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 | Collaborative Case Conceptualization to Increase Engagement with Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD (Introduction by Damion Grasso) |
| 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 (Introduction by Kristina Zdanys) |
| 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 (Introduction by Karen Steinberg & Jen Vendetti) |
| November 7, 2025, 11am-1pm: Clinical In-Service for department clinicians only | Virtual (Webex) | Katy MacRae, LCSW | Differential Diagnosis with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| 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.