Archived Research News

Psychosocial distress among spouses of persons with dementia before and after their partner's death

July 17, 2024

NCIRE Staff Clinical Research Coordinator Liliana Moore co-authors paper with Drs. Karen Seal and Natalie Purcell

July 3, 2024

Drs. Natalie Purcell, Shira Maguen, and Karen Seal co-author blueprint for Moral Injury Awareness and Prevention

June 28, 2024

Dr. Daniel Bikle co-authored two major publications regarding Vitamin D guidelines:
Vitamin D for the Prevention of Disease Guideline Resources

Consensus Statement on Vitamin D Status Assessment and Supplementation: Whys, Whens, and Hows; Endocrine Reviews

June 27, 2024

Dr. Mary Whooley receives the VA’s 2023 HSR Daniel Deykin Award for Outstanding Mentor

June 26, 2024

Improving Clinical Research Generalization With Digital Marketing And Online Recruitment: Insights From The Brain Health Registry And The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

June 21, 2024

Olfactory and cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War veterans with gulf war illness/chronic multisymptom illness

May 23, 2024

Which older adults are at highest risk of prescribing cascades? A national study of the gabapentinoid–loop diuretic cascade

May 22, 2024

Cognitive, physical, and sensory deficits that can affect everyday medication use among older adults: A national view

May 21, 2024

Ken Covinsky and Sei Lee presented at the Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology in Brazil

May 20, 2024

Moral Injury Awareness and Prevention in Healthcare Organizations: A Blueprint Informed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 7, 2024

Dr. Kristine Yaffe co-published two studies:
Risk of dementia in older veterans with multiple sclerosis

Trajectories in depressive symptoms and midlife brain health

April 30, 2024

Drs. Karunesh Ganguly and Michelle Estrella inducted into ASCI; Dr. Shlipak inducted into AAP:
https://beta.the-asci.org/news/annual-meeting/new-active-and-international-members-elected-for-2024/

https://aap-online.org/admin/members.php?new_theme=1&search=1

April 29, 2024

Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele, is a recipient of a national award from the American College of Physicians

April 26, 2024

Drs. Judith Ford and Lynn Pulliam publish VA-funded study in neurological complications of LongCOVID: Blood Markers show neural consequences of LongCOVID-19

April 3, 2024

Dr. Raymond Swanson co-authored two studies exploring cofilactin rod formation and its impact on the brain:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jnc.16065

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124724002420

March 28, 2024

NCIRE-supported Principal Investigator Michael Steinman, MD, co-led the U.S. Deprescribing Research Networks’ 2024 Annual Meeting

March 27, 2024

Rebecca Sudore awardee for the UCSF Spring 2024 Academic Senate Distinction In Mentoring Award for faculty at the rank of Full Professor

March 18, 2024

Drs. Rebecca Sudore and Kenneth Covinsky present "Including Older Adults in Research: Practical Solutions for Overcoming Disparities"

March 14, 2024

HIV, HIV-specific Factors and Myocardial Disease in Women

March 10, 2024

Addressing disparities in the global epidemiology of stroke

March 6, 2024

UCSF/SFVAHCS research collaboration reveals lack of albuminuria testing and describes treatment approaches in the real-world setting for patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease

February 23, 2024

Sei Lee Appointed to Serve on the US Preventive Services Task Force

February 22, 2024

Geriatrics Team Publications Explore Aging Research Challenges, and Nursing Home Needs for Older Dementia patients:
https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.18704

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2812543

January 24, 2024

The Middle-Out Approach to reconceptualizing, assessing, and analyzing traumatic stress reactions

January 23, 2024

Dr. Michael Weiner Among More Than 30 UCSF Scientists Honored By Clarivate

December 20, 2023

Drs. Deborah Barnes and Rebecca Sudore published article in Sage Journals

November 30, 2023

Dr. Dolores Shoback honored with Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award from the Endocrine Society

August 24, 2023

Incorporating Prognosis into Clinical Decision-Making for Older Adults with Diabetes

August 21, 2023

Dr. Michael Steinman contributed to Verywell Health article “Is It Time to Review the Medications You Take?”

