UTHealth Houston Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Wednesdays 12pm to 1pm (Central) *Please see emails and other notifications for special Grand Rounds Timings and locations*
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Archive:
2026 Grand Rounds Speakers (Through May 2026)
| Date | Name and Topic | Image |
|---|---|---|
| September 9 | Rahn Bailey, MD UTHealth Houston Faculty Development/ Career Advancement |  |
| September 16 | Jennifer Bahrman, PhD Assistant Professor UTHealth Houston Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UTHealth Houston Student Mental Health |  |
| September 23 | Rajesh Kumar Kana, PhD Marilyn Williams Elmore & John Durr Elmore Endowed Professor of Psychology University of Alabama Brain Connectivity and Plasticity Underlying Social Communication in Autism |  |
| September 30 | Igor Galynker, MD Professor Department of Psychiatry Director of the Suicide Prevention Research Lab and Zirinsky Center for Bipolar Disorder Mount Sinai Beth Israel Suicide Prevention (John S. Dunn Lecture) |  |
| October | ||
| October 7 | Paul Appelbaum, MD Professor Psychiatry, Medicine and Law, and Director, Division of Law, Ethics and Psychiatry University of Massachusetts Medical School Ethical Issues in Clinical Psychedelics |  |
| October 14 | Marina Zhukova, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UTHealth Houston Hidden in Plain Sight: Disordered Eating in Mental Health Care |  |
| October 21 | Micah J. Knobles, MD Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UTHealth Houston Applications of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Medical Settings: The Successful Resolution of a Conversion Symptom by Psychoanalytic Technique and Telemedicine in the ER |  |
| October 28 | Simon Rego, PsyD Associate Professor, Chief of Psychology Montefiore Medical Center UTHealth Houston Leadership is a Skill: The science and Practice of Becoming a Better Leader (John S. Dunn Lecture) |  |
| November | ||
| November 4 | Carla Danielson, PhD Professor Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Medical University of South Carolina Trauma-Exposed Adolescents (Cooper Lectureship) |  |
| November 11 | TBA | |
| November 18 | TBA | |
| November 25 | Thanksgiving, No grand Rounds! | |
| December | ||
| December 2 | Lily Brown, PhD Associate Professor, Psychiatry Perelman School of Medicine Medical University of Pennsylvania Anxiety |  |
| December 9 | Bonita Sur, PhD Assistant Professor, Assistant Director, Psych-Oncology Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UTHealth Houston Psych Oncology |  |
| December 16 | Micah Knobles, MD Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UTHealth Houston An Introduction to Applications of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Medical Settings | |
| December 23-December 30 | Christmas Break, No Grand Rounds! | |
| January 2027 | ||
| January 6 | Katrina Rufino, PhD Professor Psychiatry University of Houston Assessment and Treatment of Suicide |  |
| January 13 | Michelle Patriquin, PhD, ABPP Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UTHealth Houston AI In Health Care |  |
| January 20 | Kristin Kostick, PhD Assistant Professor Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine Ethics (Guynn Lectureship) |  |
| January 27 | Evan Kleiman, PhD Associate Professor Psychology Rutgers University Suicide Prevention Using AI |  |
| February | ||
| February 3 | Kelly Dunn, PhD, MBAProfessor Psychiatry and Neurobiology University of Maryland School of Nursing Opioid Research (John S. Dunn Lecture) |  |
| February 10 | TBA | |
| February 17 | TBA | |
| February 24 | TBA | |
| March | ||
| March 3 | Alia Warner, PhD, ABPP Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UTHealth Houston Schizophrenia |  |
| March 10 | Amanda Gilmore, PhD Professor Department of Health Policy & Behavioral School, School of Public Health Georgia State University Alcohol and Sexual Violence Prevention |  |
| March 17 | Robert Boland, PhD Professor and Vice Chair Menninger Department of Psychiatry Baylor College of Medicine Clinical Care, Research, and Education |  |
| March 24 | Philip C. Kendall, PhD Professor, Director of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic. College of Liberal Arts Temple University Anxiety Disorders |  |
| March 31 | Benjamin Goldstein, MD, PhD Professor, Vice Chair, Research Centre for Addiction & Mental Health University of Toronto World Bipolar Day |  |
| April | ||
| April 7 | Lindsay Orchowski, PhD Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Brown University Health Violence Prevention |  |
| April 14 | Jacqueline Hobbs, MD, PhD Professor, Director, Psychiatry Residency Program University of Washington Patient Safety; History of Quality Improvement |  |
| April 21 | Samantha Melzer-Brody, MD, MPH Executive Dean University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine Women's Mental Health |  |
| April 28 | Allison Harvey, PhD Professor, Director of The Golden Bear Sleep and Mood Research Clinic in the Department of Psychology UC Berkeley Sleep Disorders in Mental Illness |  |
| May | ||
| May 5 | No grand rounds! | |
| May 12 | Jeffery Matthews, MD UC Berkeley Forensic Psychiatry | |
| May 19 | J. Chase Findley, MD, Gregory Hestla, MD UTHealth Houston Medical Student Education Update |  |
| May 26 | Vineeth John, MD, MBA, Taiwo Babatope, MD, MPH, MBA, DFAACAP, João L. de Quevedo, MD, PhD, Martin Huynh, MD Brandi Karnes, MD, Nubia G. Lluberes Rincon, MD CCHP-MH FAPA, Olaniyi Olayinka, MD, MPH, Deborah A. Pearson, PhD, Anilkumar Pillai, PhD, Andrea N. Taylor, PhD UTHealth Houston Medical Student Education Update | |
| June | ||
| June 2 | TBA |