Maria Parellada

Maria Parellada is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is affiliated with the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, focusing on interdisciplinary neuroscience research.

• Research Interests: Her work primarily explores Psychotic Disorders, with a focus on Inflammation and Cardiovascular Diseases as potential biomarkers. She also investigates Observer Variation, Reproducibility of Results, and Protective Factors in clinical research design.
• Publications: Her recent studies include reliability of clinical instruments in psychosis research (2021) and cardiovascular risk factors in early psychosis (2018).
• Networks: She collaborates with leading researchers in psychotic disorders and inflammation, including members of the EU-GEI High Risk Study consortium.