August 18, 2023

Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele honored with the inaugural American Academy of Neurology Health Care Equity Research Award and Lectureship

August 17, 2023

Disparities in advance care planning among older US immigrants

August 15, 2023

Dementia Risk and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods

August 14, 2023

Research Team's abstract wins Merit Award at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

July 18, 2023

Changes in Lung Volumes with Spirometric Disease Progression in COPD

July 17, 2023

The Fourth International Symposium on the Calcium Sensing Receptor (CaSR)

July 14, 2023

Telehealth delivery of group-format cognitive rehabilitation to older veterans with TBI: a mixed-methods pilot study

July 14, 2023

Renuka Nayak speaks to connection between our gut and rheumatologic conditions: web series and seminar

July 13, 2023

American Geriatrics Society 2023 updated AGS Beers Criteria® for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults

July 11, 2023

Bronchodilator Responsiveness in Tobacco-Exposed People With or Without COPD

July 10, 2023

Using behavioral theory to adapt advance care planning for homeless-experienced older adults in permanent supportive housing

July 6, 2023

Association of Frailty With Risk of Suicide Attempt in a National Cohort of US Veterans Aged 65 Years or Older

June 30, 2023

Prostate Cancer in Transgender Women in the Veterans Affairs Health System, 2000-2022

June 5, 2023

Albuminuria testing and nephrology care among insured US adults with chronic kidney disease: a missed opportunity

March 14, 2023

Estimated Kidney Tubular Secretion and Kidney, Cardiovascular, and Mortality Outcomes in CKD: The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial

March 10, 2023

Differential Associations of Cystatin C Versus Creatinine-Based Kidney Function With Risks of Cardiovascular Event and Mortality Among South Asian Individuals in the UK Biobank

March 3, 2023

Mike Steinman featured in NextAvenue Article

February 23, 2023

Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele elected American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow

January 31, 2023

Dr. Kristin Yaffe named 2022 Barnwell Awardee

January 23, 2023

Smoking Prevalence Amongst Older Adults on the Decline

January 23, 2023

Functional and clinical needs of older hospice enrollees with coexisting dementia

December 21, 2022

End-of-life health care use among socially isolated and cognitively impaired older adults

December 20, 2022

Return to community living and mortality after moving to a long-term care facility: A nationally representative cohort study

December 20, 2022

NCIRE-supported Investigators’ research paper receives the Journal of Geriatric Oncology's Dr. Arti Hurria Best Paper Award for 2021-2022

December 16, 2022

Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for hospitalization and death following COVID-19 infection

December 14, 2022

Researchers Address Racial Imbalances in Alzheimer’s Study: $147M Grant Boosts Efforts to Recruit More Blacks, Latinx, Asians, American Indians

December 2, 2022

Association of Race and Ethnicity With Prescription of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP1 Receptor Agonists Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in the Veterans Health Administration System

November 30, 2022

Effect of Structured, Moderate Exercise on Kidney Function Decline in Sedentary Older Adults: An Ancillary Analysis of the LIFE Study Randomized Clinical Trial

November 28, 2022

Genetics professionals are key to the integration of genetic testing within the practice of frontline clinicians

November 23, 2022

Development and validation of novel multimorbidity indices for older adults

November 21, 2022

Incidence of Severe COVID-19 Illness Following Vaccination and Booster With BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, and Ad26.COV2.S Vaccines

November 17, 2022

Improving multiparametric MR-transrectal ultrasound guided fusion prostate biopsies with hyperpolarized 13 C pyruvate metabolic imaging: A technical development study

November 15, 2022

Dr. Michelle Estrella receives ASN Distinguished Mentor Award

November 10, 2022

Dr. Judith M. Ford Named 2022 Middleton Awardee

November 9, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele for his recent awards!

October 21, 2022

The Polygenic Risk Score Knowledge Base offers a centralized online repository for calculating and contextualizing polygenic risk scores

October 17, 2022

Alex Smith quoted in New York Times article about cancer testing

August 26, 2022

Rebecca Sudore receives GeriPal Mentor of the Year Award!

