Rachel Radin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

She is currently funded by a K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23 AT011048). Dr. Radin is also a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of California (License # 30403). As a postdoctoral fellow at UCSF, she received an F32 National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) to investigate the impact of a mindfulness intervention (SHINE trial) on stress-related eating and endocrine and autonomic profiles of stress reactivity. She completed a PhD in Medical and Clinical Psychology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in 2017 after completing a Pre-doctoral Internship in Pediatric Psychology at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital. She earned an MA in psychology in education from Columbia University and a BA in psychology from the George Washington University.

• Negative Mood and Food Craving Strength Among Women with Overweight: Implications for Targeting Mechanisms Using a Mindful Eating Intervention.
  Mindfulness 2021 Sagui-Henson SJ, Radin RM, Jhaveri K, Brewer JA, Cohn M, Hartogensis W, Mason AE
• Alternative Devices for Heart Rate Variability Measures: A Comparative Test-Retest Reliability Study.
  Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) 2021 Killian JM, Radin RM, Gardner CL, Kasuske L, Bashirelahi K, Nathan D, Keyser DO, Cellucci CJ, Darmon D, Rapp PE
• Correction: Maternal caregivers have confluence of altered cortisol, high reward-driven eating, and worse metabolic health.
  PloS one 2019 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 Radin RM, Mason AE, Laudenslager ML, Epel ES
• Remission of loss of control eating and changes in components of the metabolic syndrome.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2018 Shank LM, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Radin RM, Shomaker LB, Wilfley DE, Young JF, Brady S, Olsen CH, Reynolds JC, Yanovski JA
• Relationship of Mindfulness to Distress and Cortisol Response in Adolescent Girls At-Risk for Type 2 Diabetes.
  Journal of child and family studies 2018 Skoranski A, Kelly NR, Radin RM, Thompson KA, Galescu O, Demidowich AP, Brady SM, Chen KY, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski JA, Shomaker LB
• Engaging African American Adolescents and Stakeholders to Adapt Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Weight Gain Prevention.
  Journal of Black Psychology 2018 Omni Cassidy, Dawn M. Eichen, Natasha L. Burke, Jacqueline Patmore, Allison Shore, Rachel M. Radin, Tracy Sbrocco, Lauren B. Shomaker, Nazrat Mirza, Jami F. Young, Denise E. Wilfley, Marian Tanofsky-…
• Prevention of insulin resistance in adolescents at risk for type 2 diabetes with depressive symptoms: 1-year follow-up of a randomized trial.
  Depression and anxiety 2017 Shomaker LB, Kelly NR, Radin RM, Cassidy OL, Shank LM, Brady SM, Demidowich AP, Olsen CH, Chen KY, Stice E, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski JA
• Dietary intake and major food sources of polyphenols in people with type 2 diabetes: The TOSCA.IT Study.
  European journal of nutrition 2016 Vitale M, Masulli M, Rivellese AA, Bonora E, Cappellini F, Nicolucci A, Squatrito S, Antenucci D, Barrea A, Bianchi C, Bianchini F, Fontana L, Fornengo P, Giorgino F, Gnasso A, Mannucci E, Mazzotti A,…
• A Randomized Controlled Trial to Prevent Depression and Ameliorate Insulin Resistance in Adolescent Girls at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes.
  Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 2016 Shomaker LB, Kelly NR, Pickworth CK, Cassidy OL, Radin RM, Shank LM, Vannucci A, Thompson KA, Armaiz-Flores SA, Brady SM, Demidowich AP, Galescu OA, Courville AB, Olsen C, Chen KY, Stice E, Tanofsky-…
• Associations of sleep duration and quality with disinhibited eating behaviors in adolescent girls at-risk for type 2 diabetes.
  Eating behaviors 2016 Kelly NR, Shomaker LB, Radin RM, Thompson KA, Cassidy OL, Brady S, Mehari R, Courville AB, Chen KY, Galescu OA, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski JA
• Effect of adapted interpersonal psychotherapy versus health education on mood and eating in the laboratory among adolescent girls with loss of control eating.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2016 Tanofsky-Kraff M, Crosby RD, Vannucci A, Kozlosky M, Shomaker LB, Brady SM, Sbrocco T, Pickworth CK, Stephens M, Young JF, Olsen CH, Kelly NR, Radin R, Cassidy O, Wilfley DE, Reynolds JC, Yanovski JA
• Cortisol response to an induction of negative affect among adolescents with and without loss of control eating.
  Pediatric obesity 2015 Radin RM, Shomaker LB, Kelly NR, Pickworth CK, Thompson KA, Brady SM, Demidowich A, Galescu O, Altschul AM, Shank LM, Yanovski SZ, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski JA
• Metabolic characteristics of youth with loss of control eating.
  Eating behaviors 2015 Radin RM, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Kelly NR, Pickworth CK, Shank LM, Altschul AM, Brady SM, Demidowich AP, Yanovski SZ, Hubbard VS, Yanovski JA
• Mindfulness and eating behavior in adolescent girls at risk for type 2 diabetes.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2015 Pivarunas B, Kelly NR, Pickworth CK, Cassidy O, Radin RM, Shank LM, Vannucci A, Courville AB, Chen KY, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski JA, Shomaker LB
• Recent Advances in Developmental and Risk Factor Research on Eating Disorders.
  Current psychiatry reports 2015 Bakalar JL, Shank LM, Vannucci A, Radin RM, Tanofsky-Kraff M
• Depressed affect and dietary restraint in adolescent boys' and girls' eating in the absence of hunger.
  Appetite 2015 Kelly NR, Shomaker LB, Pickworth CK, Grygorenko MV, Radin RM, Vannucci A, Shank LM, Brady SM, Courville AB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski JA
• Targeted prevention of excess weight gain and eating disorders in high-risk adolescent girls: a randomized controlled trial.
  The American journal of clinical nutrition 2014 Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Wilfley DE, Young JF, Sbrocco T, Stephens M, Ranzenhofer LM, Elliott C, Brady S, Radin RM, Vannucci A, Bryant EJ, Osborn R, Berger SS, Olsen C, Kozlosky M, Reynolds JC, …
• Serum leptin and loss of control eating in children and adolescents.
  International journal of obesity (2005) 2013 Miller R, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Field SE, Hannallah L, Reina SA, Mooreville M, Sedaka N, Brady SM, Condarco T, Reynolds JC, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA
• Supermarket discounts of low-energy density foods: effects on purchasing, food intake, and body weight.
  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2013 Geliebter A, Ang IYH, Bernales-Korins M, Hernandez D, Ochner CN, Ungredda T, Miller R, Kolbe L
• Children's binge eating and development of metabolic syndrome.
  International journal of obesity (2005) 2012 Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Stern EA, Miller R, Sebring N, Dellavalle D, Yanovski SZ, Hubbard VS, Yanovski JA
• Longitudinal study of depressive symptoms and progression of insulin resistance in youth at risk for adult obesity.
  Diabetes care 2011 Shomaker LB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Stern EA, Miller R, Zocca JM, Field SE, Yanovski SZ, Hubbard VS, Yanovski JA