About Elissa Epel
Elissa Epel, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She studies how chronic stress can impact biological aging, including the telomere/telomerase system, and how mindfulness interventions may buffer stress effects and promote psychological and physiological thriving. She also studies food addiction and obesity. Dr. Epel is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, a steering council member for the Mind & Life Institute, and the president-elect of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.
