Elissa S. Epel works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with University of California, San Francisco.
Elissa S. Epel is a Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She directs the UCSF Aging, Metabolism, and Emotions Center and researches how psychological stress accelerates biological aging, including its effects on cardiovascular disease. Her studies examine telomere length as a marker in patients with coronary heart disease and develop interventions to enhance stress resilience.
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PhD in Psychology
Yale University
1999
BA in Zoology
Stanford University
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Griffith University
2023 - 2023
The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College
2023 - 2023
University of California, San Francisco
2002 - Present