August 26, 2022

Hippocampal Threat Reactivity Interacts with Physiological Arousal to Predict PTSD Symptoms

August 24, 2022

Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele, receives the National Medical Association’s Meritorious Achievement Award

August 22, 2022

Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder are not associated with Alzheimer's disease pathology measured with biomarkers

August 19, 2022

Dr. Li-Wen Huang named 2022 Grunfeld Scholar

August 8, 2022

Open Clinical Trial for Non-drug Intervention to Treat Osteopenia in Postmenopausal Women

August 3, 2022

Dr. Michael Steinman, MD Interviewed on the NavNeuro Podcast

June 21, 2022

Do functional status and Medicare claims data improve the predictive accuracy of an electronic health record mortality index? Findings from a national Veterans Affairs cohort

June 17, 2022

Meddling in the affairs of heart and lungs: How secondhand tobacco smoke affects the complex interactions between heart and lungs.

June 16, 2022

Serious Illness Communication in Cancer Care in Africa: A Scoping Review of Empirical Research

June 13, 2022

Congratulations to Barbara Bensing, PhD and Paul Sullam, MD for their recently published studies!:

Molecular recognition of sialoglycans by streptococcal Siglec-like adhesins: toward the shape of specific inhibitors

O-linked α2,3 sialylation defines stem cell populations in breast cancer

Proteoglycan 4 (lubricin) is a highly sialylated glycoprotein associated with cardiac valve damage in animal models of infective endocarditis

Origins of glycan selectivity in streptococcal Siglec-like adhesins suggest mechanisms of receptor adaptation.

June 13, 2022

Glycemic treatment deintensification practices in nursing home residents with type 2 diabetes

May 12, 2022

Sliding scale insulin use in a national cohort study of nursing home residents with type 2 diabetes

May 11, 2022

Association of Race and Ethnicity with Incidence of Dementia Among Older Adults

May 10, 2022

Surrogate Decision Makers Need Better Preparation for Their Role: Advice from Experienced Surrogates

May 9, 2022

Life expectancy for community-dwelling persons with dementia and severe disability

April 27, 2022

Association of Vitamin D Status and COVID-19-Related Hospitalization and Mortality

April 20, 2022

Screening and enrollment of underrepresented ethnocultural and educational populations in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)

April 1, 2022

A rare case of axillary keratoacanthoma arising in hidradenitis suppurativa

March 31, 2022

Thomas Neylan, MD, 2021 Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award recipient

March 30, 2022

Daniel Mathalon, PhD honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

March 29, 2022

Deep learning for Alzheimer's disease: Mapping large-scale histological tau protein for neuroimaging biomarker validation

March 28, 2022

Michael Hope, MD Shares Information on Cardiovascular Imaging at the SFVAMC

February 24, 2022

Moral injury increases Veterans’ suicide risk

February 16, 2022

New study Reevaluates Annual Growth Rate of Nonsyndromic Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

February 7, 2022

Connection found between ACE inhibiters and reduced risks associated with COVID-19 infections

February 3, 2022

Anxiety and PTSD linked to increased myelin in brain’s gray matter

January 11, 2022

Roam Robotics launches partnership with NCIRE and the San Francisco VA Health Care System to study the impact of its robotic wearable on the Veteran population

December 8, 2021

Study Finds Significant COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Decline Amongst US Veterans

November 4, 2021

Michael Steinman Quoted in NYT Article

October 19, 2021

Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele elected to the National Academy of Medicine

October 18, 2021

Dr. Kenneth E. Covinsky co-publishes in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

October 14, 2021

Dr. Rebecca Sudore PREPARE paper published in the American Cancer Society Journal

October 8, 2021

Changes in older adults' life space during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study

October 5, 2021

Glycoprotein associated with cardiac valve damage in animal models of infective endocarditis

