Welcome New UCSF MSTAR Students!
The UCSF MSTAR program welcomes 12 students from medical schools around the country coming to UCSF to learn about Geriatrics this Summer. They will work with aging research mentors on clinical research projects.
Name |
Home Med School |
UCSF Mentor(s) |
Title/Research Project |
Melanie Chan |
California Northstate University College of Medicine |
Theresa Allison |
Musical intervention and therapy for patients with dementia and their caregivers. Remembered songs in the context of dementia: what music and why |
Ricky Gutierrez |
UCSF |
James Iannuzzi |
Delirium after Vascular Surgery before and after implementation of an inpatient Geriatric Consultation Service |
Michael Jensen |
University of Utah School of Medicine |
Ken Covinsky |
Coexisting Dementia and CHF in the HRS |
Richard Kim |
UCSF |
Katrina Abuabara |
Epidermal Barrier Function and Cognition among Older Adults |
Sean Lee |
Touro University |
Anna Chodos |
How underrepresented patients with mild-to-moderate dementia make clinical decisions |
David Looi |
California Northstate University College of Medicine |
Krista Harrison |
Caregiver reports of end-of-life experience and use of hospice for short versus long-duration dementias. Dying fast or slow with dementia: a comparison of caregiver perceptions of end-of-life experiences for people with short versus long-duration dementia syndromes |
Akua Nyarko-Odoom |
University of Virginia |
Alison Huang |
Assessing Comorbidities, Functional Status, and Health Behaviors Across Older Men and Women in Caregiving Roles |
Kate Radcliffe |
UCSF (UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program) |
Krista Harrison |
Palliative Care Needs for Persons with Advanced Stage Dementia and their Caregivers |
Reshmika Ramesh |
California Northstate University College of Medicine |
Mike Steinman |
The Needs of Clinicians and Clinician- Researchers Around Efforts to Improve Deprescribing |
Rishika Reddy |
University of North Carolina School of Medicine |
Anne Suskind |
Comparative Analysis of Health Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries undergoing Reconstructive Surgery or Colpocleisis Procedures for Pelvic Organ Prolapse according to Frailty |
Nikita Shirsat |
University of California, Irvine |
Deborah Barnes |
Improving Function and Quality of Life in People with Dementia |
Peter Vo |
CALIFORNIA NORTHSTATE UNIVERSITY |
Anne Fabiny |
A Qualitative Evaluation of Home-Based Hospice Care in End of Life Care in HUDVASH Permanent Supportive Housing. |