UCSF Division of Geriatrics Receive NIA Funding for DEVELOP AD Research Project

The UCSF Geriatrics Division has received funding from the National Institute on Aging for a Program Project. The Program, “DEploying High ValuE LOngitudinal Population-Based dAta in Dementia Research (DEVELOP AD Research)” will support a series of projects to understand how serious medical illness and social and economic factors impact outcomes in persons with dementia and their caregivers.  The project is a joint endeavor with our colleagues in the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.  Project and Core leaders at UCSF include Drs. Alex Smith, Mike Steinman, Krista Harrison, Christine Ritchie, John Boscardin, and Ken Covinsky.