2017 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Living High and Feeling Low: Altitude Suicide, and Depression

Presented on 12/20/17 by Brent Kious, MD, Phd | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah | 

Social Relationships & Cardiovascular Risk: The Importance of Considering Both Positivity and Negativity in Relationships

Presented on 12/06/17 by Bert Uchino, PhD | Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Utah |

Turning your Clinical, Administrative, and Educational Activities into Scholarship

Presented on 11/15/17 by Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, MD, MSPH | Professor of Pediatrics & Associate Dean for Faculty Developments, School of Medicine, University of Utah | Director and Fellow, Utah Academy of Health Science Educators, University of Utah Health

Current Issues in Psychiatric Genetics

Presented on 11/01/17 by Kenneth Kendler, MD | Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University |

Understanding the Drivers of Potentially Inappropriate Medicare Care for Patients with Dementia

Presented on 10/18/17 by Donovan Maust, MD, MS | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan | Research Scientist, Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Anne Arbor Healthcare System |

The Transgenerational Transmission of Depressive Illness: Biological Vulnerability, Scars, and Resilience

Using the Neuroscience of Willpower to Treat Addition

Presented on 04/19/17 by Peter W. Kalivas, PhD, Professor & Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at the Medical University of South C Carolina. Introduced by Tiffany Love, PhD.

Untangled: Breaking the Cycle (of Refugee Trauma) and Caring for the Caregiver

Presented on 05/17/17 by Omar Reda, MD, Psychiatrist for the Providence Health System in Portland, Oregon. 

Influence of Pathological Brain Aging on Late-Life Depression Outcomes

Presented on 05/03/17 by Warren D. Taylor, MD, MHSc, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Introduced by Sara Weisenbach, PhD.

Individual Differences in Reward Neurocircuitry: Toward Personalized Interventions for Mood Disorders

Presented on 02/01/2017 by Brian J. Mickey, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Introduced by Jon-Kar Zubieta, MD, PhD. 

From Patches to PAMS: Novel Treatment Development for Late Life Cognitive Disorders

Presented on 03/01/17 by Paul Newhouse, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, & Medicine, Jim Turner Chair in Cognitive Disorders, Director of Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine, Director of Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, and Physician-Scientist at VA-TVHS GRECC.

Older Adult Suicide in the U.S.: Why are “white” men so vulnerable?

Presented on 02/15/17 by Silvia Sara Canetto, PhD, Professor in the Department of Psychology at Colorado State University. Introduced by Sara Weisenbach, PhD. 

The Pre-Symptomatic Prediction of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Presented on 01/04/17 by John Pruett, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry - Division of Child and Adolescent, Radiology - Mallinckrodt Institute Psychological & Brain Sciences.

Neuroplasticity-based computerized cognitive remediation (nCCR) for depression and cognitive deficits in the elderly: A treatment and circuit-based probe of the cognitive control network

Presented on 11/16/16 by Sarah Morimoto, PsyD, Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Director of Cognitive Remediation, Weill Cornell Medicine.  Introduction by Sara Weisenbach.

The Ins and Outs of Neuropsychological Evaluation: A Primer for Referring Providers to the New UofU Department of Psychiatry Neuropsychological Evaluation Clinic

Presented on 11/02/16 by Sara Weisenbach, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology Assistant Professor, University of Utah, Department of Psychiatry | Clinical Psychologist, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Research & Development Program, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center.  Introduction by Jon-Kar Zubieta.

Oedipus and Me: Do Psychoanalytic Insights Have Relevance in a CBT World?

Presented on 10/19/16 by Williiam S. Meyer, LCSW, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Ob/Gyn, Duke University Medical Center.  Introduction by Wilbur Datillo.

Epigenetic Allelic Effects and Computational Ethology: New Paradigms in Brain and Behavioral Genetics

Presented on 10/12/16 by Christopher T. Gregg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy and Human Genetics, University of Utah.  Introduction by Amanda Bakian.

Two Post-doc Projects Based on Swedish Register-Based Research

Presented on 09/21/16 by Emma Björkenstam, PhD & Charlotte Björkenstam, PhD. "Accumulation of Childhood Adversities and Later Negative Health and Social Outcomes" and "Mental Health, Health Related Behaviors, Healthcare Consumption, and Mortality in Sexual Minorities."  Introduction by Amanda Bakian.