Welcome Kara Zamora!

Please join us in welcoming Kara Zamora (Student Intern) to the Division!

Kara is a highly-experienced qualitative researcher currently enrolled at UCSF/UC Berkeley to pursue a PhD in Medical Anthropology with an expected graduation date of June 2023.  She has both a Bachelor and a Master’s degree in Anthropology from University of Illinois, Chicago, and CSU, East Bay, respectively.  She previously held a staff appointment at NCIRE-The Veterans Health Research Institute, performing qualitative interviews with Veterans to further multiple research projects.  She was a Qualitative Analyst for Dr. Rebecca Brown’s VA-funded project “Implementation of Standardized Functional Status Measurement for Older Veterans”, so she is no stranger to the Division of Geriatrics!  She has now joined Dr. Theresa Allison’s team as a Student Intern, where she will participate in all phases of an IRB-approved, NIH-funded qualitative, music ethnographic study to the potential for music to improve quality of life in dementia caregiving relationships.  She will also participate in data analysis and manuscript preparation for a study that has completed data collection and closed enrollment.  Her involvement in this lab will serve as a critical entre to the community that she proposes to study prior to beginning her own dissertation work.  Her involvement in the project is also critical to accelerate project recruitment following delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as key to furthering her own educational goals.  We are very excited to have her.  Please join us welcoming Kara to the Division!  She can be reached at [email protected].