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Grand Rounds 2007-2008
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Please note: All Grand Round Lectures (unless otherwise noted) will be held from 12:00 noon - 1:00 PM.
Locations are varied, please check back for updated information.
Printable versions of the Ground Rounds schedules:
September 11, 2008
Psychiatry and Society Module
Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D.
David and Lyn Silfen University Professor
Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania
"Neuroscience and National Security"
Location: John Morgan Building - Class of '62 Auditorium
September 25, 2008
Psychiatry and Society Module
James C. Harris, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Pediatrics and Mental Hygiene
Director, Developmental Neuropsychiatry
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Art and Images Editor - Archives of General Psychiatry
"Psychiatry and Genocide: Eugenics, Degenerate Art, Involuntary Euthanasia, and the Emergence of Human Research Protections"
Location: John Morgan Building - Class of '62 Auditorium
October 9, 2008
Psychiatry and Society Module
R. Arlen Price, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Director, Behavioral Genetics Laboratory
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
University of Pennsylvania
"Obesity and Genetic Variation in a Time of Inactivity and Abundance"
Location: John Morgan Building - Reunion Hall Auditorium
October 23, 2008
Psychiatry and Society Module
Robert Weinreib, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Section of Psychosomatic Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
"Case Presentation: Liver Transplantation and Addictions"
Location: John Morgan Building - Reunion Hall Auditorium
November 6, 2008
Forensic Psychiatry Module
Robert Sadoff, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
"Primum non Nocere: First do no Harm: Minimizing the Inherent Harm in Forensic Psychiatric Practice"
Location: Stemmler-Dunlop Auditorium
November 20, 2008
Forensic Psychiatry Module
Emil F. Coccaro, M.D.
Director, CNPRU & Professor of Psychiatry
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
University of Chicago
"The Biology and Treatment of Impulsive Aggression"
Location: John Morgan Building - Class of '62 Auditorium
December 4, 2008
Forensic Psychiatry Module
Ruben C. Gur, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Radiology & Neurology
Director, Brain Behavior Center
University of Pennsylvania
"Neurolaw: The potential benefits and pitfalls with increased involvement of neuroscience in law"
Location: Stemmler-Dunlop Auditorium
December 18, 2008
Forensic Psychiatry Module
Stephen J. Morse, J.D., Ph.D.
Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law
Professor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
"Neuroscience and the Non-Problem of Free Will in Forensic Psychiatry"
Location: Stemmler-Dunlop Auditorium
January 8, 2009
Anxiety and Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents Module
Martin Franklin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
"Neurobiology of Antisocial Personality Disorder"
Location: To be determined
January 22, 2009
Anxiety and Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents Module
John March, M.D., MPH
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Division of Neuroscience Medicine
Duke University
"TADS Trial (Treatments for Adolescent Depression)"
Location: To be determined
February 5, 2009
Anxiety and Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents Module
David Brent, M.D.
Academic Chief and Professor
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
"The Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescents: Can We Do Better?"
Location: To be determined
February 19, 2009
Anxiety and Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents Module
Elizabeth B. Weller, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Case Presentation
Location: To be determined
March 5, 2009
Michael First, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Research Psychiatrist,
New York State Psychiatric Institute
"DSM - Past, Present and Future"
Location: To be determined
March 19, 2009
Kelly Posner, Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of
Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division
Columbia University
"State of the Science - Antidepressants, Suicidality and the FDA Drug Safety Analyses: A View from the Front Lines"
Location: To be determined
April 2, 2009
Sleep Module
Giulio Tononi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Wisconsin - Madison
"Sleep and the Neural Basis of Consciousness"
Location: To be determined
April 16, 2009
Sleep Module
David F. Dinges, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Chief, Division of Sleep and Chronobiology
Director, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
"Phenotypic differential vulnerability to sleep loss"
Location: To be determined
April 30, 2009
Sleep Module
Thomas Roth, Ph.D.
Director of Research
Chief of Sleep Medicine
Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center
"Developments in Sleep-Promoting Medications"
Location: To be determined
May 14, 2009
Sleep Module
Michael Perlis, Ph.D. and Philip Gehrman, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
"Case Presentation - Insomnia: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment"
Location: To be determined