Welcome Emily Hunter!

Please join us in welcoming Emily Hunter, Research Assistant III, to the Division of Geriatrics!

Emily started this morning at NCIRE and will be primarily working with Drs. Mike Steinman and Rebecca Sudore on the NIH-funded US Deprescribing Research Network and PREPARE: A Clinical Trial of Expanded Advance Care Planning to Address Regimen Intensity in Older Patients at High Risk for Treatment-Induced Hypoglycemia.  Emily has a Bachelor’s Degree in Socio-Cultural/Biological Anthropology from UC Berkeley and studied abroad in Florence at the Peruzzi School for Foreign Study.  Prior to NCIRE, Emily worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator for the Center for Clinical Research where she screened participants for studies, collected and organized research data, supported all research functions and learned to follow all regulatory standards and policies.  Previously, she also worked as a Guest Relations Lead & Hospitality Coordinator State Bird Provisions & The Progress – where she provided exemplary guest services and multifaceted administrative support across all teams including leading website updates, processing invoices/reimbursements, as well as overseeing calendars and menu designs.  Lastly, Emily worked as a Physical Anthropology Teaching and Administrative Assistant at the Santa Rosa Junior College where she gain valuable teaching experience through the development of course material and leading student workshops.

As RA III, Emily will be working closely with the PIs and their research teams to execute, manage, and coordinate research protocols, data collection and operations of several concurrent clinical and health services research studies and projects under the guidelines of research protocols, UCSF/SFVAMC and regulating agency policies.  Examples of projects may include studies on advanced care planning for older adults, studies involving secondary analysis of large datasets for purposes of prognostic modeling and evaluating quality and outcomes of care for older adults, and collaborative programs and research networks to enhance research on improving medication use in older adults.  As is the case for most of us, Emily will be working remotely from home until our return to work onsite plan is finalized.  We are so thrilled to have her join our team.  She can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected].  Please join us in making her feel welcomed to our growing Division!