In the Department of Psychology we focus on the investigation of behavior and its cognitive, neural and hormonal underpinnings in the full range of environmental situations. Our strengths lie in four broadly defined areas of development, cognition, neuroscience, and social and personality psychology. We develop and conduct theoretical and translational research to advance health and well-being.
UCSF Health Psychology is a scientific field that applies psychological theory and methods to the study of health promotion, maintenance, and illness prevention and treatment. The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) initiated one of the first graduate programs in Health Psychology in 1977 and has been a leader in the field ever since. UCSF offers a postdoctoral training program and numerous research opportunities for qualified individuals.
The Department of Psychology at the University of Florida is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the generation of psychological science and to its application and dissemination.
Psychological science is traditionally defined as the study of behavior; neuroscience as the study of the nervous system. As a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences we are focused on understanding mind and behavior in terms of underlying psychological processes that have their genesis in neural activity in the brain.