Fall 2009 Schedule
July 2009
16 July
"The Contribution of Relational Encoding and Retrieval to Episodic Memory Deficits in Schizophrenia".
Dan Ragland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UC Davis
http://ucdirc.ucdavis.edu/people/ragland.php
30 July
“Genetic Dissection of Restricted Repetitive Behavior”
Soo-Jeong Kim, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Florida
http://www.psychiatry.ufl.edu/research_faculty.shtml
August 2009
13 August
"Clinical Depression in African Americans"
Rahn K. Bailey, MD, FAPA
Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Meharry Medical College
http://www.mmc.edu/faculty/som.html
27 August
“Variation in Neuropeptide Hormones and Genes in Autism”
Suma Jacob, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago
http://www.psych.uic.edu/research.htm
September 2009
10 September
"Current Concepts on Treatment of Eating Disorders"
Merry Miller, M.D.
Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
James H. Quillen College of Medicine
East Tennessee State University
http://www.etsu.edu/com/psychiatry/facultyandstaff.aspx
17 September
“Update on the Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders”
John Walkup, M.D.
Associate Professor
Deputy Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Psychiatry/faculty/W/Walkup.html
24 September
"Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia"
John Sweeney, Ph.D.
Professor, Director, Center for Cognitive Medicine
Director, Psychotic Disorders Program
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychology
University of Illinois at Chicago
http://www.psych.uic.edu/faculty/sweeney.htm
October 2009
1 October
"The Role of Expertise in the Organization of the Ventral Visual Pathway"
Isabel Gauthier, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
College of Arts and Science
Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/site/people/1456/gauthier-isabel.aspx
8 October
"The Prevention and Treatment of Delirium"
Theodore Stern, M.D.
Chief, Psychiatric Consultation Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
http://www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/doctors/doctor.aspx?id=16549
22 October
Grand Rounds Case Conference
Location: PRB 898 J-B
Title: “Psychiatric Evaluation of College Students in the Emergency Room”
Presenter: Traci D’Almeida, M.D.
Senior Resident Physician in Psychiatry, VUSM
Discussant: Scott Rodgers, M.D.
Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Medical Education and Administration
Mentor: Amanda Wilson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Adult Psychosomatic Medicine Service
29 October
“Lack of Safety Signal Learning in PTSD and Role of NMDA Receptors in Extinction of Fear: Implications for Psychotherapy”
Michael Davis, Ph.D.
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Emory University School of Medicine
http://www.med.emory.edu/faculty/profile_cv.cfm?id=1688
November 2009
5 November
“The Proper Scope of the Insanity Defense”
Christopher Slobogin, J.D.
Professor of Law and Psychiatry
Vanderbilt University Law School
http://law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/faculty-detail/index.aspx?faculty_id=225
12 November
“Dopamine Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: Insights from Imaging Studies”
Anissa Abi-Dargham, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Radiology)
Director of the Division of Translational Imaging
Director of Clinical and Imaging Research
Lieber Center for Schizophrenia Research
NY State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia University School of Medicine
http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/facdb/profile_list.asp?uni=aa324&DepAffil=Psychiatry
19 November
"The Glutamate Homeostasis Hypothesis of Addiction"
Peter Kalivas, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Neurosciences
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
http://www.muschealth.com/cdap/kalivas.htm
24 November
12 Noon
Joint Grand Rounds at Meharry
“The Future of Psychiatric Diagnosis”
Stephan Heckers, M.D.
James G. Blakemore Chairman of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=psychiatry&doc=9886
