UCSF Psychiatry News

A cross-disciplinary collaboration at UC San Francisco has taken a new approach that has begun revealing, in detail, how a set of around 100 ASD genes may lead to serious developmental problems, often resulting in severe and profound autism that impacts as many as 20% to 30% of people on the spectrum.

Did you know that we often have more control over our feels and anxiety than we think?

UCSF faculty researchers Elissa Epel, PhD, and Michael Weiner, MD, are among the most influential individuals in their respective fields, according to the most recent analysis of research citations by the science and intellectual property company Clarivate.

A landmark study shows cognitive improvements when participants keep active, sleep better, are socially engaged, and control blood pressure and diabetes.

The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) has named Vikaas S. Sohal, MD, PhD, as a winner of its 2023 Daniel H. Efron Research Award for outstanding basic research contributions to neuropsychopharmacology.

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host a special academic symposium in honor of James L. Sorensen, PhD, a longtime UCSF faculty member, researcher, educator, and mentor who passed away earlier this year.

UCSF, in partnership with the Greater San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), will host a morning of reflection, discussion, and support on Saturday, November 18, 2023, for International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day.

Four UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences researchers—Joshua L. Cohen, MD, PhD; Sasha Gorrell, PhD; Alexandra Klein, PhD; and Nicky Mehtani, MD—have been awarded 2023 Young Investigator Grants by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) in recognition of their work as promising young scientists conducting innovative, cutting-edge neurobiological and psychiatric research.

The 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) will be held October 23–28, 2023, in New York City. Numerous current and former UCSF faculty members and trainees will take part in the event.

The UCSF Center for Health and Community and UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host an academic lecture honoring longtime faculty member and pioneering social scientist Nancy E. Adler, PhD, on Thursday, October 26, 2023.