
Marina Tolou-Shams
@marinapsych
prof|VC-CEOA|psych|scientist|mum|radically transforming landscape of child MH/SU trmt access & juv justice @jjbh_lab; jjbh.org; views my own
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https://profiles.ucsf.edu/marina.tolou-shams 29-11-2017 22:38:46
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Asking for help isn’t easy. Especially when you’re in public life. What John Fetterman did is brave, I wish him and his family the absolute best. I hope it spurs other people to reach out for help. It’s well past time to end mental health stigmas.



A special shout-out to the CHANGE-SF program under the leadership of Marina Tolou-Shams UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in partnership w/London Breed's Opportunities for All initiative, exposing young people to careers in mental health through a paid internship and mentorship support #equity #access

It was a pleasure to collaborate with this team on this American Psychiatric Association paper under Dr. Amanda L. Sanchez, PhD leadership! Power Redistribution and Upending White Supremacy in Implementation Research and Practice in Community Mental Health ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.11… #impsci

🌟9th grader Rani Sindledecker is Fan Favorite Finalist in C-SPAN StudentCam 2023 Competition. Her doc short (on peer mh supports) “The Peer-to-Peer Movement: Students Saving Lives”, is in top 12 of 3000+ entries. Pls vote for it every 12 hrs until 3/12/23!studentcam2023.us.launchpad6.com/fanfavorite/en…

Youth-led #activism is so special. I'm especially impressed with this young leader and her team's effort & solutions to improve #mentalhealth for their #peers. Watch this great video ⬇️ and vote for them! Support youth wellbeing! #listentoyouth starring UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences #ucsfproud

THIS 👇🏼💯. Ayana “Get out & Vote” Jordan is a true change maker and shero in the field and transforming lives. Watch this. #InternationalWomensDay


Ahhhhh so excited to share this news that our R01 was funded today!!! Thank you to our fearless leader Brian Feinstein (he/him)



With support from Arnold Ventures, we are pleased to announce 5 new postdoctoral fellowships to support the innovation and evaluation of more effective and equitable criminal justice policies. Please read 🧵👇and share w/ colleagues! ssrc.org/programs/arnol…


The developmental science of adolescence helped inform this work, given the opportunities for growth and turning points coalescing with social, brain, and context change, fun to do this work with Maria Schweer-Collins! Learn more about the science of adolescence here UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent

Honored to be interviewed by UC San Francisco UCSF Health around how microaggressions impact health and ways we can deal with them. A huge thank you and hug to chosen family and magical team member Dr. Brittany Bryant in Muses as we did this interview together.🥰💖 ucsf.edu/news/2024/05/4…

