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Comparison of health and retirement study participants with and without linkage to Medicare claims

Irena Cenzer, PhD (UCSF Pepper Center Senior Statistician), John Boscardin, PhD (UCSF Pepper Center DAC Co-Director), Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS and Matthew Miller, DPT, PhD (UCSF Pepper Center Scholar Alumni) published a paper entitled "Comparison of health and retirement study participants with and...

Alex Lee, Sei Lee, and Mike Steinman publishes "Improving the American Diabetes Association Framework for individualizing treatment in older adults: evaluating life expectancy"

UCSF Pepper Center, Co-Director and Co-Lead of the Data Analysis Core, Dr. Mike Steinman, and UCSF Co-Lead of the Pilot and Exploratory Studies Core, Dr. Sei Lee publish with Dr. Alexandra Lee on "Improving the American Diabetes Association Framework for individualizing treatment in older adults:...

Pepper Scholar Dr. Elena Portacolone Awarded a 5-year R01 grant

Long-time Pepper Scholar Elena Portacolone, Associate Professor at the Institute for Health & Aging, has just been awarded a 5-year R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging for the study titled “Access and use of long-term services and supports (LTSS) for older adults living alone with...

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Long Time Pepper Scholar Dr. Krista Harrison Awarded UCSF Claude D. Pepper Older Adults Independence Center Supplement

Long Time Pepper Scholar Dr. Krista Harrison, and co-investigators Drs. Ken Covinsky and Alexander Smith​ were awarded a supplement to the UCSF Claude D. Pepper Older Adults Independence Center.

Team UCSF Pepper Finished as Top 3 in the VHA Innovation Ecosystem and precisionFDA COVID-19 Risk Factor Modeling Challenge

From June 2 to July 3, 2020, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Innovation Ecosystem and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) COVID-19 Risk Factor Modeling Challenge called on the community to develop and evaluate computational models to predict COVID-19 related health outcomes in Veterans.

REC Scholar, Dr. Scott Bauer, publishes his article "Co‐Occurrence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Frailty among Community‐Dwelling Older Men"

Pepper REC Scholar, Dr. Scott Bauer, publishes his article "Co‐Occurrence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Frailty among Community‐Dwelling Older Men" in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society. In this study, Dr. Bauer suggests that Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) and frailty phenotype...

Dr. Anna Kata and REC Scholar Alumni, Dr. Vicky Tang, publishes their article "Advance Care Planning Prior to Death in Older Adults with Hip Fracture"

Dr. Anna Kata and Pepper REC Scholar Alumni, Dr. Vicky Tang, publish their article titled "Advance Care Planning Prior to Death in Older Adults with Hip Fracture" with their research team Irena Cenzer, Drs. Rebecca Sudore and Ken Covinsky.

REC Scholar, Ashwin Kotwal, publishes his article "Integration of an Objective Cognitive Assessment Into a Prognostic Index for 5-Year Mortality Prediction"

UCSF Pepper REC Scholar, Dr. Ashwin Kotwal, publishes with his research team, Drs.

NIH COVID-19 Notice of Limited Competition

Please see the Notice of Limited Competition for Community-Engaged Research on COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations. As it describes, only selected NIH awardees are eligible to apply.  The Pepper Centers are included. Note also the application due date of August 7. Find...