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Ashley Mason, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Phone415-514-6820
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-8744-0185 Additional info
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    Northwestern University, Evanston, ILBA2006Psychology
    Northwestern University, Evanston, ILBA2006Sociology
    University of Arizona, Tucson, AZMA2009Clinical Psychology
    University of Arizona, Tucson, AZPhD2012Clinical Psychology
    VA Palo Alto Health Care / Stanford Center of Excellence, Palo Alto, CAResidency2013Behavioral Medicine
    University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CAPostdoctoral Fellow2016Integrative Behavioral Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2019Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

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    An experimental medicine approach toward the identification of a compulsive overeating phenotype in obesity
    NIH/NHLBI K23HL133442Aug 15, 2016 - Jul 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Carmen M, Safer DL, Saslow LR, Kalayjian T, Mason AE, Westman EC, Sethi Dalai S. Treating binge eating and food addiction symptoms with low-carbohydrate Ketogenic diets: a case series. J Eat Disord. 2020; 8:2. PMID: 32010444.
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    2. Mason AE, Saslow L, Moran PJ, Kim S, Wali PK, Abousleiman H, Hartman A, Richler R, Schleicher S, Hartogensis W, Epel ES, Hecht F. Correction: Examining the Effects of Mindful Eating Training on Adherence to a Carbohydrate-Restricted Diet in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (the DELISH Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Jan 13; 9(1):e17226. PMID: 31929107.
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    3. Kirstin Aschbacher, Ashley E. Mason. Chapter 29 Eustress, distress, and oxidative stress: Promising pathways for mind-body medicine. 2020 Jan 1; 583-617.
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    4. Mason AE, Saslow LR, Moran PJ, Kim S, Wali PK, Abousleiman H, Richler R, Schleicher S, Goldman VM, Hartman A, Leung C, Hartogensis W, Hecht FM. Correction to: Lipid findings from the Diabetes Education to Lower Insulin, Sugars, and Hunger (DELISH) Study. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2019; 16:91. PMID: 31892933.
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    5. Radin RM, Epel ES, Daubenmier J, Moran P, Schleicher S, Kristeller J, Hecht FM, Mason AE. Do stress eating or compulsive eating influence metabolic health in a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention? Health Psychol. 2020 Feb; 39(2):147-158. PMID: 31724424.
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    6. Epel ES, Hartman A, Jacobs LM, Leung C, Cohn MA, Jensen L, Ishkanian L, Wojcicki J, Mason AE, Lustig RH, Stanhope KL, Schmidt LA. Association of a Workplace Sales Ban on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Employee Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Health. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Oct 28; 1-8. PMID: 31657840.
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    7. Schneider, C., Huddleson, H., Masharani, U., Mason, A.E., & Frassetto, L.Stringency in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) criteria and application in clinical study. Journal of Infertility and Reproductive Biology. 2019; 7(2):17-22.
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    8. Jennifer Daubenmier, Elissa S. Epel, Patricia J. Moran, Jason Thompson, Ashley E. Mason, Michael Acree, Veronica Goldman, Jean Kristeller, Frederick M. Hecht, Wendy B. Mendes. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness-Based Weight Loss Intervention on Cardiovascular Reactivity to Social-Evaluative Threat Among Adults with Obesity. Mindfulness. 2019 Sep 10; 1-13.
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    9. Daubenmier J, Epel ES, Moran PJ, Thompson J, Mason AE, Acree M, Goldman V, Kristeller J, Hecht FM, Mendes WB. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness-Based Weight Loss Intervention on Cardiovascular Reactivity to Social-Evaluative Threat Among Adults with Obesity. Mindfulness (N Y). 2019 Dec; 10(12):2583-2595. PMID: 32266044.
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    10. Mason AE, Saslow LR, Moran PJ, Kim S, Abousleiman H, Richler R, Schleicher S, Goldman VM, Hartman A, Leung C, Hartogensis W, Hecht FM. Lipid findings from the Diabetes Education to Lower Insulin, Sugars, and Hunger (DELISH) Study. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2019; 16:58. PMID: 31467583.
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    11. Radin RM, Mason AE, Laudenslager ML, Epel ES. Correction: Maternal caregivers have confluence of altered cortisol, high reward-driven eating, and worse metabolic health. PLoS One. 2019; 14(8):e0221354. PMID: 31412085.
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    12. Radin RM, Mason AE, Laudenslager ML, Epel ES. Maternal caregivers have confluence of altered cortisol, high reward-driven eating, and worse metabolic health. PLoS One. 2019; 14(5):e0216541. PMID: 31075126.
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    13. Mason AE, Jhaveri K, Schleicher S, Almeida C, Hartman A, Wackerly A, Alba D, Koliwad SK, Epel ES, Aschbacher K. Sweet cognition: The differential effects of glucose consumption on attentional food bias in individuals of lean and obese status. Physiol Behav. 2019 07 01; 206:264-273. PMID: 31002858.
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    14. Mason AE. The burden of being poor: Stress at the belly of the matter. Brain Behav Immun. 2019 07; 79:14-15. PMID: 30885842.
