Elissa Hamlat, PhD, MA

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Emailelissa.hamlat@ucsf.edu
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    University of California, San Francisco, San FranciscoPostdoctoralPsychology and Medicine T32
    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, ILPostdoctoralClinical Psychology
    University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, ILInternship Clinical Psychology
    Temple University, Philadelphia, PAPhDClinical Psychology
    UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CABACognitive Science

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    Elissa June Hamlat's research focuses on the prevention and treatment of depression throughout the life span. Her work has documented the pubertal transition as a period of risk and the biological mechanisms by which early life adversity increases risk for accelerated development and aging. She is interested in how the intersection of gender and ethnicity may play a role in these relations. At UCSF, Dr. Hamlat is evaluating how digital tools may augment depression treatment and on increasing health equity for those underserved in mental health care services.

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    Memory Specificity Training as Depression Intervention
    NIH F31MH102861Aug 1, 2014 - Jul 31, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Maternal childhood adversity accelerates epigenetic aging of children. Health Psychol. 2025 May; 44(5):479-488. Hamlat EJ, Mayer SE, Laraia B, Moffitt TE, Surachman A, Dutcher EG, Zhang J, Lu AT, Yang TT, Mashash M, Slavich GM, Epel ES. PMID: 40232783; PMCID: PMC12001744.
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    2. Best practices for clinical trials of deep brain stimulation for neuropsychiatric indications. Front Hum Neurosci. 2025; 19:1572972. Tremblay-McGaw AG, Hamlat EJ, Becker NC, Astudillo Maya DA, Krystal AD, Sellers KK. PMID: 40309667; PMCID: PMC12041084.
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    3. Corrigendum to Grandparents' educational attainment is associated with grandchildren's epigenetic-based age acceleration in the National Growth and Health Study [Soc. Sci. Med. 355 (2024) 117142]. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Nov; 361:117373. Surachman A, Hamlat E, Zannas AS, Horvath S, Laraia B, Epel E. PMID: 39361999.
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    4. Interoceptive brain network mechanisms of mindfulness-based training in healthy adolescents. Front Psychol. 2024; 15:1410319. Tymofiyeva O, Sipes BS, Luks T, Hamlat EJ, Samson TE, Hoffmann TJ, Glidden DV, Jakary A, Li Y, Ngan T, Henje E, Yang TT. PMID: 39193038; PMCID: PMC11348390.
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    5. Grandparents' educational attainment is associated with grandchildren's epigenetic-based age acceleration in the National Growth and Health Study. Soc Sci Med. 2024 08; 355:117142. Surachman A, Hamlat E, Zannas AS, Horvath S, Laraia B, Epel E. PMID: 39106784; PMCID: PMC11703522.
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    6. Psychosocial Disadvantage During Childhood and Midlife Health: NIMHD Social Epigenomics Program. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 07 01; 7(7):e2421841. Brown RL, Alegria KE, Hamlat E, Tomiyama AJ, Laraia B, Crimmins EM, Moffitt TE, Epel ES. PMID: 39073819; PMCID: PMC11287423.
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    7. Essential Nutrients, Added Sugar Intake, and Epigenetic Age in Midlife Black and White Women: NIMHD Social Epigenomics Program. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 07 01; 7(7):e2422749. Chiu DT, Hamlat EJ, Zhang J, Epel ES, Laraia BA. PMID: 39073813; PMCID: PMC11287388.
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    8. New Directions in Geroscience: Integrating Social and Behavioral Drivers of Biological Aging. Psychosom Med. 2024 Jun 01; 86(5):360-365. Nielsen L, Marsland AL, Hamlat EJ, Epel ES. PMID: 38718171.
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    9. Early life adversity predicts an accelerated cellular aging phenotype through early timing of puberty. Psychol Med. 2023 Dec; 53(16):7720-7728. Hamlat EJ, Neilands TB, Laraia B, Zhang J, Lu AT, Lin J, Horvath S, Epel ES. PMID: 37325994; PMCID: PMC11131158.
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    10. DNA methylation GrimAge version 2. Aging (Albany NY). 2022 12 14; 14(23):9484-9549. Lu AT, Binder AM, Zhang J, Yan Q, Reiner AP, Cox SR, Corley J, Harris SE, Kuo PL, Moore AZ, Bandinelli S, Stewart JD, Wang C, Hamlat EJ, Epel ES, Schwartz JD, Whitsel EA, Correa A, Ferrucci L, Marioni RE, Horvath S. PMID: 36516495; PMCID: PMC9792204.
