In Review

An Integrative Yoga, Mindfulness, and Brain Health Intervention for Older Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury At risk for (or already living with) Dementia and Their Caregivers

Proposal Status: 

Primary author: Michele Diaz, RN, MS, UCSF PhD Nursing doctoral student 

Key team members: Raquel Gardner, MD, Deborah Barnes, PhD, MPH

Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and Neurocognition in Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma who are Treated with Low-Dose Lenalidomide vs. Those who Receive Standard, High-Intensity Consolidation Chemotherapy

Proposal Status: 

Principal Investigator:  Mazie Tsang

Team members:  Anand Dhruva, MD (Secondary mentor); Melisa Wong, MD, MAS; Rebecca Olin, MD, MSCE; Tracy Luks, PhD; Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD; Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD; James Rubenstein, MD, PhD (Primary mentor)

 

Background:

Improving Access to Integrative Palliative Care and Psycho-Oncology for Patients with Advanced Cancer Using Group Visits: A Pilot Study

Proposal Status: 

Primary Authors: Stephanie Cheng, M.D. and Neha Goyal, Ph.D.

Key Team Members: Dianne Shumay, Ph.D.; Michael Rabow, M.D.; Christine Pollak, MBA; and Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Ph.D.

Integrative Behavioral Health Options to Promote Sustainable Care for Homebound People with Dementia

Proposal Status: 

Key team members: from Care at Home, Carla Perissinotto, MD, MS (Medical Director), Helen Horvath, NP, Tom Baker, RN. Project mentor: Louise Aronson, MD, MFA

Pilot overview: This pilot will develop a sustainable model for integrative mental health care for homebound UCSF patients (the majority of whom have dementia and/or palliative care needs), filling a gap in existing services and reducing care provider burnout and turnover. 

Measuring the unmeasurable: the use of video analysis to identify change processes during a group movement program for dementia caregiving dyads

Primary Author: Theresa Allison
Proposal Status: 

Key Team Members: Deborah E. Barnes, Wolf E. Mehling, Margaret Chesney, Francesca Nicosia

Pilot Overview:

Being Present-MPN: a mindfulness meditation intervention for patients and caregivers with BCR-ABL-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms

Proposal Status: 

Primary author: Kelly Schoenbeck, MD

Key team members: Chloe Atreya, MD, PhD, Anand Dhruva, MD, Catherine Smith, MD

Opportunities for Integrative Health in addressing Palliative Care Needs of Dementia

Proposal Status: 

Key team members: Christine Ritchie, MD; Alexander Smith, MD; Alissa Bernstein, PhD; Sarah Garret, PhD

Assessment of a Novel Interdisciplinary Inpatient Integrative Medicine Consult Service at an Academic Medical Center: A Pilot Study

Primary Author: Sanjay Reddy
Proposal Status: 

Primary Author: Sanjay Reddy, MD
Key Team Members: Brieze K Bell, MD; Sidney Edsall, MD; Carolyn Tague, CMT; Tara Soudant, OT; Thomas Reid, MD

Pilot Overview:

Objectives:

Cognitive Wellness through AGE CARE (Adaptation Growth Engagement: Community Activation for Resilience in Elderhood)

Proposal Status: 

 

Primary Author Louise Aronson, MD

Key team members Krista Harrison PhD UCSF Geriatrics, Kate Hoepke MBA SF Village, Suzanne Stadler M.Arch At Home With Growing Older, Brook Stone MSW LCSW UCSF Osher Center

Evaluating the use of GrandPad for assessing behavioral symptoms in dementia

Proposal Status: 

Given the rising number of older adults living with dementia, there is a need to understand the feasibility of telemedicine for home-limited adults with dementia and behavioral symptoms.

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