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    15. Mason AE, Saslow L, Moran PJ, Kim S, Wali PK, Abousleiman H, Hartman A, Richler R, Schleicher S, Hartogensis W, Epel ES, Hecht F. Examining the Effects of Mindful Eating Training on Adherence to a Carbohydrate-Restricted Diet in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (the DELISH Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 02 20; 8(2):e11002. PMID: 30545813.
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    16. Vainik U, Eun Han J, Epel ES, Janet Tomiyama A, Dagher A, Mason AE. Rapid Assessment of Reward-Related Eating: The RED-X5. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 02; 27(2):325-331. PMID: 30677261.
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    17. Mason AE, Adler JM, Puterman E, Lakmazaheri A, Brucker M, Aschbacher K, Epel ES. Stress resilience: Narrative identity may buffer the longitudinal effects of chronic caregiving stress on mental health and telomere shortening. Brain Behav Immun. 2019 03; 77:101-109. PMID: 30579939.
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    18. Brewer JA, Ruf A, Beccia AL, Essien GI, Finn LM, van Lutterveld R, Mason AE. Can Mindfulness Address Maladaptive Eating Behaviors? Why Traditional Diet Plans Fail and How New Mechanistic Insights May Lead to Novel Interventions. Front Psychol. 2018; 9:1418. PMID: 30250438.
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    19. Mason AE, Hecht FM, Daubenmier JJ, Sbarra DA, Lin J, Moran PJ, Schleicher SG, Acree M, Prather AA, Epel ES. Weight Loss Maintenance and Cellular Aging in the Supporting Health Through Nutrition and Exercise Study. Psychosom Med. 2018 09; 80(7):609-619. PMID: 29901486.
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    20. Cummings JR, Mason AE, Puterman E, Tomiyama AJ. Comfort Eating and All-Cause Mortality in the US Health and Retirement Study. Int J Behav Med. 2018 Aug; 25(4):473-478. PMID: 29243156.
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    21. Stanhope KL, Goran MI, Bosy-Westphal A, King JC, Schmidt LA, Schwarz JM, Stice E, Sylvetsky AC, Turnbaugh PJ, Bray GA, Gardner CD, Havel PJ, Malik V, Mason AE, Ravussin E, Rosenbaum M, Welsh JA, Allister-Price C, Sigala DM, Greenwood MRC, Astrup A, Krauss RM. Pathways and mechanisms linking dietary components to cardiometabolic disease: thinking beyond calories. Obes Rev. 2018 09; 19(9):1205-1235. PMID: 29761610.
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    22. Saslow L, Mason AE, Kim S, Goldman V, Ploutz-Snyder R, Bayandorian H, Daubenmier J, Hecht FM, Moskowitz JT. Authors' Reply: Comment on "An Online Intervention Comparing a Very Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Versus a Plate Method Diet in Overweight Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial". J Med Internet Res. 2018 05 01; 20(5):e181. PMID: 29716886.
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    23. Mason AE, Schleicher S, Coccia M, Epel ES, Aschbacher K. Chronic Stress and Impulsive Risk-Taking Predict Increases in Visceral Fat over 18 Months. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 05; 26(5):869-876. PMID: 29566458.
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    24. Saslow LR, Daubenmier JJ, Moskowitz JT, Kim S, Murphy EJ, Phinney SD, Ploutz-Snyder R, Goldman V, Cox RM, Mason AE, Moran P, Hecht FM. Twelve-month outcomes of a randomized trial of a moderate-carbohydrate versus very low-carbohydrate diet in overweight adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus or prediabetes. Nutr Diabetes. 2017 12 21; 7(12):304. PMID: 29269731.
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    25. Mason AE, Jhaveri K, Cohn M, Brewer JA. Testing a mobile mindful eating intervention targeting craving-related eating: feasibility and proof of concept. J Behav Med. 2018 04; 41(2):160-173. PMID: 28918456.
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    26. Mason AE, Vainik U, Acree M, Tomiyama AJ, Dagher A, Epel ES, Hecht FM. Improving Assessment of the Spectrum of Reward-Related Eating: The RED-13. Front Psychol. 2017; 8:795. PMID: 28611698.
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    27. Heshmati S, Sbarra DA, Mason AE. The contemptuous separation: Facial expressions of emotion and breakups in young adulthood. Pers Relatsh. 2017 06; 24(2):453-469. PMID: 29249896.
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    28. Saslow LR, Mason AE, Kim S, Goldman V, Ploutz-Snyder R, Bayandorian H, Daubenmier J, Hecht FM, Moskowitz JT. An Online Intervention Comparing a Very Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Versus a Plate Method Diet in Overweight Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2017 02 13; 19(2):e36. PMID: 28193599.
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    29. Adler E, Dhruva A, Moran PJ, Daubenmier J, Acree M, Epel ES, Bacchetti P, Prather AA, Mason A, Hecht FM. Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Weight-Loss Intervention on Sleep Quality Among Adults with Obesity: Data from the SHINE Randomized Controlled Trial. J Altern Complement Med. 2017 Mar; 23(3):188-195. PMID: 28029852.
