OUR PEOPLE
Aric Prather, PhD
Professor
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
School of Medicine
675 18th Street, #5127
San Francisco, CA 94107
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Education and Training
Duke University Medical Center, Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Internship - 2009 Medical Psychology/Behavioral Medicine
University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., Clinical and Biological & Health Psychology - 2010 Department of Psychology
University of California, San Francisco/UC Berkeley, Post-doctoral Fellowship - 2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars Program
University of California, San Francisco, 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
Awards and Honors
Robert Ader New Investigator Award, Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, 2015-2016
Herbert Weiner Early Career Award, American Psychosomatic Society, 2018-2019
Excellence in Health Psychology Research by an Early Career Professional Award, Society for Health Psychology (APA Div 38), 2019-2020
Overview
Aric Prather is a psychologist who treats insomnia with individual cognitive behavioral therapy. He also provides behavioral therapy to help patients adjust to using their continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) equipment.
Prather's research focuses on how poor sleep impacts physical health and emotional well-being. He measures sleep habits to determine which study participants are vulnerable to sleep-related health problems and which are resilient, with the goal of developing new treatments.
Prather earned his doctoral degree in clinical and biological health psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Prather is a member of the Sleep Research Society, American Psychological Association, American Psychosomatic Society and Society for Affective Science.
Prather's research focuses on how poor sleep impacts physical health and emotional well-being. He measures sleep habits to determine which study participants are vulnerable to sleep-related health problems and which are resilient, with the goal of developing new treatments.
Prather earned his doctoral degree in clinical and biological health psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Prather is a member of the Sleep Research Society, American Psychological Association, American Psychosomatic Society and Society for Affective Science.