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    11. Intergenerational effects of maternal lifetime stressor exposure on offspring telomere length in Black and White women. Psychol Med. 2023 10; 53(13):6171-6182. Mayer SE, Guan J, Lin J, Hamlat E, Parker JE, Brownell K, Price C, Mujahid M, Tomiyama AJ, Slavich GM, Laraia BA, Epel ES. PMID: 36457292; PMCID: PMC10235210.
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    12. Corrigendum to "Association of subjective social status with epigenetic aging among Black and White women" [Psychoneuroendocrinology, 141 (2022), 105748]. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2023 Feb; 148:105978. Hamlat EJ, Adler NE, Laraia B, Surachman A, Lu AT, Zhang J, Horvath S, Epel ES. PMID: 36435663.
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    13. Effects of Early Life Adversity on Pubertal Timing and Tempo in Black and White Girls: The National Growth and Health Study. Psychosom Med. 2022 04 01; 84(3):297-305. Hamlat EJ, Laraia B, Bleil ME, Deardorff J, Tomiyama AJ, Mujahid M, Shields GS, Brownell K, Slavich GM, Epel ES. PMID: 35067653; PMCID: PMC8976748.
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    14. Association of subjective social status with epigenetic aging among Black and White women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2022 07; 141:105748. Hamlat EJ, Adler NE, Laraia B, Surachman A, Lu AT, Zhang J, Horvath S, Epel ES. PMID: 35397259; PMCID: PMC10228718.
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    15. Childhood stress and midlife depression in women: the influence of diet quality. Nutr Neurosci. 2022 Dec; 25(12):2668-2679. Chiu DT, Hamlat EJ, Leung CW, Epel ES, Laraia BA. PMID: 34844523; PMCID: PMC9149146.
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    16. Assessing change in suicidal ideation intensity for youth in treatment for pediatric bipolar disorder. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Jul; 26(3):795-809. Gruhn MA, West A, Hamlat E, Weinstein S. PMID: 33715470.
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    17. Early life adversity, pubertal timing, and epigenetic age acceleration in adulthood. Dev Psychobiol. 2021 07; 63(5):890-902. Hamlat EJ, Prather AA, Horvath S, Belsky J, Epel ES. PMID: 33423276; PMCID: PMC8271092.
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    18. Early pubertal timing predicts onset and recurrence of depressive episodes in boys and girls. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2020 11; 61(11):1266-1274. Hamlat EJ, McCormick KC, Young JF, Hankin BL. PMID: 32017111; PMCID: PMC7396277.
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    19. Developmental Course of Personality Disorder Traits in Childhood and Adolescence. J Pers Disord. 2020 09; 34(Suppl B):25-43. Hamlat EJ, Young JF, Hankin BL. PMID: 31084556; PMCID: PMC6980182.
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    20. Self-reported affective biases, but not all affective performance biases, are present in depression remission. Br J Clin Psychol. 2019 Sep; 58(3):274-288. Cerny BM, Stange JP, Kling LR, Hamlat EJ, O'Donnell LA, Deveney C, Langenecker SA. PMID: 30854675; PMCID: PMC6682436.
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    21. A Latent Structure Analysis of Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression in Adolescence. Behav Ther. 2019 07; 50(4):755-764. Liu RT, McArthur BA, Burke TA, Hamilton JL, Mac Giollabhui N, Stange JP, Hamlat EJ, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 31208685; PMCID: PMC6582994.
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    22. Pubertal Timing as a Transdiagnostic Risk for Psychopathology in Youth. Clin Psychol Sci. 2019 May; 7(3):411-429. Hamlat EJ, Snyder HR, Young JF, Hankin BL. PMID: 31179165; PMCID: PMC6550487.
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    23. Predictors of Attrition in Longitudinal Neuroimaging Research: Inhibitory Control, Head Movement, and Resting-State Functional Connectivity. Brain Connect. 2018 11; 8(9):527-536. Stange JP, Jenkins LM, Bessette KL, Kling LR, Bark JS, Shepard R, Hamlat EJ, DelDonno S, Phan KL, Passarotti AM, Ajilore O, Langenecker SA. PMID: 30411975; PMCID: PMC6249664.
