Janice Tsoh
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Janice Tsoh | |
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| Born | Hong Kong, China |
| Alma mater | Binghamton University (B.A.) University of Rhode Island (M.A., Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Clinical psychology |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute |
Janice Y. Tsoh is a Chinese-American clinical psychologist and a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences.
Early life and education
[edit]Tsoh is from Hong Kong, completed a B.A. in psychology from Binghamton University in 1990. In 1993, Tsoh earned an M.A. in clinical psychology from University of Rhode Island (URI). She conducted a residency in clinical psychology from 1994 to 1995 at University of Mississippi Medical Center. She earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from URI in 1995. She conducted postdoctoral studies in cancer prevention at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from 1995 to 1997. Tsoh was a postdoc studying substance abuse at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) from 1997 to 1999. She completed a certificate in clinical research from UCSF in 2001 to 2002.[1]
Career
[edit]Tsoh began her UCSF career as an assistant research psychologist in 1999. Her current work focuses on promoting health equity by empowering individuals to make informed health decisions, such quitting tobacco use or obtaining needed cancer screenings. Her teaching and mentorship focuses on groups underrepresented in the field of tobacco control or other health disciplines, and many focus on diverse populations. She is an attending medical staff at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Janice Y. Tsoh, PhD | UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center". cancer.ucsf.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- Living people
- Binghamton University alumni
- University of Rhode Island alumni
- University of California, San Francisco faculty
- American people of Chinese descent
- Hong Kong women scientists
- American clinical psychologists
- American women psychologists
- Hong Kong scientists
- 20th-century American scientists
- 20th-century Chinese scientists
- 20th-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American scientists
- 21st-century Chinese scientists
- 21st-century Chinese women scientists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- Chinese psychologists
- Chinese women psychologists
- Hong Kong women psychologists
- Hong Kong emigrants to the United States
- 21st-century American psychologists