Grand Rounds Calendar
The Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute host Psychiatry Grand Rounds Wednesdays at 11:00 AM ET. All events are accessible via Zoom, with some hybrid events.
For Grand Rounds inquiries, including nominations or to meet with a speaker, please email us at: grandrounds@nyspi.columbia.edu.
Click here for a graphic displaying upcoming Grand Rounds lectures. For a list of past Grand Rounds events and links to video recordings, please visit the Grand Rounds Archive.
April 1
Early Stage Investigators Series
Machine Learning for Novel Phenotyping and Treatment Selection in Schizophrenia
Natalie Bareis, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Behavioral Medicine (in Psychiatry)
Columbia University
Learning Objectives
- Describe the behavioral health phenotypes among individuals with schizophrenia.
- Contextualize disparities inherent in medical administrative datasets.
- Consider possible alternative treatments for individuals with schizophrenia.
Reading Recommendations
- Bareis, N., Wang, Y., Olfson, M., Gerhard, T., Dixon, L., Stroup, T.S. (2025). Machine learning for novel phenotyping in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 285, 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2025.08.011
- Bareis, N., Edlund, M., Ringeisen, H., Guyer, H., Dixon, L.B., Olfson, M., Smith, T.E., Chwastiak, L., Monroe-DeVita, M., Swartz, M., Swanson, J., Sinclair Hancq, E., Geiger, P., Kreski, N.T., Stroup, T.S. (2024). Characterizing Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Results of the U.S. Mental and Substance Use Disorders Prevalence Study. Psychiatric Services, 76(1), 2-12. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240138
- Taipale, H., Schneider-Thoma, J., Pinzón-Espinosa, J., Radua, J., Efthimiou, O., Vinkers, C.H., Mittendorfer-Rutz, E., Cardoner, N., Pintor, L., Tanskanen, A., Tomlinson, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Cipriani, A., Vieta, E., Leucht, S., Tiihonen, J., Luykx, J.J. (2022). Representation and Outcomes of Individuals With Schizophrenia Seen in Everyday Practice Who Are Ineligible for Randomized Clinical Trials. 79(3)210-218.10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.3990.
The Neural Circuitry of Protracted Withdrawal in Alcohol Use Disorder
A. Benjamin Srivastava, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University
Learning Objectives
- Understand why protracted withdrawal is unlikely to be reliable operationalized based on clinical symptoms alone.
- Discuss evidence implicating circuitry involving the BNST and anterior insula may underlie protracted withdrawal.
- Understand next steps in translational research that will further strength support for the involvement of the AI-BNST circuit in protracted withdrawal.
Reading Recommendations
- Srivastava, A. B., Sanchez-Peña, J., Levin, F. R., Mariani, J. J., Patel, G. H., & Naqvi, N. H. (2023). Correction to "Drinking reduction during a clinical trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol use disorder is associated with reduction in anterior insula-bed nucleus of the stria terminalis resting state functional connectivity". Alcohol, clinical & experimental research, 47(7), 1423–1424. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14767
- Flook, E. A., Feola, B., Avery, S. N., Winder, D. G., Woodward, N. D., Heckers, S., & Blackford, J. U. (2020). BNST-insula structural connectivity in humans. NeuroImage, 210, 116555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116555
- Zabik, N. L., Flook, E. A., Feola, B., Benningfield, M. M., Silveri, M. M., Winder, D. G., & Blackford, J. U. (2024). Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis network responses to unpredictable threat in early alcohol abstinence. Alcohol, clinical & experimental research, 48(9), 1716–1727. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15407
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
April 8
From Human Genetics to Neural Circuits: GPR156 as a Novel Entry Point Into the Biology and Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
Bradley Miller, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
April 15
The Dr. Irville and Helen MacKinnon Grand Rounds
Carla Sharp, PhD
John and Rebecca Moore Professor
University of Houston
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
April 22
Nim Tottenham, PhD
Department Chair and Professor of Psychology
Columbia University
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
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April 29
Robert Malenka, MD, PhD
Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
May 6
Columbia University Institute for Developmental Sciences (CUIDs) Grand Rounds
Matthew State, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
May 13
Magdalena Cerda, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Opioid Epidemiology & Policy
New York University
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
May 20
NO GRAND ROUNDS
(APA Annual Meeting May 16 – May 20, 2026 in San Francisco, CA)
May 27
Gene x Environment Interactions in Brain Disease
Kristen Brennand, PhD
Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Genetics
Yale School of Medicine
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
June 3
LGBTQ+ Heritage Month Grand Rounds
Kirsty Clark, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society
Vanderbilt University
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
June 10
André Fenton, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology of Cognition Laboratory
Director, Center for Neural Science and Neuroscience Institute
NYU Langone Medical Center
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link