Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds series (course number MGR25074) seeks to promote excellence and quality in clinical care; introduce clinicians to recent advances in medical care; provide updates on scientific advances that affect the practice of medicine; and provide a forum for discussion of topics that strengthen the relationship of psychiatry to the broader community.

UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended only for behavioral/mental health professionals and clinical providers. Continuing education (CE) credit is available for physicians, psychologists, nurses, and therapists (LCSWs, LEPs, LMFTs, and LPCCs) who participate in this activity. Participants must sign in to be eligible to receive credit.

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds series is also currently seeking nominations for future speakers. For more information about UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds, contact series coordinator Michelle Sim.

About the Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series

The Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series (DVLS) is a group of special Grand Rounds talks given by preeminent subject matter experts in mental health and other related fields. These speakers are invited from around the nation and the world to share their experience and insight with UCSF faculty, staff, and trainees.

Attending Grand Rounds presentations

Events are held at 8:30 a.m. PST/PDT on the first and second Tuesdays of the month at the locations listed below. No advance registration is required to participate. Click on a date below for speaker details, learning objectives, and more information.

Pritzker Building: Auditorium (PB-1150)
Mount Zion (remote viewing): Room B730
ZSFG (remote viewing): Building 5, Room 7M30

To access the Zoom livestream, visit psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds or use meeting ID 920 2347 1458 (passcode: 415476).

Upcoming presentations

May 6, 2025	Drug Craving: From Neural Mechanisms to Treatment Development Hedy Kober, PhD (UC Berkeley) Join us in the Pritzker Building auditorium or watch online live via Zoom at psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds.
May 13, 2025	Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series Probing and Rescuing Dysfunctional Brain Circuits in Depression Conor Liston, MD, PhD (Weill Cornell Medical College) Join us in the Pritzker Building auditorium or watch online live via Zoom at psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds.
June 3, 2025	Unintentional Fentanyl Use: Prevalence, Pathways, and Prevention Alexander Bazazi, MD, PhD (UCSF) Join us in the Pritzker Building auditorium or watch online live via Zoom at psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds.
June 10, 2025	Inflammation and the Brain Anna Victoria Molofsky, MD, PhD (UCSF) Join us in the Pritzker Building auditorium or watch online live via Zoom at psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds.
NOTE: Certain presentations may not be recorded, either at the request of the speaker or due to technical issues.

Previous presentations

Sept. 3, 2024	Understanding Sleep Ying-Hui Fu, PhD (UCSF) WATCH VIDEO
Sept. 10, 2024	Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series Facing the Unseen Damon Tweedy, MD (Duke Univ.) WATCH VIDEO
Oct. 1, 2024	2024 Royer Award Presentation EEG and fMRI Biomarkers of NMDA-Receptor Hypofunction in Schizophrenia and the Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Syndrome: Evidence from Ketamine Challenge Studies Daniel Mathalon, PhD, MD (UCSF) WATCH VIDEO
Oct. 8, 2024	Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series Neurocognition as a Core Feature in Bipolar Disorder: Leveraging Heterogeneity to Inform Precision Care Katherine Burdick, PhD (Harvard Medical School) WATCH VIDEO
Nov. 5, 2024	DPBS Early Career Psychology Award Presentations Tapping Creative Solutions to Address Treatment Efficacy and Access: An Example from Eating Disorders Sasha Gorrell, PhD (UCSF) WATCH VIDEO Bridging the Science-Practice Gap to Improve Outcomes for Eating Disorders Erin Reilly, PhD (UCSF) WATCH VIDEO
Nov. 12, 2024	Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series The Future of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Digital Mental Health, Data, AI, and Mobile Tools Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD (Univ. of Illinois Chicago) WATCH VIDEO
Dec. 3, 2024	Neuromodulation of Sleep States Luis de Lecea, PhD (Stanford Univ.) RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE
Dec. 10, 2024	Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series The Fierce Urgency of Now: Making the Case for Good and Necessary Trouble for JEDI Leadership in Academic Medicine Eraka Bath, MD (UCLA) WATCH VIDEO
Jan. 7, 2025	Advancing Health Requires an Intergenerational Lens: Social Adversity, Intervention, and Mental and Physical Health Nicki Bush, PhD (UCSF) WATCH VIDEO
Feb. 4, 2025	Psychiatry's Early Experiences with LSD: A Cautionary Tale Joel E. Dimsdale, MD (UC San Diego) WATCH VIDEO
Feb. 11, 2025	Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series Intergenerational Trauma and Resilience Rachel Yehuda, PhD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) WATCH VIDEO
March 4, 2025	Trainee Research Award Presentation Prenatal Mindfulness Intervention Leads to Lower Child Psychopathology, Mediated by Reductions in Perinatal Maternal Depression Alexandra D.W. Sullivan, PhD (UCSF) Recording not available
March 11, 2025	Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series Translational Strategies for Understanding Neural Circuitry Dysfunction in Schizophrenia David A. Lewis, MD (Univ. of Pittsburgh) WATCH VIDEO
April 1, 2025	Trainee Research Award Presentations Sleep and Cognitive Aging: An Epidemiological Approach Clémence Cavaillès, PhD (UCSF) WATCH VIDEO Cardiovascular Health, Multimorbidity, and Cognition Xiaqing Jiang, PhD (UCSF) WATCH VIDEO
April 8, 2025	Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series The Current State of Mental Health Technology and AI C. Vaile Wright, PhD (American Psychological Assocation) WATCH VIDEO
NOTE: Certain presentations may not be recorded, either at the request of the speaker or due to technical issues.