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Ashwin Kotwal and research team published article in The Gerontologist
Ashwin A Kotwal, MD, MS, Theresa A Allison, MD, PhD, Madina Halim, BA, Sarah B Garrett, PhD, Carla M Perissinotto, MD, MHS, Christine S Ritchie, MD, MSPH, Alexander K Smith, MD, MS, MPH, and Krista L Harrison, PhD published an article entitled, "Relationships, Very Quickly, Turn to Nothing”: Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Adaptation to Changing Social Lives Among Persons Living With Dementia and Care Partners" in The Gerontologist.
Department members biking across California to fight HIV/AIDS
Erika Wallender and Chief of UCSF Health ID, Joanne Engel, rode the AIDS/Lifecycle and their team raised over $90,000.
It’s a life-changing ride—not a race—through some of California’s most beautiful countryside. AIDS/LifeCycle is co-produced by the Los Angeles LGBT Center and San Francisco AIDS Foundation and is designed to advance their shared interest to reduce new HIV infections and improve the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS.