George Slavich
Email
gslavich@mednet.ucla.edu Phone
Work Phone Number:
(310) 825-2576 Address
Mailing Address:
Cousins Center for PsychoneuroimmunologyUniversity of California, Los AngelesUCLA Medical Plaza 300, Room 3156Los Angeles, CA 90095UNITED STATES
Dr. George Slavich is an assistant professor and a Society in Science: Branco Weiss Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. He is also a research scientist at the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, where he directs the UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research. He completed undergraduate and graduate coursework in psychology and communication at Stanford University, and received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon. After graduate school, he was a clinical psychology intern at McLean Hospital and a clinical fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He subsequently completed three years of postdoctoral training in psychoneuroimmunology, first as an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF and then as an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychoneuroimmunology at the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA. In addition to his research, which examines how stress affects psychological and physical health, Dr. Slavich is deeply devoted to teaching and mentoring, and to developing groups and forums that promote student development.
Publications:
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Schrepf Andrew, Clevenger Lauren, Christensen Desire, DeGeest Koen, Bender David, Ahmed Amina, Goodheart Michael J, Dahmoush Laila, Penedo Frank, Lucci Joseph A, Ganjei-Azar Parvin, Mendez Luis, Markon Kristian, Lubaroff David M, Thaker Premal H, Slavich George M, Sood Anil K, Lutgendorf Susan K
Cortisol and inflammatory processes in ovarian cancer patients
following primary treatment: relationships with depression, fatigue,
and disability.
Brain, behavior, and immunity,
2013; 30 Suppl(1):
S126-34.
Jarcho Michael R, Slavich George M, Tylova-Stein Hana, Wolkowitz Owen M, Burke Heather M
Dysregulated diurnal cortisol pattern is associated with
glucocorticoid resistance in women with major depressive disorder.
Biological psychology,
2013; 93(1):
150-8.
O'Donovan Aoife, Slavich George M, Epel Elissa S, Neylan Thomas C
Exaggerated neurobiological sensitivity to threat as a mechanism
linking anxiety with increased risk for diseases of aging.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews,
2013; 37(1):
96-108.
Lutgendorf Susan K, De Geest Koen, Bender David, Ahmed Amina, Goodheart Michael J, Dahmoush Laila, Zimmerman M Bridget, Penedo Frank J, Lucci Joseph A, Ganjei-Azar Parvin, Thaker Premal H, Mendez Luis, Lubaroff David M, Slavich George M, Cole Steven W, Sood Anil K
Social influences on clinical outcomes of patients with ovarian
cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology,
2012; 30(23):
2885-90.
Slavich George M, Zimbardo Philip G
Transformational Teaching: Theoretical Underpinnings, Basic
Principles, and Core Methods.
Educational psychology review,
2012; 24(4):
569-608.
Slavich George M, Monroe Scott M, Gotlib Ian H
Early parental loss and depression history: Associations with recent life stress in major depressive disorder
Journal of Psychiatric Research,
2011; 45(9):
1146-1152.
Slavich George M, O'Donovan Aoife, Epel Elissa S, Kemeny Margaret E
Black sheep get the blues: A psychobiological model of social rejection and depression
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews,
2010; 35(1):
39-45.
O'Donovan Aoife, Hughes Brian M, Slavich George M, Lynch Lydia, Cronin Marie-Therese, O'Farrelly Cliona, Malone Kevin M
Clinical anxiety, cortisol and interleukin-6: Evidence for specificity in emotion-biology relationships
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity,
2010; 24(7):
1074-1077.
Harkness Kate L, Alavi Nazanin, Monroe Scott M, Slavich George M, Gotlib Ian H, Bagby R Michael
Gender differences in life events prior to onset of major depressive disorder: The moderating effect of age
Journal of Abnormal Psychology,
2010; 24(7):
791-803.
Slavich George M, Way Baldwin M, Eisenberger Naomi I, Taylor Shelley E
Neural sensitivity to social rejection is associated with inflammatory responses to social stress
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
2010; 107(33):
14817-14822.
Slavich George M
On 50 years of giving psychology away: An interview with Philip Zimbardo,
Teaching of Psychology,
2009; 36(4):
278-284.
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Muscatell Keely A, Slavich George M, Monroe Scott M, Gotlib Ian H
Stressful life events, chronic difficulties, and the symptoms of clinical depression
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease,
2009; 197(3):
154-160.
Slavich George M, Thornton Tiffany, Torres Leandro D, Monroe Scott M, Gotlib Ian H
Targeted rejection predicts hastened onset of major depression
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology,
2009; 28(2):
223-243.
Monroe Scott M, Slavich George M, Georgiades Katholiki
The social environment and life stress in depression,
Handbook of Depression, Second Edition,
2009;
340-360.
Monroe Scott M, Slavich George M, Torres Leandro D, Gotlib Ian H
Major life events and major chronic difficulties are differentially associated with history of major depressive episodes
Journal of Abnormal Psychology,
2007; 116(1):
116-124.
Monroe Scott M, Slavich George M
Psychological stressors, overview,
Encyclopedia of Stress, Second Edition,
2007; 3:
278-284.
Monroe Scott M, Slavich George M, Torres Leandro D, Gotlib Ian H
Severe life events predict specific patterns of change in cognitive biases in major depression
Psychological Medicine,
2007; 37(6):
863-871.
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