Aric Prather, PhD
Working Title
Pritzker Family Fund Endowed Chair for Health and Community
Preferred Pronouns
He/Him/His
Biography
Aric Prather is a psychologist who treats insomnia with individual cognitive behavioral therapy. He also provides behavioral therapy to help patients adjust to using their continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) equipment. Prather's research focuses...
Aric Prather is a psychologist who treats insomnia with individual cognitive behavioral therapy. He also provides behavioral therapy to help patients adjust to using their continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) equipment.
Prather's research focuses on how poor sleep impacts physical health and emotional well-being. He measures sleep habits to determine which study participants are vulnerable to sleep-related health problems and which are resilient, with the goal of developing new treatments.
Prather earned his doctoral degree in clinical and biological health psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Prather is a member of the Sleep Research Society, American Psychological Association, American Psychosomatic Society and Society for Affective Science.
Prather's research focuses on how poor sleep impacts physical health and emotional well-being. He measures sleep habits to determine which study participants are vulnerable to sleep-related health problems and which are resilient, with the goal of developing new treatments.
Prather earned his doctoral degree in clinical and biological health psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Prather is a member of the Sleep Research Society, American Psychological Association, American Psychosomatic Society and Society for Affective Science.
- 2022 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2012 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars Program, University of California, San Francisco/UC Berkeley
- Ph.D., Clinical and Biological & Health Psychology, 2010 - Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
- Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Internship, 2009 - Medical Psychology/Behavioral Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
Telomere Shortening
Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders
Sleep Deprivation
Meditation
Occupational Stress
Self Report
Pregnancy Complications
Mindfulness
Interleukin-6
Telomere Homeostasis
Sleep
Stress, Psychological
Telomere
Actigraphy
Sleep Wake Disorders
- Excellence in Health Psychology Research by an Early Career Professional Award, Society for Health Psychology (APA Div 38), 2019-2020
- Herbert Weiner Early Career Award, American Psychosomatic Society, 2018-2019
- Robert Ader New Investigator Award, Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, 2015-2016
July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2031 - Training the Next Generation of Clinical Researchers in Stress Mechanisms and Mental Health , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: T32MH139734
March 13, 2020 - March 31, 2030 - UCSF Data Science Training to Advance Behavioral and Social Science Expertise for Health Research (DaTABASE) Program , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: T32MD015070
September 1, 2014 - May 31, 2029 - Advancing Psychosocial and Biobehavioral Stress Measurement and Interventions to Promote Healthy Aging , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R24AG048024
February 1, 2021 - January 31, 2025 - Advancing Psychosocial & Biobehavioral Approaches to Improve Emotional Well-Being , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U24AG072699
July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024 - Obesity stigma and health behavior: An experimental approach , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01HL158555
September 1, 2018 - June 30, 2024 - Tissue-Specific Insulin Resistance in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Role of Hypoxia , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01DK117953
July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2024 - Examining the reciprocal effects of racial discrimination and sleep on cardiovascular functioning: An experimental approach , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01HL142051
July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2022 - Sleep Disturbance in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Phenotypes, Causes, and Impact , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01AR072040
May 9, 2017 - February 28, 2022 - Resilience Skills Self-Management for Chronic Pain , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01NR017096
September 1, 2012 - June 30, 2017 - Sleep as a novel pathway linking chronic psychological stress and inflammation , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K08HL112961