UCSF's OLLI Courses Focus on Stress and Nutrition
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Elissa Epel
- • November 7: Stress, Eating and Premature Aging, presented by Elissa Epel, PhD, assistant professor, UCSF Department of Psychiatry.
- • November 14: Stress and the Immune System: The Truth About Psycho Neuro Immunology, presented by Margaret E. Kemeny, PhD, professor of psychiatry, director, graduate academic program, psychology, UCSF Department of Psychiatry.
- • November 28: Minding the Body: Cognitive Behavioral Stress Reduction, presented by Jason Satterfield, PhD, director, behavioral medicine, associate professor of clinical medicine, UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine.
- • December 5: Imaginative Solutions for Stress Relief, presented by Martin L. Rossman, MD, clinical associate, UCSF Department of Medicine.
- • November 1: Eating Disorders: What's the Skinny?, presented by Sara M. Buckelew, MD, MPH, assistant professor, UCSF Division of Adolescent Medicine.
- • November 8: Fad Diets: What Really Works for Weight Loss, presented by Andrea Garber, PhD, RD, assistant professor, UCSF Division of Adolescent Medicine.
- • November 15: The New Epidemic: The Inside Story of Obesity, presented by Henry Sanchez, MD, professor of clinical pathology, endowed chair, pathology medical student education, UCSF schools of medicine and dentistry.
- • November 29: The Science of Long Term Energy Homeostasis: A Delicate Balance Between Diet, Metabolic Hormones and Genetics, presented by Michael S. German, MD, professor of medicine; Justine K. Schreyer, endowed chair, diabetes research clinical director, UCSF Diabetes Center.
- • December 6: Diabetes: Things are Looking Up if Blood Sugars are Kept Down, presented by Sherri Shafer, RD, CDE, Senior Registered Dietitian, certified diabetes educator, UCSF Department of Nutrition and Dietetics.