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Francesca Rebecca

Drs. Nicosia and Brown published article in PLOS ONE

Francesca Nicosia, PhD, Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH, and colleagues published an article entitled "Using multiple qualitative methods to inform intervention development: Improving functional status measurement for older veterans in primary care settings" in PLOS ONE. The study presents methods for utilizing multiple qualitive data collection and analysis approaches to develop a multi-component intervention that has been tested in VA primary care settings.

Mike Steinman

UCSF Has Joined the National Clinical Scholars Program

UCSF has joined the National Clinical Scholars Program!  UCSF joins 5 other sites around the country in this prestigious fellowship program aimed to promote healthcare scholarship and improvement and reduce healthcare disparities.  Geriatrics faculty member Michael Steinman, MD is Associate Director of the UCSF program and lead liaison to the San Francisco VA Medical Center, which will play a central role in UCSF’s program.  For more information please see  https://medschool.ucsf.edu/uc-san-francisco-medical-and-nursing-schools-san-francisco-va-health-care-system-join-national