UCSF Psychiatry News

The UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program (RTP) has once again been noted as one of the top psychiatry residency programs in the nation, according to new data released on July 21, 2023, by physician social networking site Doximity.

UCSF researchers have discovered a strong, linear association between levels of neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and an increased risk of Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Kewchang Lee, MD, has been appointed to the Endowed Chair in Psychiatry Medical Student Education for a five-year term which began on July 1, 2023.

UC San Francisco Professor Emeritus Nick Kanas, MD, has been selected by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) as the recipient of its 2023 Life Science Book Award for his most recent book, “Behavioral Health and Human Interactions in Space.”

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center will add 36 new mental health treatment slots for children over the next five years thanks to a $33.7 million grant from the state.

Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD, MS, MAS, has been named a 2023 John A. Watson Faculty Scholar and recipient of a UCSF School of Medicine Dean's Diversity Fund Award.

UCSF faculty member Susan Voglmaier, MD, PhD, received a 2022-2023 UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education during a virtual ceremony on June 12.

Over the past three years, hundreds of primary care providers across the state have used a UCSF-created portal to get real-time video, phone, and email access to UCSF psychiatrists and psychologists for advice on treating young patients with mental health concerns.

Citywide Case Management, a 43-year-old program located in the city’s Mission district, serves clients with serious mental illness.

The 175th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) will be held Saturday, May 20–Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at San Francisco's George R. Moscone Convention Center, marking the organization's first gathering in the Bay Area since 2019.