Review past events at the DeWitt Wallace Institute for Psychiatry.
2026
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
March 11, 2026
11:00am to 12:00pm | Uris AuditoriumLecture Title: "AI for Precision Psychiatry: Hype, Hope, and Heterogeneity" Logan Grosenick, PhD Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Brain & Mind Research Institute, and Tri-Institutional MD-PhD and Computational Biology Programs, Weill Cornell Medicine
Psychiatry Grand Rounds - Social Work Grand Rounds
March 10, 2026
11:00am to 12:00pmLecture Title: "Leading the Way in SUD Treatment: A Social Work Month Celebration of Navigating Challenges and Clinical Innovation" Jennifer G. Blewett, DSW, LICSW, DCSW, CGP Clinical Social Worker, Director for Community Outreach and Engagement Addiction Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Family Affairs: What Did it Mean to Calder and Picasso to Have Fathers Who Were Artists?
March 4, 2026
1:15pm to 2:45pmJed Perl New York Review of Books
Psychiatry Grand Rounds - The Samuel W. Perry III, MD Memorial Lecture
March 4, 2026
11:00am to 12:00pm | Uris AuditoriumLecture Title: "AI and Mental Health: Beyond Evil Robots" Roy Perlis, M.D., M.Sc. Ronald I. Dozoretz, MD Endowed Chair and Vice Chair for Research Department of Psychiatry at Mass General Brigham Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Core Components of School Avoidance Assessment and Treatment for Youth
February 26, 2026
12:00pm to 1:00pm2026 Clinician Education Series hosted by The Center for Youth Mental Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Co-sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medicine Academy for Behavioral Health and Continuing Education Free Zoom registration: https://nyph.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nlqxhHq6Ry-Q_D5iRo4_HQ#/registr... 1 CE Credit Hour Available FREE for Psychologists (NY & APA-accepted), Social Workers (NY) and Mental Health Counselors (NY) Learn more CE information: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:236cee6f-4672-4282-be4a-d5b1... Event Abstract: School avoidance, defined as missing school due to anxiety, depression, or other mental health concerns, is increasingly prevalent among youth. When left untreated, school avoidance may contribute to worsened mental health, family conflict and stress, poor academic functioning, social struggles, and delayed independence. Treatment for school avoidance is comprehensive and is based on a functional assessment of school-related anxiety and avoidance. Based on this assessment, interventions typically incorporate cognitive-behavioral strategies for mental health symptoms, caregiver support, and collaboration with a youth’s school. This webinar will review the key components of evidence-based assessment and treatment for school avoidance, special considerations for working with this population, and strategies to address treatment barriers. Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the four primary functions of school avoidance behavior in youth. 2. Describe one child-focused and one caregiver-focused intervention to address school avoidance behavior. 3. List one school-based support to improve school attendance for school avoidance youth. Featured Presenters: Stephanie Rohrig, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell MedicineAnthony Puliafico, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds
February 25, 2026
11:00am to 12:00pmLecture Title: "Kennedy Krieger’s Project ECHO: Expanding the Behavioral Health Workforce Through Infant and Early Childhood Consultation and Education" Joyce Harrison, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
February 18, 2026
11:00am to 12:00pmLecture Title: "Antidepressant Treatment in Pregnancy: Are We Asking the Right Questions?" Katherine L. Wisner, MD, MS Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics Prenatal Mental Health, Developing Brain Institute Children’s National Hospital, Washington DC Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
February 11, 2026
11:00am to 12:00pm | Uris AuditoriumLecture Title: "RECENT ADVANCES IN THE ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ADULT ADHD" Lenard A. Adler, MD Carter A. Pottash Professor of Psychiatry Vice Chair, Education Director, Adult ADHD Program Department of Psychiatry Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Memoir and the Imagination
February 4, 2026
1:15pm to 2:45pmDeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry: Richardson Seminar "Memoir and the Imagination" Vivian Gornick, essayist, memoirist, and literary critic
Psychiatry Grand Rounds - Faculty Council
February 4, 2026
11:00am to 12:00pmLecture Title: "How Psychiatrists and Psychoanalysts work with the United Nations" Sargam Mona Jain, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Alexander Kalogerakis, MD, FABP Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine Child and Adolescent Supervising Analyst New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Vice-Chair, American Board of Psychoanalysis Vivian B. Pender MD, DLFAPA Clinical Professor Emerita of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
