April 7

Understanding the Challenges and Resiliencies of Immigrant Origin Children & Youth

Carola Suárez-Orozco, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Counseling & School Psychology
University of Massachusetts Boston

March 31

DeHirsch Robinson Lecture

The Reading Brain and Dyslexia in a Digital World

Maryanne Wolf, PhD 
Director, Center For Dyslexia, Diverse Learners and Social Justice
UCLA

March 24

Impact of Early Life Adversity on Neural and Behavioral Development:
Insights From a Translational Mouse Model

Kevin G. Bath, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Columbia University

March 17

HOT TOPICS GRAND ROUNDS 

Individual Level Predictive Modeling of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Outcome”
Sean Luo, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Serotonin, Depression, and Fatty Acids
M. Elizabeth Sublette, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

and

Intergenerational Pathways:
The Effects of Maternal Experience of Discrimination on the Offspring Brain
Marisa Spann, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Pediatrics)
Columbia University 

Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey Miller

March 10

Digital Therapeutics for Behavioral Health:
State of the Science and Vision for the Future

Lisa Marsch, PhD
Director, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health
Andrew G. Wallace Professor
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

March 3

From Genes to Biology:
A Perspective on the Genetic Architecture of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Thomas Lehner, PhD, MPH
Scientific Director of Neuropsychiatric Disease Genomics 
New York Genome Center (NYGC)

February 24

The Influence of Pathological Brain Aging on the Course of Late-Life Depression:
Challenges and Opportunities

Warren D. Taylor, MD, MHSc
James G. Blakemore Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

February 17

Psychedelics:
Brain Mechanisms

Robin L  Carhart-Harris
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Science
Imperial College London

February 10

Falling Through the Cracks:
Addressing Missed Opportunities to Identify and Connect Justice-Involved Youth to Psychiatric Care

Katherine Elkington, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology, in Psychiatry
Columbia University

February 3

How to Flatten the Curve of Suicide Deaths in the U.S.: 
Lessons From COVID-19 Missteps

J. John Mann, MD
Paul Janssen Professor of Translational Neuroscience (in Psychiatry and in Radiology)
Columbia University

January 27, 2021

Advances in Computational Psychiatry:
Understanding (Cognitive) Control as a Network Process

Danielle S. Bassett, PhD, CPGS, BS
J. Peter Skirkanich Professor 
University of Pennsylvania

January 20, 2021

The HEALing Communities Study:
A Data Driven Community-Based Approach to Reduce Overdose Deaths in Highly Impacted Communities

Nabila El-Bassel
University Professor and Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work
Columbia University School of Social Work

January 13, 2021

Health, Equity and Justice for People with Mental Illness

David C. Henderson, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
Boston University School of Medicine

January 6, 2021

The Dopamine Synapse, Learning, and Psychiatric Neurodevelopmental Disorders

David Sulzer, PhD 
Professor of Neurobiology (in Psychiatry, Neurology and Pharmacology) 
Columbia University

December 16, 2020

ESSOCK LECTURE 

Overcoming Mental Health and Addiction Stigma: Communication and Policy Strategies

Colleen L. Barry, PhD
Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management
Fred & Julie Soper Professorship
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

December 2, 2020

SPITZER MEMORIAL LECTURE

On Pseudoscience, Science, and the DSM:
Spitzer and On Being Sane in Insane Places

Susannah Cahalan
Author

November 18, 2020

HADAR LECTURE

Tobacco Harm Reduction:
Controversies and a Path Forward

Dorothy Hatsukami, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota Medical School

November 4, 2020

Four Decades of Research on Psychotherapy for Depression:
The Way Forward

Pim Cuijpers, PhD 
Professor, Head of the Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology 
Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

October 28, 2020

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Era of Big Data

Damien Fair, PA-C, PhD
Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatry
Oregon Health & Science University

October 21, 2020

Cholinergic Mechanisms in Stress-Related Behaviors Relevant to Depression

Marina R. Picciotto, PhD
Charles BG Murphy Professor in Psychiatry
Professor of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology
Deputy Chair for Basic Science
Yale University

October 14, 2020

How Can Global Health Innovations Help America Address its Mental Health Crisis?

Vikram H. Patel, MBBS, PhD
The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Co-Founder and Member of Managing Committee, Sangath

October 7, 2020

Technology and Implementation Science forging Public Mental Health Services Beyond COVID-19 (APA 2020 Judd Marmor Award Lecture)

Milton Wainberg, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University

September 30, 2020

Mumford Award

A Marshall Plan for Child Development:  
Neighborhood Interventions

Kelly J. Kelleher, MD, MPH
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health
ADS/Chlapaty Endowed Chair for Innovation in Pediatric Practice
Colleges of Medicine and Public Health
Ohio State University

September 23, 2020

Long-Haulers’ Are Redefining How We Think About COVID19

Craig Spencer, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine and Population and Family Health
Columbia University

September 16, 2020

The Childhood Risk to Develop Anxiety and Depression:
A Translational Neuroscience Approach

Ned H. Kalin, MD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Hedberg Professor
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health—Madison 
Editor-in-Chief – American Journal of Psychiatry

September 2, 2020

Dissecting the Neural Computations Underlying Psychosis

Guillermo Horga, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University 

July 29, 2020

Beyond Telehealth: Digital Psychiatry’s Current Applications and Research

John Torous MD, MBI  
Director and Co Founder
Digital Psychiatry Division
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

July 22, 2020

HEALING Milestones & DERAILERS: A Guide for Understanding Grief & Promoting Adaptation to Loss

M. Katherine Shear MD
Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University School of Social Work
Director, Center for Complicated Grief

July 15, 2020

Wellness and Coping in the Era of COVID-19: How to Practice What We Preach as Mental Health Experts

Anne Marie Albano, PhD, ABPP
Director, Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Co-Clinical Director, Youth Anxiety Center at Columbus Circle and Washington Heights
Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at CUIMC

July 8, 2020

A Clinical Pathologist’s Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Eldad A. Hod, MD
Pathologist 
Columbia University

July 1, 2020

Status of a Pandemic: What We Know and What We Don’t

Irwin Redlener, MD
Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Earth Institute
Professor of Health Policy and Management
Mailman School of Public Health
Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University