UCSF Psychiatry News

After receiving more than 550 applications and conducting interviews with 85 candidates over a 12-week period, the UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program (RTP) announced that it will welcome a full class of 16 new residents into its Class of 2021.

Faculty members, trainees, and clinicians from around the Bay Area gathered in Cole Hall last week for the 12th annual Robert S. Wallerstein, MD Visiting Lectureship in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.

Studying brain disorders is complicated for many reasons, not the least being the ethics of obtaining living neurons. To overcome that obstacle, UCSF postdoc Aditi Deshpande, PhD, is starting with skin cells.

The UC San Francisco School of Medicine was tied for fourth place nationally among drug and substance abuse programs in this year’s U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate schools.

The UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program have named their new chief residents and fellows for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Noted clinical educator and author Deborah L. Cabaniss, MD, will be featured as the speaker at the 12th annual Robert S. Wallerstein, MD Visiting Lectureship on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy on Wednesday, March 8, 2017.

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry Sharon M. Hall, PhD, has been appointed as an inaugural Fellow by the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT).

Neuroscience researcher Lisa Gunaydin, PhD, was among the 15 UC San Francisco faculty members named to the first cohort of Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators earlier this week.

Poor performance on a simple odor identification test was associated with a significantly increased risk of developing dementia years later, in a study of more than 2,400 older adults.

A new study from UCSF emphasizes the ongoing need for clinicians to be aware of the potential risks when they prescribe antidepressants and other drugs.