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News March 6, 2023 University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Kavita K. Mishra Appointed Director of Clinical Programs of the UCSF Osher Center

Kavita K. Mishra, MD, MPH, has been appointed Director of Clinical Programs at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health. Dr. Mishra will enhance clinical services, ensure the highest quality patient care, and continue the meet the standards of excellence in patient experience at the UCSF Osher Center. Dr. Mishra has a proven dedication to integrative health equity and she will further strengthen the clinic’s commitment to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Grand Rounds
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News May 5, 2020 Harvard University Northwestern University University of California, San Francisco

Suggestions for Self-Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an atmosphere of uncertainty and isolation. Many are focusing on building a healthy lifestyle as a way to cope with this. Because Integrative Medicine emphasizes the promotion of wellbeing overall, Osher Collaborative members are well-positioned to provide support and resources to their patients and communities.

News April 17, 2020 University of California, San Francisco

New Study: Can an Algorithm Predict COVID-19 Infections?

UCSF Osher Center faculty member Ashley Mason, PhD, has quickly launched a robust new study, TemPredict, which aims to understand whether an algorithm can predict the onset of symptoms, such as fever, cough, and fatigue, associated with COVID-19. Participants wear a sensor, the Oura Ring, that measures dermal body temperature, heart rate, and related metrics.

News April 17, 2020 University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Louise Aronson on COVID-19 and Ageism

UCSF Osher Center integrative geriatrician, Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, the author of the New York Times best seller Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life, has published multiple articles on ageism and COVID-19.

News March 28, 2019 University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Helen Weng Included in 10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement

10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement

Article excerpt:

For Helen Weng, her work as a neuroscientist, her lived experience as the child of Taiwanese immigrants, and her mindfulness practice are inseparable. Weng has spent the last 14 years investigating the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness meditation. What she’s observed as a racialized person in mindfulness circles has made her want to do things differently—and help to change the conversation for other minorities who meditate.

Publication March 28, 2019 University of California, San Francisco

The burden of being poor: Stress at the belly of the matter

Ashley E. Mason

Publication February 13, 2019 University of California, San Francisco

Hospital based massage therapy specific competencies

M.K. Brennan, Dale Healey, Carolyn Tague, Beth Rosenthald.

Publication February 1, 2019 University of California, San Francisco

Integrative Group Medical Visits: A National Scoping Survey of Safety-Net Clinics

Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Paula Gardiner, and Maria T. Chao

Publication January 7, 2019 University of California, San Francisco

Stress resilience: Narrative identity may buffer the longitudinal effects of chronic caregiving stress on mental health and telomere shortening

Ashley E. Mason, Jonathan M. Adler, Eli Puterman, Ava Lakmazaheri, Matthew Brucker, Kirstin Aschbacher, Elissa S. Epel

News July 19, 2018 University of California, San Francisco

Call for Applications
Training in Research in Integrative Medicine T-32 Fellowship Program

The UCSF Osher Center’s Training in Research in Integrative Medicine (TRIM), is a research fellowship program funded by a T-32 Training Grant from NIH/NCCIH. They are requesting new applications for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship positions to begin August 2019..

Publication May 14, 2018 University of California, San Francisco

Pathways and mechanisms linking dietary components to cardiometabolic disease: thinking beyond calories

K. L. Stanhope, M. I. Goran, A. Bosy‐Westphal, J. C. King, L. A. Schmidt, J.‐M. Schwarz, E. Stice, A. C. Sylvetsky, P. J. Turnbaugh, G. A. Bray, C. D. Gardner, P. J. Havel, V. Malik, A. E. Mason, E. Ravussin, M. Rosenbaum, J. A. Welsh, C. Allister‐Price D. M. Sigala, M. R. C. Greenwood, A. Astrup, R. M. Krauss

Publication May 1, 2018 University of California, San Francisco

Chronic Stress and Impulsive Risk-Taking Predict Increases in Visceral Fat over 18 Months

Ashley E. Mason, Samantha Schleicher, Michael Coccia, Elissa S. Epel, Kirstin Aschbacher

News March 27, 2018 University of California, San Francisco

How personal experience as a racial minority led to a career studying compassion meditation in diverse populations
Mind & Life Institute Interview with Helen Weng (UCSF Osher Center)

An Interview with Mind & Life Fellow, Helen Weng, PhD.

Helen is interested in how contemplative practices can improve communication within and between individuals, and how this in turn improves psychological and physical health. Her work is focused on developing a novel fMRI task to measure mindful breath awareness, using community-engaged approaches to adapt fMRI study procedures to underrepresented populations from diverse contemplative communities, and understanding how mindfulness-based interventions impact body awareness and psychophysiological variables.

