Melanie Thomas, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Awards

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• KL2 Career Development Award, UCSF, 2015

Education & Training

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• Psychiatry Residency School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2010
• M.D. School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2006
• M.S. Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2004

Interests

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• health disparities
• postpartum
• maternal mental health
• public psychiatry
• implementation science
• community health workers
• family and community psychiatry
• women's mental health
• birth outcomes
• perinatal depression
• pregnancy
• group prenatal care
• social support
• community-based partnerships
• social determinants of health

Websites

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• Program Development at ZSFG (solidstart.ucsf.edu)

Publications (20)

Top publication keywords:
MindfulnessHealthcare DisparitiesMental Health ServicesPregnant WomenMammographyEarly Detection of CancerAutonomic Nervous SystemPregnancy ComplicationsDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedLife Change EventsDepression, PostpartumWeight GainFamily ConflictPostpartum PeriodStress, Psychological

• Perinatal Community Health Workers: Lessons From California
  Health Affairs Forefront 2024 Malini A. Nijagal, Elaine C. Khoong, Elizabeth B. Sherwin, Erinn Lance, Erin Saleeby, Amanda P. Williams, Melanie R. Thomas
• Facilitating Integrated Perinatal Care for Families Affected by Substance Use.
  Journal of addiction medicine 2022 Schmidt CN, Patel D, Alpers BS, Spaulding M, Ocegueda L, Thomas M, Sammann A, Briscoe H
• Building Skills and Creating Change in the Healthcare System Through Public Psychiatry Fellowship Capstone Projects.
  Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry 2019 Elser A, Thomas M, Tolou-Shams M, Peterson A, Seal J, Dilley J, Mangurian C
• Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Distress, Weight Gain, and Glucose Control for Pregnant Low-Income Women: A Quasi-Experimental Trial Using the ORBIT Model.
  International journal of behavioral medicine 2019 Epel E, Laraia B, Coleman-Phox K, Leung C, Vieten C, Mellin L, Kristeller JL, Thomas M, Stotland N, Bush N, Lustig RH, Dallman M, Hecht FM, Adler N
• Embedded Maternal Mental Health Care in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic: A Qualitative Exploration of Mothers' Experiences.
  Academic pediatrics 2019 Young CA, Burnett H, Ballinger A, Castro G, Steinberg S, Nau M, Bakken EH, Thomas M, Beck AL

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• Recovery-Oriented Outcomes Associated with Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics in an Urban Safety-Net Population.
  Community mental health journal 2019 Yoshimatsu K, Elser A, Thomas M, Dilley J, Barnes D, Ballinger A, Wozniak S, Mangurian C
• Novel Interventions to Reduce Stress and Overeating in Overweight Pregnant Women: A Feasibility Study.
  Maternal and child health journal 2018 Laraia BA, Adler NE, Coleman-Phox K, Vieten C, Mellin L, Kristeller JL, Thomas M, Stotland NE, Lustig RH, Dallman MF, Hecht FM, Bush NR, de Groat CL, Epel E
• Effects of pre- and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population-CORRIGENDUM.
  Development and psychopathology 2017 Bush NR, Jones-Mason K, Coccia M, Caron Z, Alkon A, Thomas M, Coleman-Phox K, Wadhwa PD, Laraia BA, Adler NE, Epel ES
• Effects of pre- and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population.
  Development and psychopathology 2017 Bush NR, Jones-Mason K, Coccia M, Caron Z, Alkon A, Thomas M, Coleman-Phox K, Wadhwa PD, Laraia BA, Adler NE, Epel ES
• Mammography Among Women With Severe Mental Illness: Exploring Disparities Through a Large Retrospective Cohort Study.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2017 Thomas M, James M, Vittinghoff E, Creasman JM, Schillinger D, Mangurian C
• Rates of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women With Severe Mental Illness in the Public Health System.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2017 James M, Thomas M, Frolov L, Riano NS, Vittinghoff E, Schillinger D, Newcomer JW, Mangurian C
• Depressive symptoms and gestational length among pregnant adolescents: Cluster randomized control trial of CenteringPregnancy® plus group prenatal care.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2017 Felder JN, Epel E, Lewis JB, Cunningham SD, Tobin JN, Rising SS, Thomas M, Ickovics JR
• Meeting Women Where They Are: Integration of Care As the Foundation of Treatment for At-Risk Pregnant and Postpartum Women.
  Maternal and child health journal 2017 Thomas M, Hutchison M, Castro G, Nau M, Shumway M, Stotland N, Spielvogel A
• Poor Sleep Quality, Psychological Distress, and the Buffering Effect of Mindfulness Training During Pregnancy.
  Behavioral sleep medicine 2017 Felder JN, Laraia B, Coleman-Phox K, Bush N, Suresh M, Thomas M, Adler N, Epel E, Prather AA
• Linking High Risk Postpartum Women with a Technology Enabled Health Coaching Program to Reduce Diabetes Risk and Improve Wellbeing: Program Description, Case Studies, and Recommendations for Community Health Coaching Programs.
  Journal of diabetes research 2016 Athavale P, Thomas M, Delgadillo-Duenas AT, Leong K, Najmabadi A, Harleman E, Rios C, Quan J, Soria C, Handley MA
• What do we know about gestational diabetes mellitus and risk for postpartum depression among ethnically diverse low-income women in the USA?
  Archives of women's mental health 2014 Barakat S, Martinez D, Thomas M, Handley M
• Potential for a stress reduction intervention to promote healthy gestational weight gain: focus groups with low-income pregnant women.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2014 Thomas M, Vieten C, Adler N, Ammondson I, Coleman-Phox K, Epel E, Laraia B
• Maternal differences and birth outcome disparities: Diversity within a high risk prenatal clinic.
  Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2014 Thomas M, Spielvogel A, Cohen F, Fisher-Owens S, Stotland N, Wolfe B, Shumway M
• Family adversity and autonomic reactivity association with immune changes in HIV-affected school children.
  Psychosomatic medicine 2013 Thomas MR, Wara D, Saxton K, Truskier M, Chesney MA, Boyce WT
• Recruitment and retention of pregnant women for a behavioral intervention: lessons from the maternal adiposity, metabolism, and stress (MAMAS) study.
  Preventing chronic disease 2013 Coleman-Phox K, Laraia BA, Adler N, Vieten C, Thomas M, Epel E