UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public

Tuesday evenings, October 13 – November 17
7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue
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Scientific understanding of the brain is increasing at a dramatic rate but how can we use this information to improve our psychological wellness? This course features outstanding speakers and researchers in the field of mental health and psychiatry. We will discuss how to reduce stress, improve mood, and decrease the risk of mental illness across the lifespan. You will also learn the latest innovations to improve your sleep as well as your ability to discern if someone is lying. Come gain insight into the biological basis of the brain and behavior and how recent scientific discoveries can help us to take better care of ourselves and our minds.

Course Chair Bio / Course Description / Why should you attend?

Course chair :
Descartes Li, MD, Associate Professor Psychiatry;
Director of UCSF Bipolar Disorder Program
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October 13
The Biology of Depression: How Stress
Affects the Brain and the Body
Owen Wolkowitz, MD, Professor of Psychiatry;
Director of the Psychopharmacology Assessment
Clinic
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October 20
Maintaining Mood in Late Life
Stephen E. Hall, MD
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October 27
Sleep: How Much Do You Really Need?
How to Get What You Really Need!
Allison Harvey, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology
Department, UC Berkeley
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November 3
What Emerging Antidepressant
Treatments Tell Us About the Brain
Descartes Li, MD, Associate Professor Psychiatry;
Director of UCSF Bipolar Disorder Program
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November 10
Reading Facial Expressions: the Science
Behind the Hit TV Show “Lie to Me”
Paul Ekman, PhD, Professor Emeritus
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November 17
Staying in the Now: Maintaining Mental
Health Through Mindfulness
Stuart Eisendrath, MD, Professor of Clinical
Psychiatry; Director, The UCSF Depression Center Read the rest of this entry »

Wednesday evenings, October 14 – December 2
7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue
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Mind-Body medicine uses the power of thought and emotion to promote health and healing. More and more evidence shows how our emotional state influences our physical body– endocrine and immune function, susceptibility to infections, the development and progression of coronary artery disease, and many others. Evidence also mounts for the effectiveness of m­ind body approaches in improving health, including: diabetes, arthritis, migraines, and cancer care. Join us to learn more about how we can benefit from this connection, with surprising results!

Course Chair Bio / Course Description / Why should you attend?

Course Chair:
Rick McKinney, MD, Integrative Medicine Physician,
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine,
Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
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October 14
The Art & Science of Mind-Body Medicine
Kevin Barrows, MD, Interim Director of Clinical
Programs, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative
Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Family and
Community Medicine
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October 21
Expanding Creativity and Effectiveness:
Reducing the Impact of Stress on our
Cognitive Functioning
Rick McKinney, MD, Associate Clinical Professor,
Family and Community Medicine and the UCSF
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
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October 28
Positive Emotion in the Midst of Stress:
It’s Not Crazy, it’s Adaptive!
Judy Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor,
UCSF Osher Center and the Department of Medicine
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November 4
The Science of Healthy Aging: Living
Better, Not Just Longer
Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine;
Former Director of Education, Osher Center for
Integrative Medicine
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November 18
Worrying Well: How Your Brain Can Turn
Anxiety and Stress Into Calmness and
Confidence
Martin L. Rossman, MD, Assistant Professor, Family
Health Care Nursing; Member, Educational Advisory
Board, UCSF Osher Center; Founder, The Healing
Mind
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December 2
Body, Breath, and Psyche: Tapping into
the Transformative Power of Yoga
Sudha Prathikanti, MD, Associate Clinical Professor
of Psychiatry, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative
Medicine

Thursday evenings, October 15 – November 19
7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue
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The shift from the term “International Health” to “Global Health” reflects the fact that many health problems in “developing” countries with limited resources also affect “developed” countries with abundant resources. This course presents a framework for understanding complex global health problems, and highlights how some of these problems are understood and confronted by those seeking to alleviate them. Topics include emerging infections such as H1N1 (swine flu) and SARS; the epidemic of HIV/AIDS; the fight against malaria; and health
as a human right. For each topic, implications for us (and the US), and how we all might get involved to help address these issues is discussed.
Course Chair Bio / Why should you attend?

Course Chair:
Christopher C. Stewart, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics;
Director, Child Abuse Evaluation and Management,
San Francisco General Hospital
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October 15
Global Health: Past to Present, Struggles and Successes
Christopher C. Stewart, MD, Associate Clinical
Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF; Director, Global Health
Pathways to Discovery
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October 22
Living with Smoke: Global Health Impact of Air Pollution
from Household Cooking Fires
Lisa M. Thompson, FNP, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Family Health Care Nursing
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October 29
Shrinking the Malaria Map
Sir Richard Feachem, DSc, PhD, Professor Global Health
Sir Richard, former director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank and Dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was also the founding Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Under Secretary General of the United Nations. During this time, the Global Fund grew from scratch to become the world’s largest health financing institution for developing countries, with assets of US $11 billion, supporting 450 programmes in 136 countries. He now directs the Global Health Group at UCSF, with a focus on eliminating malaria, and strengthening health systems through Public-Private Investment Partnerships (PPIP), and Social Franchising.
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November 5
Health as a Human Right
Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of
Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, Assistant Adjunct Professor
of Medicine, Positive Health Program
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November 12
HIV and the Epidemic in Africa
Craig R. Cohen, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
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November 19
Avian Flu, Swine Flu and Global Health
Susan E. Fernyak, MD, MPH, Director, Communicable
Disease Control and Prevention Section San
Francisco Department of Public Health