News January 16, 2018 University of California, San Francisco

Interest in the Ketogenic Diet Grows for Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes
JAMA Medical News & Perspectives quotes Rick Hecht, research director at UCSF Osher Center

JAMA. 2018;319(3):215-217.

News November 1, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Clinical study of smartphone intervention for obesity
First to find major reduction in craving-related eating

Congratulations to the UCSF Osher Center and collaborators, who recently published their findings in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine, showing that using an app-based clinical intervention can help overweight and obese individuals break the cycle of craving-related eating.

Publication September 16, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Testing a mobile mindful eating intervention targeting craving-related eating: feasibility and proof of concept

Ashley E. Mason, Kinnari Jhaveri, Michael Cohn, Judson A. Brewer

News September 10, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

UCSF Osher Center Receives PCORI Grant for Study with Cancer Patients
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

A research team from the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine has been approved for a $2,780,075 funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Relieve Pain and Symptom Distress among Diverse Hospitalized Cancer Patients. Dr. Maria Chao, the Associate Director of Research and Associate Director for Health Equity and Diversity at the UCSF Osher Center, will lead the research.

News August 30, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

UCSF Osher Center Funds RAP Grants for Dementia and Cancer

UCSF’s Resource Allocation Program (RAP) provides intramural research funding opportunities for the UCSF campus, making application for intramural research funding efficient and accessible for all faculty and non-faculty applicants. The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine is sponsoring two of these grants, for integrative medicine research in the fields of cancer and dementia.

Publication August 17, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Integrative Medicine in the Training of Physicians

UCSF Osher Center director, Dr. Shelley Adler, is an author with Aviad Haramati and Ben Kligler of the chapter on Integrative medicine in the training of physicians in A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers, 2017 Fifth Edition.

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Integrative Medicine in the Training of Physicians

News July 26, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Integrative medicine seeks to mend the mind-body split
KALW Local Public Radio - Podcast

KALW Radio spoke with Dr. Sudha Prathikanti, who founded the Integrative Psychiatry program and Ayurveda consultation service at the UCSF Osher Center.

Click here to listen to the podcast.

News July 5, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Call for Applications
Training in Research in Integrative Medicine T-32 Fellowship Program

The UCSF Osher Center’s Training in Research in Integrative Medicine (TRIM) is a research fellowship program funded by a T-32 Training Grant from NIH/NCCIH. They are requesting new applications for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowship positions to begin July 2018*.

News June 22, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Drs. Eve & Paul Ekman in New Documentary on Dalai Lama

UCSF Osher Center research fellow Dr. Eve Ekman and her father, renowned research psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman are featured in a segment of the new documentary The Last Dalai Lama? which will be playing in Bay Area theaters starting July 7. The Drs.

Post June 6, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Community Care Fund

The UCSF Osher Center in San Francisco, CA provides care for conditions common to the underserved, such as obesity, diabetes, cardiac disease, HIV, cancer, and chronic pain. At the Osher Center, patients consult with physicians who will tailor a program to each patient’s needs, drawing on acupuncture, massage, nutritional counseling, meditation, integrative psychotherapy, and other treatments we are developing.

News May 30, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Sanford Newmark Writes Chapter in Dr. Andrew Weil’s Mind Over Meds Book

Osher Center medical director and neurodevelopmental pediatrician, Dr. Sanford Newmark, has written the chapter on Medications for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Dr. Andrew Weil’s new book, Mind Over Meds. The book includes 18 chapters, each on a different medical issue for which over-medication may be a problem, each penned by a different expert in the field.

News May 16, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Sanford Newmark Featured in “The Other Side of Impossible” Book

Osher Center neurodevelopmental pediatrician and Medical Director, Sanford Newmark, MD is one of the medical practitioners featured in the new book The Other Side of Impossible: Ordinary People Who Faced Daunting Medical Challenges and Refused to Give Up. The book, written by New York Times journalist Susannah Meadows, was released May 2, and is already the #1 book in the category of Healing on Amazon.

News April 15, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Study Suggests Yoga Eases Depression

Fox News KTVU features a study at UCSF’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, with subjects who have major depression and found their condition eased with regular yoga classes.

“It’s the very first study in the U.S. that’s looking at yoga as a sole treatment for diagnosed major depression,” lead researcher Dr. Sudha Prathikanti told KTVU. Prathikanti evaluated men and women, age 18 to 72. The participants were diagnosed with major depression, but it was mild or moderate, not severe.

Publication March 1, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Weight-Loss Intervention on Sleep Quality Among Adults with Obesity: Data from the SHINE Randomized Controlled Trial

Elizabeth Adler, Anand Dhruva, Patricia J. Moran, Jennifer Daubenmier, Michael Acree, Elissa S. Epel, Peter Bacchetti, Aric A. Prather, Ashley Mason, and Frederick M. Hecht.

