The Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has put together a fantastic lineup for the 2018-2019 Grand Rounds season—check out some of the highlights below.
On November 27, Raquel Gur, MD, PhD, discussed genetic and environmental effects in the emergence of psychosis. Dr. Gur is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, where she directs the Neuropsychiatry Section and the Schizophrenia Research Center and is Vice Chair of Research Development in the Department of Psychiatry.
December 18: Eric J. Fombonne, MD, from Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, will discuss rates and environmental risk of autism epidemiology. Dr. Fombonne is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Autism Research at Oregon Health and Science University.
January 22: David Glahn, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine will discuss genetics insights in psychiatry. Dr. Glahn is Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology at Yale School of Medicine.
February 5: Mark Solms, PhD, from the University of Cape Town, will discuss how and why consciousness arises. Dr. Solms is Director of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town, and Director of Training of the South African Psychoanalytical Association.
February 19: Maurizio Fava, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, will discuss novel pharmacological approaches to treatment-resistant depression. Dr. Fava is Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Executive Vice Chair of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Executive Director of Clinical Trials Network and Institute at MGH, and Director of the Division of Clinical Research at MGH.
March 19: Francis S. Lee, MD, PhD, from Weill Cornell Medical College, will discuss treating the developing versus the developed brain. Dr. Lee is Professor of Molecular Biology in Psychiatry, Vice Chair for Research Psychiatry, and Interim Director of the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology Psychiatry/Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Photo credit: Jesse Winter