Professor, UCSF. Stress resilience, Climate distress, Mindfulness, Aging, Healthspan, Earthspan. Obesity, Sugar, Addiction. Telomeres. Author: @TelomereEffect
San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2013
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Today is the day! The Stress Prescription is released! Do you know anyone who feels stressed out? This prescription is critical, not just for our minds but for our health and longevity. “This is just what the doctor ordered” Publisher’s Weekly! ow.ly/MLUv50M1k7h
How does stress affect the perception box? What a fun discussion with @heather_berlin and Christof Koch!
youtu.be/Zlxyaeo5LRc
We are seeking postdoctoral fellows interested in health psychology, sleep, psychedelic therapy responses, polycrisis resilience, and data science methods for frontiers in the biology of emotional well being.
Make sure to add the True Gift along with the material goods! totalapexentertainment.com/m…
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NOW ENROLLING AT ALL 10 UCs! Www.climateresilience.online
New systemwide UC Climate Resilience course aims to "provide a map and skillset for living with challenging existential stressors with more ease, purpose and even joy,” says co-director @Dr_Epel, vice chair of psychiatry at @UCSF bit.ly/3Vn5s3i
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Proposed cuts could have ‘catastrophic effect,’ 110 biomedical, health sciences industry leaders tell Congress - STAT apple.news/AXrOkYZsoQ-mVuHHB…
The Big Joy project has reached over 100k people now! You can still join it. It was also Co-led by Darwin Guevarra and by @GreaterGoodSC Dr Emiliana Simon Thomas, @missionjoyfilm Peggy Callahan amd Jolene Smith…
Results from the global Big Joy Project, led by UCSF researchers, showed that just one week of daily micro-acts of kindness or gratitude significantly improved well-being, sleep, and stress levels across diverse groups. Read more here: neurosciencenews.com/micro-a….
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You control your happiness more than you think -- enroll in our Big Joy Project, do the n=1 experiment and see what works best for you! @UCSFHospitals @GreaterGoodSC ggia.berkeley.edu/bigjoy @APApsychiatric @UCSFPsychiatry medicalxpress.com/news/2025-…
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😃. . Inspired by the @missionjoyfilm
Small, actionable, everyday habits can help rewire our brains to move through the world with more positivity, @Dr_Epel tells @RealSimple: "We have more control (over our happiness) than we think." Here are 12 micro-acts you can start now to feel more joy: ucsfh.org/451Z2LK
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THIS IS A PHENOMENAL FEAT, The first Brian map of mitochondria/fxn!
The brain is full of mitochondria!
But how many, and where?
Different types of mitochondria specialize for energy transformation and other functions
In MitoBrainMap v1.0 we provide the first maps of mitochondrial content and OxPhos capacity across the human brain
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Mental health care professionals: Join our UCSF free training Thurs 5-7pm PST, on psychological first aid for helping with wildfires ! Registration link in website below @UofCAHealth @UCSFPsychiatry @ucsdmindfulness @UCLAFSPH @uclamarc @UCSB
climateresilience.online/res…
Super high quality STRESS science interviews! Always enriching. Tell us what you think!
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We found increasing maladaptive climate distress except in those high in mindfulness.
New research published in PLOS Climate:
"The role of trait mindfulness in moderating climate distress during wildfire season"
journals.plos.org/climate/ar…
@JoannaYGuan @ethan_dutcher @MaibachEd @AricPrather @Dr_Epel
We are so vulnerable to Pharma driven now standard medical advice/selling of drugs. Hear how it is shaping our health in this documentary by @DrAseemMalhotra. And recipes to prevent the path to statins...@RobertLustigMD pioneerpublishers.com/big-ph…
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Here’s are some of the “magic ingredients” that made the UC class transformative @AubreyNPR @UCSFPsychiatry open.spotify.com/episode/6uA…
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Share FUTURUM with young curious minds! There are so many more discoveries awaiting the future scientist. And a life of research may keep your telomeres long ( oh, well, except when grants are due)! @ScienceMagazine @wonderofscience @AgingBiology @AWISNational @womenshealth
In our latest collection of #free #education #resources, we explore #molecular #biology with Dr Jue Lin and Dr @Dr_Epel from @UCSF. How can protecting our #telomeres help us live longer, healthier lives?
futurumcareers.com/how-can-p…
All 9 books are by men, @sama — would love to hear from you a few by women
The Nine Books Sam Altman Recommends Everyone Should Read blinkist.com/magazine/posts/…?
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