Publication February 13, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

An Online Intervention Comparing a Very Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Versus a Plate Method Diet in Overweight Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Laura R Saslow, Ashley E Mason, Sarah Kim, Veronica Goldman, Robert Ploutz-Snyder, Hovig Bayandorian, Jennifer Daubenmier, Frederick M Hecht, Judith T Moskowitz.

Publication January 1, 2017 University of California, San Francisco

A Survey of Licensed Acupuncturists in the San Francisco Bay Area
Prevalence of Treating Oncology Patients

Abrams D, McCulloch M, Cohen M, Liaw M, Silverman D, Wilson C.

Publication October 10, 2016 University of California, San Francisco

Differentiating attention styles and regulatory aspects of self-reported interoceptive sensibility

Mehling W.

Publication June 30, 2016 University of California, San Francisco

Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Body Awareness in Patients with Chronic Pain and Comorbid Depression

Mehling W.

Publication May 1, 2016 University of California, San Francisco

Reduced reward-driven eating accounts for the impact of a mindfulness-based diet and exercise intervention on weight loss: Data from the SHINE randomized controlled trial

Ashley E. Mason, Elissa S. Epel, Kirstin Aschbacher, Robert H. Lustig, Michael Acree, Jean Kristeller, Michael Cohn, Mary Dallman, Patricia J. Moran, Peter Bacchetti, Barbara Laraia, Frederick M. Hecht Jennifer Daubenmier.

Publication March 16, 2016 University of California, San Francisco

Integrating cannabis into clinical cancer care

Abrams DI.

Publication February 4, 2016 University of California, San Francisco

Patients Receiving Integrative Medicine Effectiveness Registry (PRIMIER) of the BraveNet practice-based research network: study protocol

Dusek JA, Abrams DI, Roberts R, Griffin KH, Trebesch D, Dolor RJ, Wolever RQ, McKee MD, Kligler B.

Publication October 15, 2015 University of California, San Francisco

Training in ChiRunning to reduce blood pressure: a randomized controlled pilot study

Kelly McDermott, Deepak Kumar, Veronica Goldman, Haojun Feng, Wolf Mehling, Judith T. Moskowitz, Richard B. Souza and Frederick M. Hecht.

Publication July 1, 2015 University of California, San Francisco

Integrative Medicine Patients Have High Stress, Pain, and Psychological Symptoms

Ruth Q. Wolever, Nikita S. Goel, Rhonda S. Roberts, Karen Caldwell, Benjamin Kligler, Jeffery A. Dusek, Adam Perlman, Rowena Dolor, Donald I. Abrams.

Publication July 1, 2015 University of California, San Francisco

Clinical decision rule for primary care patient with acute low back pain at risk of developing chronic pain.

Mehling WE, Ebell MH, Avins AL, Hecht FM.

Publication November 10, 2014 University of California, San Francisco

Can a back pain screening tool help classify patients with acute pain into risk levels for chronic pain?

Mehling WE, Avins AL, Acree MC, Carey TS, Hecht FM.

Publication June 9, 2014 University of California, San Francisco

Characteristics of Cancer Patients Presenting to an Integrative Medicine Practice-Based Research Network

Edman JS, Roberts RS, Dusek JA, Dolor R, Wolever RQ, Abrams DI.

Publication May 7, 2014 University of California, San Francisco

Correlating Traditional Ayurvedic and Modern Medical Perspectives on Cancer: Results of a Qualitative Study

Dhruva Anand, Hecht Frederick M., Miaskowski Christine, Kaptchuk Ted J., Bodeker Gerard, Abrams Donald, Lad Vasant, and Adler Shelley R.

Publication February 9, 2012 University of California, San Francisco

Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Use of Massage for Improved Symptom Management: Results from a Pilot Randomized Control Trial

Wolf E. Mehling, E. Anne Lown, Christopher C. Dvorak, Morton J. Cowan, Biljana N. Horn, Elizabeth A. Dunn, Michael Acree, Donald I. Abrams, and Frederick M. Hecht

Publication May 19, 2009 University of California, San Francisco

Body Awareness: Construct and Self-Report Measures

Wolf E. Mehling, Viranjini Gopisetty, Jennifer Daubenmier, Cynthia J. Price, Frederick M. Hecht, Anita Stewart.

Publication March 1, 2007 University of California, San Francisco

Symptom Management with Massage and Acupuncture in Postoperative Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Wolf E. Mehling, Bradly Jacobs, Michael Acree, Leslie Wilson, Alan Bostrom, Jeremy West, Joseph Acquah, Beverly Burns, Jnani Chapman, Frederick M. Hecht.

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