Congratulations to Qiao Yu Kuang on her promotion!
Please join us in congratulating Qiao Yu Kuang, MPH, on her promotion to Age-Friendly Health System Program Coordinator!
Qiao started last May as our Research Data Analyst supporting three studies:
- The ACE Unit National Database, a project which involves identifying national institutions with ACE units and gathering key contact information to survey these institutions.
- The Bradley AGE SELF CARE project, which aims to better address the needs of middle-income older adults by educating and empowering them in ways that delay caregiving needs and allow them to live full, independent lives in their communities.
- And the UCSF Brain Health Assessment project, with primary goals to optimize and validate the UCSF Brain Health Assessment for older adults who are diverse in terms of education and language spoken, to perform cross-validation studies of other paradigms funded by this award, and to evaluate and address barriers to detecting cognitive impairment in primary care.
She has been immensely helpful in moving these projects forward and will be sorely missed by her PIs as she moves on to assume her new role (effective today)! Luckily, she’s still “ours” . Qiao received her Master of Public Health in Community Health Education from SF State, and has many years of experience in public health and policy roles. She also has several quarters of teaching experience while at SF State, leading courses such as: Health and Social Justice: Burning Issues and Taking Action, and she is fluent in Taishanese! Qiao was a recent SPOT award recipient for the Spring 2021 cycle, as well as a recipient of the WINGS grant for the May 2021 cycle. Her PIs praise her as “highly reliable and accountable”, “an active problem-solver” and “always 10 steps ahead!” Last but not least, Qiao was so good that we had to give her more projects (of course we did) – most recently getting involved in the LookDeep Study led by Dr. Stephanie Rogers, “A Pilot Study of Computer Vision Monitoring of Patients at-risk for Delirium”.
The Age-Friendly Health System Program (led by Dr. Stephanie Rogers) is an implementation and quality improvement team directed to improve care for older adults across the health system and community by improving complex interdisciplinary workflows, increasing interdisciplinary skills and knowledge in caring for older adults, and standardizing and simplifying processes across the different segments of care. In her new role as AFHS Program Coordinator, Qiao will lead programmatic, quality improvement, and coordination efforts on all AFHS clinical and QI programs. Additionally, Qiao will be our first point of contact to provide non-clinical support, guidance and assistance for our patients and families as they navigate through complex healthcare environments. We are extremely excited to welcome and congratulate Qiao to her new role. We can’t wait to see the amazing impact she will have on our patients and the program! Congratulations on your well-deserved promotion Qiao!!!