Does prematurity unmask disease?

Eremothecium coryli bloodstream infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia: first case report of human infection.

Rotenone and Parkinson's Disease: Reduced Sensitivity in Females.

Detecting Metabolism of Gluconeogenic Precursors Lactate and Pyruvate in Kidney & Liver with Hyperpolarized 13 C MRI.

Welcome Dr. James Deardorff!

This week we are delighted to welcome Dr. James Deardorff to the UCSF Division of Geriatrics faculty.  Dr. Deardorff completed his Geriatrics Medicine Fellowship in 2021, an Advanced Training in Clinical Research Certificate Program in 2022, and his T32 Aging Research Fellowship with our division in June 2023. He is joining our research scientist faculty and has been selected for a UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) KL2 Career Development Award and a UCSF Pepper Center REC Scholar Award.  He also received an excellent score on his R03 grant for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) from the NIA.  His research proposes to develop prediction models for various outcomes important to older adults following discharge from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility. He is additionally working on problematic medication use among community-dwelling older adults with dementia and was accepted into the US Deprescribing Research Network Junior Investigator Intensive Program to further develop his interests in deprescribing research.  He will be an attending physician on the UCSF Geriatric Inpatient Services at UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus and the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL) Short-Stay Rehabilitation Unit.  He will also teach Geriatrics and Geriatrics Palliative Care Fellows, medical residents, and medical students who rotate through our clinical and research programs.  

Welcome James!

A history of AIDS: looking back to see ahead.

Longitudinal study of depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life during pregnancy and after delivery: the Health Status in Pregnancy (HIP) study.

Acceptability of a bilingual interactive computerized educational module in a poor, medically underserved patient population.

Discussing resuscitation preferences with patients: challenges and rewards.

Measurement of Specific Mycobacterial Mistranslation Rates with Gain-of-function Reporter Systems.

Supporting Youth from Pediatric- to Adult-Oriented HIV Care Across Two Metro Sites in the United States: Results from the iTransition Pilot Trial.

Experimental evidence for structured information-sharing networks reducing medical errors.

Rebecca Sudore and Team Developed New Advance Care Planning Guide

Dr. Rebecca Sudore was part of a collaborative team of organizations, lawyers, and medical experts from the ABA Commission on Law and Aging, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the University of California San Francisco Medical School and the UC/Hastings Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy that developed a new advance care planning guide called the “Advance Directives: Counseling Guide for Lawyers.”

The guide includes:

•  eight key advance care planning principles for clinicians and lawyers to better align practices in the legal and health care setting
• a checklist that includes key steps to walk through during lawyer/client advance care planning meetings 
• leading advance care planning resources, including PREPARE For Your Care. 

Please go here to learn more about the guide and download.  

The project was funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation with support from The Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging.

Keratinocyte growth factor enhances barrier function without altering claudin expression in primary alveolar epithelial cells.

Perioperative chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: the importance of multidisciplinary management for evidence-based practice and transformative research.