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    30. Mason AE, Epel ES, Aschbacher K, Lustig RH, Acree M, Kristeller J, Cohn M, Dallman M, Moran PJ, Bacchetti P, Laraia B, Hecht FM, Daubenmier J. Reduced reward-driven eating accounts for the impact of a mindfulness-based diet and exercise intervention on weight loss: Data from the SHINE randomized controlled trial. Appetite. 2016 May 01; 100:86-93. PMID: 26867697.
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    31. Mason AE, Epel ES, Kristeller J, Moran PJ, Dallman M, Lustig RH, Acree M, Bacchetti P, Laraia BA, Hecht FM, Daubenmier J. Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on mindful eating, sweets consumption, and fasting glucose levels in obese adults: data from the SHINE randomized controlled trial. J Behav Med. 2016 Apr; 39(2):201-13. PMID: 26563148.
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    32. Mason AE, Laraia B, Daubenmier J, Hecht FM, Lustig RH, Puterman E, Adler N, Dallman M, Kiernan M, Gearhardt AN, Epel ES. Putting the brakes on the "drive to eat": Pilot effects of naltrexone and reward-based eating on food cravings among obese women. Eat Behav. 2015 Dec; 19:53-6. PMID: 26164674.
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    33. Asher R, Mason AE, Weiner J, Fessler RG. The relationship between preoperative general mental health and postoperative quality of life in minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery. Neurosurgery. 2015 Jun; 76(6):672-9. PMID: 25714515.
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    34. Mason AE, Lustig RH, Brown RR, Acree M, Bacchetti P, Moran PJ, Dallman M, Laraia B, Adler N, Hecht FM, Daubenmier J, Epel ES. Acute responses to opioidergic blockade as a biomarker of hedonic eating among obese women enrolled in a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention trial. Appetite. 2015 Aug; 91:311-320. PMID: 25931433.
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    35. Tryon MS, Stanhope KL, Epel ES, Mason AE, Brown R, Medici V, Havel PJ, Laugero KD. Excessive Sugar Consumption May Be a Difficult Habit to Break: A View From the Brain and Body. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Jun; 100(6):2239-47. PMID: 25879513.
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    36. Krietsch KN, Mason AE, Sbarra DA. Sleep complaints predict increases in resting blood pressure following marital separation. Health Psychol. 2014 Oct; 33(10):1204-13. PMID: 25020156.
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    37. Epel ES, Tomiyama AJ, Mason AE, Laraia BA, Hartman W, Ready K, Acree M, Adam TC, St Jeor S, Kessler D. The reward-based eating drive scale: a self-report index of reward-based eating. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e101350. PMID: 24979216.
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    38. Ashley E. Mason, Jennifer Daubenmier, Patricia J. Moran, Jean Kristeller, Mary Dallman, Robert H. Lustig, Michael Acree, Peter Bacchetti, Barbara Laraia, Elissa S. Epel, Frederick M. Hecht. Increases in Mindful Eating Predict Reductions in Consumption of Sweets and Desserts: Data from the Supporting Health by Integrating Nutrition and Exercise (SHINE) Clinical Trial. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2014 May 1; 20(5):a17-a17.
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    39. Mason AE, Boden MT, Cucciare MA. Prospective associations among approach coping, alcohol misuse and psychiatric symptoms among veterans receiving a brief alcohol intervention. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2014 May-Jun; 46(5):553-60. PMID: 24560128.
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    40. Sbarra DA, Boals A, Mason AE, Larson GM, Mehl MR. Expressive Writing Can Impede Emotional Recovery Following Marital Separation. Clin Psychol Sci. 2013 Mar 18; 1(2):120-134. PMID: 25606351.
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    41. Ashley E. Mason, David A. Sbarra. Romantic separation, loss, and health: A review of moderators. Health and social relationships: The good, the bad, and the complicated.. 2013 Jan 1; 95-119.
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    42. Mason AE, Law RW, Bryan AE, Portley RM, Sbarra DA. Facing a breakup: Electromyographic responses moderate self-concept recovery following a romantic separation. Pers Relatsh. 2012 Sep; 19(3):551-568. PMID: 26167126.
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    43. Mason AE, Sbarra DA, Bryan AE, Lee LA. Staying connected when coming apart: The psychological correlates of contact and sex with an ex-partner. J Soc Clin Psychol. 2012 May; 31(5):488-507. PMID: 26166941.
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    44. Lee LA, Sbarra DA, Mason AE, Law RW. Attachment Anxiety, Verbal Immediacy, and Blood Pressure: Results from a Laboratory-Analogue Study Following Marital Separation. Pers Relatsh. 2011 Jun; 18(2):285-301. PMID: 21647240.
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    45. Mason AE, Sbarra DA, Mehl MR. Thin-slicing divorce: thirty seconds of information predict changes in psychological adjustment over 90 days. Psychol Sci. 2010 Oct; 21(10):1420-2. PMID: 20739671.
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    46. Sbarra DA, Law RW, Lee LA, Mason AE. Marital dissolution and blood pressure reactivity: evidence for the specificity of emotional intrusion-hyperarousal and task-rated emotional difficulty. Psychosom Med. 2009 Jun; 71(5):532-40. PMID: 19414618.
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