A workplace ban on the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages led to a 48.5 percent average reduction in their consumption and significantly less belly fat among 202 participants in a study by researchers at UC San Francisco.
UCSF Psychiatry News
October 25, 2019
The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation has selected Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD, as the 2019 recipient of its Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research.
October 21, 2019
UCSF's Kristine Yaffe, MD, is among the 100 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
October 11, 2019
The 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) will be held Monday, October 14—Saturday, October 19, 2019 in Chicago.
October 09, 2019
A new program led in part by UC San Francisco researcher Kristine Yaffe, MD, has been launched to help further scientific knowledge on aging and the care of older adults.
October 03, 2019
UCSF Psychiatry faculty member Chuan-Mei Lee, MD, MA, has been selected by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) to receive the group's 2019 Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows.
September 24, 2019
Health psychologist Elissa S. Epel, PhD, has been tapped to join the Department of Psychiatry’s leadership team as its vice chair for adult psychology.
September 24, 2019
Longtime faculty clinician and educator Descartes Li, MD, has been selected to serve as the department’s new vice chair for education, effective October 1, 2019.
September 23, 2019
The free event, part of the Peter F. Ostwald, MD, and Lise Dechamps Ostwald Lecture Series, is open to the public, but space is limited and ordering tickets in advance is highly recommended.
September 12, 2019
UC San Francisco postdoctoral researcher Christopher Bartley, MD, PhD, has been named as one of this year's Hanna Gray Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
