Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds
UMass Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds take place each Thursday of the month from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. and are located in the Lazare Auditorium (1st floor - Medical School Building, S1-607, near the library) unless otherwise indicated. Rounds are attended by faculty, residents, and professional staff, and are also open to the public. For additional information or if you are interested in being a speaker, please contact Dr. Anthony Rothschild, Grand Rounds Committee Chair, or Karen Lambert, Grand Rounds Coordinator, at 508-856-5928, or via email: Karen.Lambert@umassmed.edu.
SEPTEMBER 2025
THURSDAY SEPT 11, 2025
AMPHITHEATER 1 (S2-102)
“Getting Published”
Speaker: Kimberly A. Yonkers, M.D.
Katz Family Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center
THURSDAY SEPT 18, 2025
AMPHITHEATER 1 (S2-102)
Suicide Prevention Month
"From Risk Detection to Intervention: Feasible Suicide Care at Scale"
Speaker: Michael Allen MD
Professor, Psychiatry-Adult Psychiatry; Medical Director, Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Helen and Arthur E Johonson Depression Center – CU Anschutz Medical Campus
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2025
AMPHITHEATER 1 (S2-102)
"Capacity and Competence: What is Legal? What is Ethical? What is Moral? What is Practical? And What is My Role?"
Speaker: Leah Richler, MD (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Geriatric Psychiatry Resident Clinic Director
Psychiatry Medical Student Clerkship Associate -Director
UMass Chan Medical School / UMass Memorial Medical Center
OCTOBER 2025
THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 2O25
NO GRAND ROUNDS
YOM KIPPUR
THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 2025
Lazare Auditorium - (S1-106)
"Cognitive Rehabilitation in Outpatient Mental Health Settings: Evidence and Implementation"
Speaker: Erica Clark PhD
Assistant Professor, Director of Neuropsychology, UMass Chan Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY OCTOBER 16, 2025
Lazare Auditorium - (S1-106)
Visiting Professor Series
"Real-World Evidence: ECT and Catatonia"
Speaker: James W Luccarelli MD, DPHIL
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Acute Psychiatric Service, ECT Service
Mass General Hospital
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 2025
Lazare Auditorium - (S1-106)
“The Intersection Between Mental Illness and Violence Risk”
Speaker: Ashley Murray, PhD
Designated Forensic Psychologist, Forensic Mental Health Supervisor, Director, UMass Chan Medical School Forensic Psychology Fellowship, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 2025
Lazare Auditorium - (S1-106)
Visiting Professor Series
John Sullivan Annual Lecture
“A Blueprint for Brain Stimulation as a New Subspecialty Across Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurosurgery.”
Speaker: Shan H. Siddiqi, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Associate Psychiatrist, Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH), Neuropsychiatrist, BWH CEnter for Brain/MInd Medicine, Director, Psychiatric Neuromodulation Research, BWH Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics
NOVEMBER 2025
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 06, 2025
AMPHITHEATER 1 (S2-102)
Medicine/Psychiatry Combined GR
"Hidden Meanings in Psychiatric Diagnosis and Prescribing"
Speaker: Tung Phan MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Division of General Internal Medicine
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2025
AMPHITHEATER 1 (S2-102)
"Repurposing Chemotherapeutic Agents to Make Opioids Safer – Translational Studies Examining the Role of PDGFRbn in Opioid Side-Effects"
Speaker: Stephanie Puig MS PhD
Assistant Professor
Laboratory of Opioid Signaling and Prevention of Side Effects
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Neurobiology
Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
UMass Chan Medical school
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2025
LAZARE RESEARCH BULDING (LRB) MICHELSON CONFERENCE ROOM 1-101
“Jail-Based Peer Recovery Support Services and SUD Recovery Ecosystems.”
Speaker: Spencer G. Lawson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Law & Psychiatry Program
Implementation Science & Practice Advances Research Center (iSPARC)
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS
THANKSGIVING
DECEMBER 2025
THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 2025
AMPHITHEATER 1 (S2-102)
“From Data to Recovery: Leveraging Digital Biomarkers and Phenotypes to Advance SUD Care”
Speaker: Stephanie Carreiro, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Research | Associate Professor
Director, Tox(IN)novation Lab
Department of Emergency Medicine
UMass Chan Medical School | UMass Memorial Health
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11, 2025
AMPHITHEATER 1 (S2-102)
“Community-engaged Research in Partnership with Persons with Behavioral Health Conditions”
Speaker: Lourah Marie Kelly, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emergency Medicine Lead of the Dissemination and Community Engagement Unit of the Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide (CAPES)
THURSDAY DECEMBER 18, 2025
AMPTHEATRE 1 (S2-102)
"Digital Mental Health and AI"
Speaker: John Torous MD (BIDMC)
Director, Digital Psychiatry Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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THURSDAY DECEMBER 25, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS
CHRISTMAS
THURSDAY JANUARY 8, 2026
VIA ZOOM
"Exciting Developments in Positron Emission Tomography for Oncology, Neurology, and Even Psychiatry"
Speaker: Robert Innis MD PhD
Chief, Molecular Imaging Branch
Intramural Research Program
National Institute of Mental Health
THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 2026
Speaker: Alexi Ruuska MD
Program Chief Resident
Chief Resident in Psychotherapy
Department of Psychiatry and Behavorial Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School, UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 2026
Speaker: Danielle Clifford, MD PGY IV
Integrated Adult/Child Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY JANUARY 29, 2026
Speaker: Lexi Hooberman MD
Chief Resident in Psychopharmacology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
FEBRUARY 2026
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2026
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2026
Speaker: Dipavo Banerjee, DO, Addiction Fellow
UMass Chan Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2026
Speaker: Kaia Renneburg MD
Chief Resident in Outpatient Psychiatry
Chief Resident in Geriatric Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavorial Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY MARCH 26, 2026
TBD
APRIL 2026
THURSDAY APRIL 2 , 2026
SHRIVER LECTURE
Speaker: Isha Jalnapurkar, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Co-Director, Nervous System and Behavior
Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training
Investigator, Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopment Initiative, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2026
THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2026
THURSDAY APRIL 23, 2026
MAY 2026
THURSDAY MAY 7, 2026
THURSDAY MAY 14, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY MAY 21, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY MAY 28, 2026
TBD
JUNE 2026
THURSDAY JUNE 4, 2026
Speaker: Siu Ping Chin Feman MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Subdivision of Policy and Community Initiatives
Psychiatrist, Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Program
THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2026
BRISCOLI
"Promoting LGBTQ+ Health at the VA: A Tale of Inspiration and Frustration and Why It Matters"
Speaker: Michael R. Kauth, PhD (he/him)
Former Executive Director (retired), LGBTQ+ Health Program, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026
TBD