The Stress Prescription: Living Younger, Longer Webinar with Dr. Epel (Online)

TOMORROW: October 17th at 1 PM PST.

Join the Institute for Health & Healing and Dr. Elissa Epel for a free virtual lecture TOMORROW to learn more about managing stress to live a longer, fuller life on Tuesday 10/17 at 1pm PST. Registration details about the event can be found here.

AME in the News

The New York Times recently featured a preprint drawing from the work of the UCSF BOOST study, examining how symptoms and biometric changes following COVID-19 vaccination may be predictive of antibody production.

Read the full article "Feeling Terrible After Your COVID Shot? Then It's Probably Working" and learn more about the study's findings.

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New AME Center Publications: Chronic Stress

Facing repeated stressors increases one’s allostatic load, the cumulative burden of chronic stress on the body.

In recent work, Dr. Martin Picard's team linked cellular allostatic load with increased energy expenditure and accelerated cellular aging.

Read more here.

Using optic sensor technology, led by Dr. Wendy Mendes and postdoctoral scholar Grace Mak, PhD investigated how acute and chronic stress exposure may affect blood pressure and heart rate, seeking to better understand the physiological effects of stressors of various timescales.

Read the full publication here.

UCSF AME researchers, led by postdoctoral scholar Ryan Brown, PhD examined the associated between two biomarkers of healthy longevity, telomere length and klotho, in high-stress and low-stress caregivers.

They found low klotho was associated with shorter telomeres in people under chronic stress but in low-stress populations, they are independent and unrelated.

Read the full study here.

Mindfulness Teacher - Opportunity to help with climate distress!

The AME Center seeks qualified mindfulness teachers to lead a small group on mindfulness & climate resilience for UC students.

Candidates will ideally hold a background in ecology/climate studies, and volunteer to teach/facilitate 8 sessions from April to June 2024 for one or more small groups.

An honorarium of $500 will be provided as compensation. Find more details here.

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Wellness Recipe of the Season

Pumpkin Smoothie Drink

Pumpkin is a nutritious fall ingredient that can help support your cardiovascular health. This fall, incorporate pumpkin in your daily diet by blending bananas, pumpkin puree, Greek yogurt, almond milk, and fall spices.

Recipe Here