2023 Grand Rounds Speakers

October 2023  
Oct. 4Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM. Professor, Medical Director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction at the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
McGovern Medical School.
UTHealth Houston
Not Just Blowing Smoke: Tobacco & Nicotine Products
Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
Oct. 11Jose Arriola Vigo, MD. Assistant Professor at the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
McGovern Medical School.
UTHealth Houston
Minority Mental Health: Caring for Immigrant Communities
Oct. 18Gen Shinozaki, MD. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Department of General Psychiatry and Psychology
Stanford University
Game Changing Approach for Delirium: Novel Bispectral EEG Device and Epigenetic Investigation
Oct. 25Robert J. Boland, MD. Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff, The Menninger Clinic; Professor and Vice Chair, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Baylor College of Medicine.
Major Depressive Disorder in Medical Illness: Embracing the Complexity
November 2023
Nov. 1Irina Esterlis, PhD. Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Director, Molecular Imaging Program. Director, Mood, Anxiety, and Cognitive Sciences Division.
Yale School of Medicine.
The Role of Metabotropic Glutamatergic Receptor 5 in Mood and Trauma
Nov. 8Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
Breaking Barriers in Human Genetics Research: Novel Mechanisms and Diversity Efforts
Nov. 15Samiran Ghosh, PhD Professor and Chair – Biostatistics
UTHealth Houston Institute for Implementation Science
Statistical Issues in Clinical Psychiatry: Some Historical Developments to the Current Trend
Nov. 22Thanksgiving Holiday- No grand Rounds!
Nov. 29Sarah Jackson, PhD Associate professor. Director, UTHealth Houston Stress Inoculation Training Program for Health & Human Performance
Program Director, Project NAVIGATOR

Post-Pandemic Suicide Prevention: Trends, Technologies, & Tools For a New Era
December 2023
Dec. 6Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM. Professor, Medical Director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction at the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
McGovern Medical School.
UTHealth Houston
Prevention Programs for SUD
Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
Dec. 13Peter Kochunov, PhD. Professor
Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
McGovern Medical School
UTHealth Houston
Brain Deficit Patterns: Overlap Between Metabolic Illnesses Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Dec. 20No Grand Rounds!
Dec. 27No Grand Rounds!