Response to COVID-19

Amend at UCSF developed an infographic entitled “Covid-19 in Correctional Facilities: Medical Isolation” intended to provide guidance to departments of correction, prison and jail residents, advocates, and other key stakeholders to help ensure that using medical isolation or quarantine to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in correctional facilities f

Amend at UCSF developed a webinar in collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Barnert (Pediatrician at UCLA) and Jerrell E.

David Cloud JD, MPH, Director of Research at Amend at UCSF, created a webinar entitled “The Ethical Use of Medical Isolation to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission in Correctional Settings” which details the manner by which correctional facilities, in the face of COVID-19, must implement clearly defined and communicated medical isolation and quaran

Rebecca Sudore, MD led a GWEP-USI webinar on how to Make Advance Care Planning Easier for Diverse Populations & During the COVID-19 Crisis. 

Rebecca Sudore, MD’s PREPARE program was mentioned in The New York Times article, "Liz Weston: Take Control Now With Advance Medical Directives". 

Sarah Pajka, Kei Ouchi, MD and Rebecca Sudore, MD published the “Feasibility of a Brief Interventio

Anna Chodos, MD, MPH was quoted in an article, "Some Nursing Homes Escaped Covid-19—Here's What They Did Right" in Wired Magazine.

Rebecca Sudore, MD co-led a Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program Coordinating Center (GWEP-CC)’s Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Commun

Rebecca Sudore, MD and Anne Kinderman, MD led a San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services (DAS) and Family Caregiver Alliance Webinar entitled “Planning Ahead for the Care You May Need: Health Care Decisions in the Era of COVID-19.” Check out the recording here.

UCSF Division of Geriatrics' Grand Rounds: COVID-19 and Older Adults: What have we learned? How can we do better? recorded on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 is now available on Youtube! 

Presenters include: