March 2018 Events

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Grand Rounds Lecture

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

RUB Auditorium

Paul Jenkins, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Pharmacology Department

Title: "Translating a genetic association to cellular mechanisms: a loss-of-function ANK3 variant from a family with bipolar disorder causes impaired forebrain circuitry"

Disclosures: None

Hosting Faculty: Melvin McInnis,

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Education Grand Rounds--Panel Discussion

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

RUB Auditorium

Education Grand Rounds--Panel Discussion

This lecture will be a panel discussion moderated by Michael Jibson, MD, PhD. The following faculty members will be panelists: Jim Abelson, MD, PhD, Michael Casher, MD, and Ricks Warren, PhD, along with trainees Jenny Baumhauer, MD, and Jared Konecny, MSW.

Title: “The Give and Take of

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Annual Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute Lecture--Tony Bass, PhD

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

RUB Auditorium

Annual Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute Lecture--Tony Bass, PhD

Dr. Anthony Bass is a clinical psychologist/psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. He sees adults, adolescents, couples and does supervisory consultation. He did his psychoanalytic training at New York University, completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 to Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Annual Depression on College Campuses Conference: Redesigning Structures, Spaces, and Processes to Promote Wellness

12:30 PM to 4:00 PM
U-M Rackham Graduate School Building, Ann Arbor

March 13th: 12:30pm registration; Lectures end at 5:15pm.

Poster session: 5:15-6:15pm.

March 14th: 8:30am registration; Lectures end at 4:00pm

The 2018 Depression on College Campuses Conference will explore how environmental strategies can be used as part of a comprehensive approach to create a campus culture and learning environment that supports mental health. We will examine how institutions can target the physical and social factors of a campus in order to create structures,

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Elissa Epel, PhD

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

RUB Auditorium

Elissa Epel, PhD

Elissa Epel, Ph.D, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, at University of California, San Francisco. Her research aims to elucidate mechanisms of healthy aging, and to apply this basic science to scalable interventions that can reach vulnerable populations. She is the Director of the Aging, Metabolism, and