September 21, 2021

NCIRE Mentorships Result in Grant Awards

September 8, 2021

Engaging the Aging: Navigating Barriers to Advance Care Planning

September 8, 2021

There’s More to Explore: Understanding the Connection Between PTSD and Cardiovascular Health

September 6, 2021

Stroke Council Honors Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele

August 6, 2021

Dr. Rebecca Sudore co-authors publication in MedPage Today

August 6, 2021

Intensive Medical Management to Prevent Large and Small Artery Atherothrombotic Stroke

August 6, 2021

Training Group Underrepresented in Medicine for Research, Academic Careers and Intensive Medical Management of Stroke

August 6, 2021

Telephone Veteran Peer Coaching for Mental Health Treatment Engagement Among Rural Veterans

August 3, 2021

Revisiting FDA Approval of Aducanumab

August 3, 2021

Dr. Michael Weiner Receives Alzheimer's Association Lifetime Achievement Award

July 27, 2021

Space travel weakens our immune systems — now scientists may know why

June 7, 2021

UCSF and Johns Hopkins University Launch Digital Trove of Opioid Industry Documents

March 24, 2021

To Keep a Sharp Mind, Start Thinking of Heart Health in Your 20s

March 17, 2021

NCIRE-supported PI and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr. Brian Feeley, co-authors publication in The American Journal of Sports Medicine

March 15, 2021

Characterization and biomarker analyses of post-COVID-19 complications and neurological manifestations

February 13, 2021

First 'Plug and Play' Brain Prosthesis Demonstrated in Paralyzed Person

September 7, 2020

Stroking Out While Black - The Complex Role of Racism

August 21, 2020

Long-Sought Blood Test for Alzheimer's In Reach, New Study Finds

July 28, 2020

Gender Differences of Exposure to Potentially Morally Injurious Events Among Post-9/11 Veterans

July 26, 2020

Older Adults Who Can Really Smell The Roses May Face Lower Likelihood of Dementia

July 20, 2020

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Accelerated Cognitive Decline in Midlife

July 15, 2020

Repetitive and Traumatic Brain Injuries and Their Effects on Depression and Cognitive Function

June 26, 2020

Blood Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury and Cognitive Impairment in Older Veterans

June 22, 2020

Relapsers with Low WHO Risk Drinking Levels and Complete Abstainers Have Comparable Regional Gray Matter Volumes

June 17, 2020

Researchers Probe Brain's 24-Hour Biological Clock for Neurodegenerative Risks

June 15, 2020

Study Links Mental Health Treatment to Improved Outcomes for Veterans with Lung Cancer

June 4, 2020

Bringing Critical Medical Devices Online with 3D Printing

May 11, 2020

Veterans Benefit from Cardiac Rehab From VA and Non-VA Programs

April 8, 2020

Lifesaving Face Shields for Health Care Workers are Newest 3D-Printing Project

April 7, 2020

New Study Finds Veterans at Greater Risk for Dementia and Alzheimer's

September 22, 2019

Increasing Blood Pressure Medications at Hospital Discharge May Pose Serious Risk

August 19, 2019

Moisturizers May Be Turning Your Skin Into 'Swiss Cheese'

August 16, 2019

Most Seniors with Dementia Live at Home, Despite Pain, Anxiety, Poor Health

August 6, 2019

Study Offers Hint of Hope for Staving Off Dementia in Some People

January 28, 2019

Depression, Anxiety May Take Same Toll on Health as Smoking and Obesity

December 17, 2018

HIV latency differs across tissues in the body

November 11, 2018

Tools to Help Older Adults Guide Future Medical Care Study Shows Promise for Advance Care Planning in Diverse Populations

October 29, 2018

3D-Printed Bones are Helping Doctors Prepare for Surgeries Models Can Be Shared with Patients

October 24, 2018

Millions Suffer Mild TBI Every Year With Dangers of Everyday Concussions Revealed, Scientists Race to Find Solutions

October 17, 2018

Keto Diets Gain Popularity. Scientists Explain What We Do and Don't Know

August 30, 2018

Newly Discovered PTSD Study Of Fear Conditioning In Men Vs Women Veterans

July 2, 2018