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Yale Child Study Center Announces Upcoming Grand Rounds Speakers

August 11, 2022

The Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Grand Rounds Committee is pleased to announce some of the distinguished speakers for the departmental Grand Rounds series in the fall semester. Resuming on September 13, 2022, this weekly seminar-style series will be presented live from the YCSC Cohen Auditorium on Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m, while also live streamed via zoom. The committee encourages YCSC community members to attend in person as much as possible, with light refreshments and important opportunities to engage with speakers available before each session.


  • September 13, 2022: YCSC Welcome Back & State of the Department
    Linda Mayes, MD; Chair, Yale Child Study Center
  • September 20, 2022
    TBD
  • September 27, 2022: Adolescent depression: Building digital mental health approaches to prevention and early intervention
    Nicholas Allen, PhD; Ann Swindells Professor; Director, Center for Digital Mental Health; Associate Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
  • October 4, 2022: Compassionate Care Rounds
    TBD
  • October 11, 2022
    Adam Naples, PhD; Assistant Professor, Yale Child Study Center
  • October 18, 2022
    Liisa Galea, PhD; Professor, Distinguished University Scholar, Health Research Advisor to VP Research, Lead Women's Health Research Cluster, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
  • October 25, 2022
    Pasco Fearon, PhD; Professor, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London
  • November 1, 2022: Implementation of an evidence-based intervention for parents in recovery from substance use disorders: From research to the real world
    Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers, MD; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
  • November 8, 2022
    TBD
  • November 15, 2022
    Joseph LeDoux, PhD; Henry And Lucy Moses Professor of Science; Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center for Neural Science, NYU College of Arts & Science
  • November 22, 2022
    TBD
  • November 29, 2022
    Saad Omer, MPH, PhD; Director, Yale Institute for Global Health; Associate Dean (Global Health Research), Yale School of Medicine
  • December 6, 2022: Compassionate Care Rounds
    TBD
  • December 13, 2022
    Carolyn Roberts, PhD; Assistant Professor, History/History of Science and Medicine, and African American Studies, Yale University

A weekly forum for YCSC faculty, staff, and affiliates, these sessions offer multidisciplinary opportunities to come together and learn about a variety of topics relevant to the mental health of children, adolescents, families, and communities. YCSC Grand Rounds are the oldest series exclusively dedicated to topics in child psychiatry and allied disciplines.

Additional speakers and topics for the remainder of the year will be announced soon. To find upcoming Grand Rounds and other department events, visit the YCSC web calendar. To receive information and updates about upcoming sessions, subscribe to the Center's monthly newsletter. Visit the YCSC website for recordings of past sessions.

Submitted by Crista Marchesseault on August 11, 2022