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Grant awarded to UC San Diego for cannabis/autism research

6/12/2018

San Diego City Beat

Features Doris Trauner, MD, Alysson Muotri, PhD, and Gabriel Silva, PhD

20 Expert-Backed Ways to Improve Your Mental Health Every Day

6/11/2018

MSN

Features Mounir Soliman, MD

San Diego VA Studies the Role of Guilt in Treatment of PTSD

6/11/2018

KPBS

Features Sonya Norman, PhD

Deaths Surge From Fentanyl-Laced Street Drugs In San Diego County

6/7/2018

KPBS

Features Richard Clark, MD

Study to Explore Whether Cannabis Compound Eases Severe Symptoms of Autism

4/26/2018

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are preparing a first-of-its-kind, multidisciplinary investigation to determine if and how cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive compound ...

Variants in Non-Coding DNA Contribute to Inherited Autism Risk

4/19/2018

In recent years, researchers have firmly established that gene mutations appearing for the first time, called de novo mutations, contribute to approximately one-third of cases of autism spect ...

Researchers Find Resilience Counteracts Effects of Childhood Abuse and Neglect on Health

4/17/2018

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have determined that psychological resilience has a positive effect on health outcomes for people living with schizophrenia. This i ...

Mothers Depression Might Do the Same to Her Childs IQ

4/17/2018

Roughly one in 10 women in the United States will experience depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The consequences, however, may extend to their children, report re ...

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Recent Announcements & Recognitions

Endowed Chair Awards
Congratulations to Psychiatry faculty honored at the Endowed Chair Investiture Celebration on May 21, 2018.Read More...

Congratulations to the Spot Awardees of the Department of Psychiatry Clinical Services’ Division! Read More...

Dr. Delano-Wood

Congratulations to Joanna Jacobus, PhD on receiving a High Impact Research Project Award from the UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program! This project will study the effects of simultaneous cannabis and tobacco use on white matter integrity, white/gray matter cerebral blood flow, and cognition in adolescents ages 14-21.

Congratulations to Betty Shih, PhD on receiving a 2018 Faculty Mentor Program Outstanding Mentor Award!
Pictured from left to right: Dr Betty Shih (Psychiatry), Nhien Nguyen (undergraduate student), Roseanna Fitzpatrick (undergraduate student), Nhi Nguyen (undergraduate student), and fellow recipient Dr. Ru Bryan (Dept of Medicine)

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