
Elissa Epel
@dr_epel
Professor, UCSF. Stress resilience, Climate distress, Mindfulness, Aging, Healthspan, Earthspan. Obesity, Sugar, Addiction. Telomeres. Author: @TelomereEffect
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#Hormetic Stress in the news: exercise as building #stressfitness, The Washington Postā© Kelyn Soong. Its not just exercise with hormetic properties! #stressprescription ā¦Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UKā© American Council on Exerciseā© See more at Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. ā¦Dr. Rhonda Patrickā© washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/ā¦

Managing post-election stress is vital for emotional wellbeing & resilience, Elissa Epel tells KCBS 106.9 FM/740 AM. She discusses the importance of understanding others' beliefs and views: āPeople want to feel safe, to feel loved, to see other people treated fairly." ucsfh.org/48M3Pkg


This study highlights that chronic stress and mitochondrial health index(MHI) could drive telomere attrition in humans, through an impairment of both energy-transformation capacity and #telomerase production. doi.org/10.1038/s41598⦠By Martin Picard, Elissa Epel, et al.



Incredibly honored to be elected as an ABMR Fellow. I appreciate everyone who played a role in this! Huge shout to Elissa Epel and Dr. Monica L. Baskin! moffitt.org/newsroom/news-ā¦

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 University of California Health UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UCSD Mindfulness UCLA Fielding School of Public Health UCLA Mindful UCSB climateresilience.online/resilience-resā¦


Join us on Feb 26 (2-3:30 PM PST) for a virtual (zoom) Dialogue on Aging Public Presentation with Dr. Elissa Epel Elissa Epel, UC San Francisco! Learn how stress affects aging & how to build stress resilience in daily life. Register: healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/events/event/d⦠#HealthyAging #UBC



š*New Research* BMJ Mental Health This article presents a study analyzing the association between climate change worry & mental health outcomes, specifically depression and anxiety, across 11 European countries. University of Glasgow Life Sciences UofG Knowledgebase To access the full




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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! UCSF Health Greater Good ggia.berkeley.edu/bigjoy American Psychiatric Association UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-bā¦


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 Greater Good Dr Emiliana Simon Thomas, missionjoyfilm Peggy Callahan amd Jolene Smithā¦

Performing small, daily actionsālike making a gratitude list or helping othersācan lead to better wellbeing, a study finds. And "people with higher wellbeing are less likely to develop chronic conditions like cardiovascular diseases," UCSF's Elissa Epel says. ucsfh.org/443xyTQ

The brain, like the rest of our bodies, emits light Amazing work by Nirosha J. Murugan scientificamerican.com/article/your-bā¦

Signals of energetic stress including GDF15 and others reach the brain to influence the aging process Superb journalistic writing by Diana Kwon With contributions by Elissa Epel Alessandro Bartolomucci Lab Gabriel (Gav) Sturm and Anthony Zannas nature.com/articles/d4158ā¦
