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HIV and a Tale of a Few Cities

8/17/2018

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with international colleagues, examined how policy reform in terms of drug decriminalization (in Mexico) and access to drug treatm ...

Adderall Won’t Give Your Brain a Boost If You Don’t Have ADHD

8/8/2018

Healthline

Features Jay Giedd, MD

The Pot Breathalyzer Is Here. Maybe

8/6/2018

NPR

Features Thomas Marcotte, PhD

Medical marijuana availability doesn’t increase teen use, study finds

8/6/2018

SF Gate

Cites research by UC San Diego School of Medicine

Landscape on marijuana research shifting despite federal roadblocks

8/1/2018

Orange Register

Features UC San Diego Center for Medicinal Cannabis

Practice Imperfect: Repeated Cognitive Testing Can Obscure Early Signs of Dementia

7/11/2018

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative condition that often begins with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), making early and repeated assessments of cognitive change crucial to diagnosis ...

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 ...

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Recent Announcements & Recognitions

Congratulations to Kelsey Thomas, PhD, a Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow, for being awarded a 3 year, $175,000 fellowship from the San Diego/Imperial Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association!

Judy E. Davidson, DNP, RN, FCCM, FAAN, a nurse scientist at UC San Diego Health, is quoted in an article, "Nurse Suicide is Real. Don't Ignore It." Click here for the article.

Congratulations to Michael Langley-DeGroot, a third year Psychiatry Resident, for receiving the 2018 AAP Resident Psychiatric Educator Award!

Congratulations to Matthew Klein, MD, PhD, a Research Track Resident, for receiving the 2018 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award AND the 2018 APA Research Colloquium Travel Award!

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...

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