2025 In-Person; Low Learning Center Paul J. Kenny, PhD, Ward-Coleman Professor and Chair of the Nash Family Department of Neuroscience; Director of the Drug Discovery Institute and the NIDA T32 Training Program in Substance Use Disorders, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New Treatment Approaches for Addiction Treatment
December 19, 2025 In-Person; Low Learning Center Javeed Sukhera, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Chair/Chief of Psychiatry, Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital Evidence Informed Strategies for Navigating Societal Conflict in Academic Medicine
December 26, 2025 No Grand Rounds
January 2, 2026 No Grand Rounds
January 9, 2026 Virtual (Webex) Katie Witkiewitz, PhD, Director, Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions; Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico Harm Reduction for Alcohol Use Disorder
January 16, 2026 In-Person; Low Learning Center Surita Rao, MD, Associate Professor; Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Program; Rebecca Andrews, MS, MD, MACP, Professor of Medicine; Director of Primary Care; Associate Program Director/Director of Ambulatory Education, Internal Medicine Residency; Jennifer Ozimek, MD, FACP. Associate Professor of Medicine, Faculty Co-Director of Student Affairs and of Student Wellness; Kevin Chamberlain, Pharm D, FASCP, University Director of Pharmacy Residency Programs, UConn Health Creating eConsults for Chronic Pain: Addressing a Clinical and Educational Need
January 23, 2026 Virtual (Webex) Michael Murphy, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Staff Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital OnTrack First Episode Psychosis and Coordinated Specialty Care
January 30, 2026 In-Person; Low Learning Center Peter Morgan, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Chair, Bridgeport Hospital Department of Psychiatry Sleep and Substance Use Disorders
February 6, 2026 No Grand Rounds
February 13, 2026 Virtual (Webex) Edith V. Sullivan, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine Alcohol Use Disorder and the Effects of High Alcohol Exposure on Brain Structure
February 20, 2026 In-Person; Low Learning Center Kathleen Holgerson, MPA, Interim Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, UConn Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Initiatives Across UConn and UConn Health
February 27, 2026 No Grand Rounds
March 6, 2026 Virtual (Webex) Adrian A. Salmon, MD, MPH, MBA, St. Peter's Health Partners, Pulmonary and Critical Care Services - Albany Narcolepsy
March 13, 2026: James Stabenau Honorary Lecture In-Person; Low Learning Center Henry Kranzler, MD, Professor of Psychiatry; Director of the Center for Studies of Addiction, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Genetics, Neuroimaging, and Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
March 20, 2026 No Grand Rounds
March 27, 2026 Virtual (Webex) Laura R. Stroud, PhD, Director, Center for Behavioral and Preventative Medicine at Miriam Hospital and Senior Research Scientist Fetal-Infant Transition and the Effects of Maternal Stress
April 3, 2026 No Grand Rounds
April 10, 2026 In-Person; Low Learning Center Kristina F. Zdanys, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Yazeed S. Maghaydah, MD, CMD, FACP, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UConn Health Monoclonal Antibody Infusions for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Multidisciplinary Team Effort
April 17, 2026 No Grand Rounds
April 24, 2026 In-Person; Low Learning Center Elizabeth H. Connors, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology); Director of Training, Doctoral Internship in Clinical and Community Psychology, Yale School of Medicine Developing and Testing a Culturally Modified Measurement-Based Care Approach for Better Youth Engagement and Outcomes
May 1, 2026 No Grand Rounds
May 8, 2026 No Grand Rounds
May 15, 2026 In-Person; Low Learning Center Karim Ibrahim, PsyD, Assistant Professor in the Child Study Center and of Psychology; Director, Emotion and Systems Neuroscience Lab; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program; Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University; Yale Child Study Center & Yale University School of Medicine Brain Networks Associated With Emotion Regulation Impairments in Childhood-Onset Psychiatric Disorders
May 22, 2026 No Grand Rounds
May 29, 2026 No Grand Rounds
June 5, 2026 In-Person; Low Learning Center Julie A. Dumas, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont Menopause, Cognition, and Risks for Alzheimer’s Disease
June 12, 2026 No Grand Rounds
June 19, 2026 No Grand Rounds
June 26, 2026 No Grand Rounds

*The presentation title will be available on the website approximately one week beforehand.