UCSF Psychiatry News

Blue painting

Art for AIDS ready to celebrate 21 years of community, art, and AHP

October 06, 2017
Join AHP staff and volunteers on Friday, October 20 for the 21st annual Art for AIDS, starting at 6:00 pm at the City View at Metreon.
Anna Molofsky, MD, PhD

UCSF's Molofsky wins NIH New Innovator Award

October 05, 2017
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded grants to two UC San Francisco researchers to pursue innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research, including one from the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences.
Employees

Department hosts celebration to honor staff members

October 04, 2017
The UCSF Department of Psychiatry hosted a special event to recognize and honor the contributions of its staff employees last week.
Tong, Fisher, and Kaplan

Trio of UCSF Psychiatry members honored at annual AAP meeting

September 07, 2017
Three UCSF Psychiatry members were singled out for acclaim by their peers at the Association of Academic Psychiatry (AAP)'s 2017 Annual Meeting in Denver.
Haack with a puppet on her hand

Haack among GloCal fellows getting into the trenches for global health research

September 05, 2017
They are bright and creative investigators, highly committed to improving world health, but what makes some UCGHI GloCal Health fellows special is their street smarts and ability to get into tough communities and engage the people hardest hit by physical and social ills.
Doctor holding stethoscope on patient's chest

Low-cost preventive care may help heart health for people with serious mental illness

September 01, 2017
People with serious mental illness, such as bipolar disease and schizophrenia, die on average 25 years earlier than their peers. A common cause of death is heart disease that frequently develops unchecked due to lack of preventive care.
Food

Symposium on food insecurity, stress, and obesity to be held October 25

August 31, 2017
The 11th Annual Sugar, Stress, Environment, and Weight (SSEW) Symposium,will be held on Wednesday, October 25, in Los Angeles.
Christine Khuu, MBA

Khuu named as new department CFO

August 29, 2017
Christine Khuu, MBA, has been selected as the UCSF Department of Psychiatry's new Chief Financial Officer.
Nancy Adler, PhD

Nancy Adler honored by the New York Academy of Medicine

August 28, 2017
The New York Academy of Medicine has selected Nancy Adler, PhD, to receive the 2017 Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science.
Military member talking to a therapist

Talk therapy with ‘self-forgiveness’ focus eases PTSD in vets who have killed

August 17, 2017
Veterans who have killed in combat and suffer from nightmares, hyper-vigilance to perceived threats, and numbness to people and activities that once made them happy, may be helped by a six-to-eight week talk therapy program.

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