Second-year psychiatry resident Tua-Elisabeth Mulligan, MD, has been chosen to participate in the American Psychiatric Association (APA) American Psychiatric Leadership (APL) Fellowship Program, the oldest fellowship program offered by the APA.
UCSF Psychiatry News
Acharya to take part in university panel on humanitarian crises
May 12, 2015
Fourth-year psychiatry resident Bibhav Acharya, MD, will participate in a university-wide discussion this week about challenges and lessons learned from responding to humanitarian crises.
UCSF Psychiatry heads north of the border for the 168th APA Annual Meeting
May 11, 2015
The 168th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) will be held Saturday, May 16 - Wednesday, May 20, 2015 in Toronto, Canada, and numerous current and former UCSF Psychiatry faculty members and trainees will be in attendance.
Hendren announces plans to step down as department vice chair
May 06, 2015
After six years of exceptionally dedicated service as the Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, Robert Hendren, DO has elected to step down effective June 30, 2015, to devote his full time efforts to his research, teaching, mentoring, and clinical care work.
Department members biking across California to fight HIV/AIDS
May 04, 2015
Three department members will join thousands of other cyclists this June to participate and raise money for AIDS/LifeCycle—a seven-day, 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles that has become the world's largest annual, single-event AIDS fundraiser.
Marcin joins faculty as AIP assistant director
May 04, 2015
Michael Marcin, MD, joined the UCSF Department of Psychiatry faculty on Friday, May 1, as an HS Associate Clinical Professor and Assistant Director of the LPPH&C Acute Inpatient Program.
Puterman to be honored by ABMR for research work
April 30, 2015
Eli Puterman, PhD, has been selected by the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (ABMR) as the 2015 recipient of its Neal E. Miller New Investigator Award.
New IOM report outlines steps for maintaining cognitive function as the brain ages
April 29, 2015
Brains age, just like the rest of the body, even for those who don't get neurological disease, according to an Institute of Medicine report released on April 14.
Ekman, Gazzaley, Lucia selected for UCSF 150th Anniversary Alumni Excellence Awards
April 21, 2015
In honor of UCSF's 150th Anniversary, the Alumni Association of UCSF (AAUCSF) is highlighting the extraordinary contributions of 150 outstanding living degreed and non-degreed alumni.
In Memoriam: Virginia Patterson
April 17, 2015
Virginia (Ginny) Patterson passed away on April 7, 2015 at the age of 94. She was a respected and beloved teacher, clinician and researcher who touched the lives of many during her seven decades of contributions to the UCSF Department of Psychiatry.
