A new study shows that sleep spindles, brief bursts of brain activity occurring during one phase of sleep and captured by EEG, may regulate anxiety in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
UCSF Psychiatry News
Tolou-Shams recognized by Academic Senate for excellence in mentoring
April 17, 2023
The UC San Francisco Academic Senate has announced that Kilroy Realty Endowed Professor in Psychiatry Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD, has been selected to receive its 2023 Distinction In Mentoring Award for faculty at the rank of full professor.
Boccellari named Assembly District 19 Woman of the Year
March 30, 2023
Longtime UC San Francisco clinician, educator, and researcher Alicia Boccellari, PhD, has been named California State Assembly District 19 Woman of the Year by Assemblymember Phil Ting.
In memoriam: George Fein, PhD
March 21, 2023
Neurobehavioral researcher and longtime UCSF faculty member George Fein, PhD, passed away on February 23, 2023, at the age of 74.
Five DPBS faculty members appointed to endowed positions
March 21, 2023
Five of the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences' most highly accomplished faculty members have been appointed to endowed chairs and professorships in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments and to support future scholarly growth.
UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program matches 16 for its Class of 2027
March 17, 2023
The UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program (RTP) announced that it will welcome a full class of 16 new resident physicians into its Class of 2027.
Ihle to receive UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award
March 15, 2023
UCSF neuroscientist and psychiatrist Eva C. Ihle, MD, PhD, has been named one of 16 recipients of the UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award for the 2022-23 academic year.
For anorexia patients, does distress rise with higher caloric intake?
March 15, 2023
A higher-calorie nutrition plan isn’t more distressing for hospitalized teens and young adults with anorexia than a lower-calorie plan, a new study led by UC San Francisco researchers found.
UCSF's Mardi Horowitz to deliver 2023 Wallerstein Lecture on April 12
March 10, 2023
The 17th Robert S. Wallerstein, MD Lectureship in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, featuring UCSF clinician-researcher Mardi Horowitz, MD, will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
Four early career researchers named 2023 Grand Rounds Trainee Research Award honorees
February 23, 2023
Four early career researchers from the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences have been selected to present their scholarship and research at Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds events later this spring as part of a series designed to highlight the work of senior trainees at or near the end of their training and help launch their academic careers.
