UCSF Psychiatry News

Department of Psychiatry researcher and assistant professor Mazen A. Kheirbek, PhD, is one of two UCSF scientists who have been named 2019 Pew Scholars in the biomedical sciences.

Christopher Bartley, MD, PhD, and David L. Pennington, PhD have been named as 2019 John A. Watson Faculty Scholars and recipients of the UCSF School of Medicine Dean's Diversity Funds Award

The 172nd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) will be held Saturday, May 18–Wednesday, May 22, 2018 at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

In research published April 30, 2019 in Neuron, scientists led by Vikaas Sohal, MD, PhD found that mice were less likely to decide to venture into an exposed part of an elevated maze — something mice typically find quite scary — when cells in the prefrontal cortex called “VIP interneurons” were activated.

First-year psychiatry resident Elizabeth Bruns, MD, MS, has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 PGY-1 Krevans Award in psychiatry by her peers and faculty members.

The third annual Samuel Barondes Lecture will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, April 22, 2019, in Genetech Hall’s Byers Auditorium on the UCSF Mission Bay campus.

Researchers at UCSF are launching a study to examine the impact of short-term positive-stress interventions, including breathing techniques, on mood and physiological health.

After receiving 780 applications and conducting interviews with 92 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 resident physicians into its Class of 2023.

Fourth-year UCSF psychiatry residents Christopher Bartley, MD, PhD, and Kristen Berendzen, MD, PhD, have both been selected as recipients of the 2019 A.P. Giannini Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and Career Development Award.

UC San Francisco assistant adjunct professor Aoife O'Donovan, PhD, has been recognized by the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) with its 2019 Herbert E. Weiner Early Career Award.