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    24. Disrupted engagement of networks supporting hot and cold cognition in remitted major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord. 2018 02; 227:183-191. Stange JP, Jenkins LM, Hamlat EJ, Bessette KL, DelDonno SR, Kling LR, Passarotti AM, Phan KL, Klumpp H, Ryan KA, Langenecker SA. PMID: 29100150; PMCID: PMC6026853.
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    25. Pubertal Development, Emotion Regulatory Styles, and the Emergence of Sex Differences in Internalizing Disorders and Symptoms in Adolescence. Clin Psychol Sci. 2016 Sep; 4(5):867-881. Alloy LB, Hamilton JL, Hamlat EJ, Abramson LY. PMID: 27747141; PMCID: PMC5061504.
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    26. Assessment and Treatment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in Emerging Adulthood: Applying the Behavioral Approach System Hypersensitivity Model. Cogn Behav Pract. 2016 Aug; 23(3):289-299. Hamlat EJ, Garro-Moore JK, Nusslock R, Alloy LB. PMID: 28133431; PMCID: PMC5270687.
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    27. INFLEXIBLE COGNITION PREDICTS FIRST ONSET OF MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODES IN ADOLESCENCE. Depress Anxiety. 2016 Nov; 33(11):1005-1012. Stange JP, Connolly SL, Burke TA, Hamilton JL, Hamlat EJ, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 27093215; PMCID: PMC5071106.
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    28. Pubertal Timing, Peer Victimization, and Body Esteem Differentially Predict Depressive Symptoms in African American and Caucasian Girls. J Early Adolesc. 2015 Apr; 35(3):378-402. Hamlat EJ, Shapero BG, Hamilton JL, Stange JP, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 26146433; PMCID: PMC4486298.
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    29. Cognitive Styles in Mood Disorders: Discriminative Ability of Unipolar and Bipolar Cognitive Profiles. Int J Cogn Ther. 2015 Mar; 8(1):35-60. Shapero BG, Stange JP, Goldstein KE, Black CL, Molz AR, Hamlat EJ, Black SK, Boccia AS, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 25893033; PMCID: PMC4399766.
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    30. Early pubertal timing as a vulnerability to depression symptoms: differential effects of race and sex. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2014 May; 42(4):527-38. Hamlat EJ, Stange JP, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 24014162; PMCID: PMC3949709.
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    31. Rumination and overgeneral autobiographical memory in adolescents: an integration of cognitive vulnerabilities to depression. J Youth Adolesc. 2015 Apr; 44(4):806-18. Hamlat EJ, Connolly SL, Hamilton JL, Stange JP, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 24449170; PMCID: PMC4107201.
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    32. Pubertal timing and vulnerabilities to depression in early adolescence: differential pathways to depressive symptoms by sex. J Adolesc. 2014 Feb; 37(2):165-74. Hamilton JL, Hamlat EJ, Stange JP, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 24439622; PMCID: PMC3939064.
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    33. Cognitive vulnerabilities amplify the effect of early pubertal timing on interpersonal stress generation during adolescence. J Youth Adolesc. 2014 May; 43(5):824-33. Hamilton JL, Stange JP, Kleiman EM, Hamlat EJ, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 24061858; PMCID: PMC3964199.
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    34. Emotional maltreatment, peer victimization, and depressive versus anxiety symptoms during adolescence: hopelessness as a mediator. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2013; 42(3):332-47. Hamilton JL, Shapero BG, Stange JP, Hamlat EJ, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 23534812; PMCID: PMC3645878.
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    35. Overgeneral autobiographical memory, emotional maltreatment, and depressive symptoms in adolescence: evidence of a cognitive vulnerability-stress interaction. J Adolesc. 2013 Feb; 36(1):201-8. Stange JP, Hamlat EJ, Hamilton JL, Abramson LY, Alloy LB. PMID: 23186994; PMCID: PMC3530666.
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    36. Biomarkers in psychiatry: drawbacks and potential for misuse. Int Arch Med. 2010 Jan 12; 3:1. Lakhan SE, Vieira K, Hamlat E. PMID: 20150988; PMCID: PMC2820448.
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    37. Time for a unified approach to medical ethics. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2009 Sep 08; 4:13. Lakhan SE, Hamlat E, McNamee T, Laird C. PMID: 19737406; PMCID: PMC2745426.
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