UCSF Psychiatry News

A commentary co-authored by Nancy Adler, PhD, and Vanderbilt University’s William W. Stead, MD, calls on electronic health records (EHR) vendors to incorporate social and behavioral data into their products, health systems to adopt its use, and clinicians to incorporate the newly available information into their care of patients

Colleagues, family and friends of Allison J. Doupe, MD, PhD, gathered on Friday, January 23 on the UCSF Mission Bay campus to the celebrate the life and career of the late professor, Vice Chair for Basic Science Research and director of the Center for Integrative Neuroscience.

Laura Dunn, MD, has been appointed as a member of the Institute of Medicine's Committee to Evaluate the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Capability Determination Process for Adult Beneficiaries.

Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD, will speak to Bay Area parents and other adults about using an integrated approach in understanding learning differences during a special seminar on Thursday, February 26 at the Bay Area Discovery Museum.

Thanks to the generosity of longtime UCSF supporters Jeanne and Sandy Robertston, and the efforts of the UCSF Mission Bay Art Committee chaired by Samuel Barondes, MD, a new artistic monument stands prominently on the Mission Bay campus.

Kristine Yaffe, MD, will be honored by the American College of Psychiatrists (ACP) with the 2015 ACP Award for Research in Geriatric Psychiatry.

Rajkumar K. Kalapatapu, MD, has been approved by the American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s Board of Trustees as one of the association’s new Fellows for 2015.

Professor and Chair Emeritus Craig Van Dyke, MD, returned to the UCSF Parnassus campus last week as a guest of honor to speak at the department’s Grand Rounds.

State Lab postdoctoral scholar Vanessa Hus Bal, PhD, was named as the newest recipient of the Marquis Award by the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychiatry for her doctoral dissertation exploring the influence of non-Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) behaviors on the assessment and diagnosis of ASD in children.