Among the 59 bills signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown this past weekend was Assembly Bill No. 1384, recognizing the UCSF Trauma Recovery Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center as the State Pilot Trauma Recovery Center (TRC).
UCSF Psychiatry News
New research finds brain imaging results skewed by biased study samples
October 12, 2017
A new UCSF–led study shows that failure to follow a basic principle of population science can profoundly skew the results of brain imaging studies, leading to errors that may be throwing off neuroscientists’ understanding of normal brain development.
UCSF Psychiatry experts to take part in the 64th AACAP Annual Meeting
October 11, 2017
The 64th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) will be held Monday, October 23–28 in Washington, DC and numerous current and former UCSF faculty members and trainees will be in attendance.
Art for AIDS ready to celebrate 21 years of community, art, and AHP
October 06, 2017
Join AHP staff and volunteers on Friday, October 20 for the 21st annual Art for AIDS, starting at 6:00 pm at the City View at Metreon.
UCSF's Molofsky wins NIH New Innovator Award
October 05, 2017
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded grants to two UC San Francisco researchers to pursue innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research, including one from the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences.
Department hosts celebration to honor staff members
October 04, 2017
The UCSF Department of Psychiatry hosted a special event to recognize and honor the contributions of its staff employees last week.
Trio of UCSF Psychiatry members honored at annual AAP meeting
September 07, 2017
Three UCSF Psychiatry members were singled out for acclaim by their peers at the Association of Academic Psychiatry (AAP)'s 2017 Annual Meeting in Denver.
Haack among GloCal fellows getting into the trenches for global health research
September 05, 2017
They are bright and creative investigators, highly committed to improving world health, but what makes some UCGHI GloCal Health fellows special is their street smarts and ability to get into tough communities and engage the people hardest hit by physical and social ills.
Low-cost preventive care may help heart health for people with serious mental illness
September 01, 2017
People with serious mental illness, such as bipolar disease and schizophrenia, die on average 25 years earlier than their peers. A common cause of death is heart disease that frequently develops unchecked due to lack of preventive care.
Symposium on food insecurity, stress, and obesity to be held October 25
August 31, 2017
The 11th Annual Sugar, Stress, Environment, and Weight (SSEW) Symposium,will be held on Wednesday, October 25, in Los Angeles.
