COAST Events Archive 2004-2009
COAST Seminar Series
September-June 2008-2009
September-June 2007-2008
September-May 2006-2007
January-May 2006
September- December 2005
September-June 2004-2005
Retraining the Brain for Resiliency and Wellness
Laurel Mellin, MA, RD
Director, Developmental Skills Training Center for Excellence
UCSF Center for Health and Community
UCSF Associate Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Pediatrics
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
12:15 to 1:15 pm
HSW 302 UCSF Parnassus campus
Developmental Skills Training (DST) Courses
This fall, CCFL is substantially supporting two 6-session courses, Introduction to Developmental Skills Training
(DST) for interested UCSF Faculty (see schedules below). The courses will be taught by Laurel Mellin, the
developer of the DST method. She is the Director, Developmental Skills Training Center for Excellence, UCSF
Center for Health and Community and Associate Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine and
Pediatrics and the October 2008 Wellness Grand Rounds speaker.
The introductory course in DST involves small groups that meet weekly for six 90-minute sessions. More than
100 faculty, post-doctoral students, and medical students have completed this course, and two advanced DST
faculty groups are ongoing at UCSF at this time.
Course Description
The course provides training in the DST 5-Point System. Participants learn to recognize their personal signs of
being in each of five stress states and to use five tools -- one corresponding to each stress state. Each tool
facilitates the brain processing of stress that mirrors attunement and optimizes self-regulation. These practical
tools can be used throughout the day to decrease stress and improve well-being. In addition, participants will
learn how to use these tools to assess the stress state of others, and to enhance communication at home, or in the work-place, with students, staff, patients and colleagues.
Inaugural Lecture of the Wellness Grand Rounds series
Sponsored by the Chancellor's Council on Faculty Life
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers and Faculty Do: Stress and Health
Robert M. Sapolsky, PhD
John a. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Depts. of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and of Neurosurgery
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Noon-1:00 pm
HSW 302 UCSF Parnassus campus
UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Professional Certification in the Solution Method
John Muir Obesity Symposium
Saturday, June 21, 2008
8:00 am-3:30 pm
Endocrine Grand Rounds
Hypothalamic Genes Governing Fetal Programming
Maternal Undernutrition
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
8:30-9:30 am
UCSF, Parnassus campus
Langley Porter Auditorium, Room LP-190
Clement Cheung, Assistant Adjunct Professor
Pediatrics Endocrinology, UCSF
Nancy Butte, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Pediatric Grand Rounds: "Genetic and Environmental Influences on Childhood Obesity in the Hispanic Population"
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Time: 8:00-9:00 AM
Location: UCSF Parnassus campus - N217
Reception to follow in M666
Research talk: "Energy Imbalance Underlying Weight Gain in Children"
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM
Location: UCSF Parnassus campus - M666
UCSF Parnassus campus map
Obesity-related events
Obesity 2005: The Real Skinny
Wednesdays, UCSF Medical Sciences Building Lobby, 513 Parnassus Ave.
Each day brings new headlines about the growing epidemic of obesity. Two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight and the rates of childhood obesity are skyrocketing. The human and medical costs are enormous. Is it due to genetics? Hormones? Or is it the fault of our eating and exercise habits? Is food an addiction? What roles do the food, entertainment or transportation industry play? What about new treatments? Is the Atkins diet safe?