2023 - 2024
THURSDAYS 12:00 – 1:00 PM
September 21
Brian Pilecki, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research and Training Center
Title: Psychedelic assisted therapy
October 19
Celia Fisher, Ph.D.
Director of Ethics Education, Fordham University
Director, HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute
Topic: TBD
November 16
Nathan Thoma, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine
Title: Emotion Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
December- no grand rounds
January 18
Stephanie Rohrig, Ph.D,
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
Title: Zero Suicide Initiative: Innovative Training Strategies in Adolescent Suicidality and Safety Planning
February 15
Samantha Pflum, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina
Title: TBD
March 21
James Root, Ph.D.
Associate Attending Neuropsychologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
Title Cognitive effects of cancer and cancer treatments
April 18
Gerald Koocher, Ph.D.
Program Director, Clinical & School Psychology, Capella University
Topic: TBD
May 16
Elizabeth McMahon Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Author, Psychology Today Blog
Topic: Virtual Reality Therapy for Anxiety:
June 20
Timothy Williamson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, Loyola Marymount University
Topic: : Reducing Lung Cancer Stigma at the Patient, Clinician, and Societal Levels
2022-2023
Wednesdays, 11:00AM - 12:30PM EST, Zoom
Sept. 15 - JoAnne Sirey, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
Principal Investigator, Weill Cornell ALACRITY for Mid- and Late-Life Mood Disorders
“Improving Community Based Delivery of Care to Diverse Depressed Older Adults”.
October 20 – Robert Leahy, Ph.D.
Director, American Institute for Cognitive Therapy (NYC)
Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
“Cognitive Therapy for Regret”
November 17 - Monika Dargis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
“Digital Mental Health Interventions-How to Get the Most Out of Digital Tools”
December 15 - Dawn Hughes, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
Board Certified Forensic Psychologist
“Intimate Partner Violence: Challenges in Assessments and Treatment”
January 19 – JoAnn Difede, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
Director, Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies (PATSS)
“A generation of research from the WTC to the COVID-19 pandemic: An update on the use of Virtual Reality and Immersive Technologies in Behavioral Health”
February 16 - Natalia Skritskaya, Ph.D.
PGDT Trainer
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Center for Prolonged Grief, Columbia University
“Prolonged Grief Disorder Treatment: an Evidence-Based Approach”
March 16 – Kathryn Bleiberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology, Weill Cornell Medicine
“Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Perinatal Bereavement”
April 20 – Elena Mayville, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
Clinical Psychologist, Boise VA Mbedical Center
"Why Try to Change Me Now? Fostering Empathy and Acceptance with Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy."
May 18 – Caitlin Stamatis, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Senior Quantitative Mental Health Researcher, Google
“Smartphone-Based Personal Sensing of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms”
June 15 – Simon Rego, Psy.D., A.B.P.P.
Chief Psychologist, Director of Psychology Training, and Director of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training Program, Montefiore Medical Center
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“Utilizing Social and Traditional Media to Enhance Your Career”
