Center for Aging in Diverse Communities
University of California, San Francisco
1997-1998 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Factors Influencing Adherence with Antidepressant Medications in Minority Elderly. Patricia A. Areán, PhD
and Heather Uncaphor, PhD
2. Perceived Benefits and Barriers to Physical Activity in Older White and Latina Women. Teresa Juarbe, RN,
PhD
3. Does Management by Cardiologists Improve Congestive Heart Failure Outcomes? Mark Alexander, PhD
1998-1999 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Does Race Influence the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease in the Elderly: Data from a Non-profit HMO
Alicia Fernández, M.D.
2. Family Medicine and Domestic Violence. Michael A. Rodríguez, M.D., M.P.H.
3. Cervical Cancer Screening Outcomes in Low Income Women in the United States. George F. Sawaya,
M.D.
4. Health and Functioning in Minority Grandparent Caregivers. Cynthia Castro, Ph.D.
1999-2000 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Health Practices, Beliefs and Experiences of Older Americans of Mixed Race. Cathy J. Tashiro, Ph.D.
2. Race and Thyroid Dysfunction. Alka Kanaya, M.D.
3. Assessing Barriers to Colon Cancer Screening Among Vietnamese Americans. Bang H. Nguyen, MPP,
DrPH
4. Promoting Entry into Psychotherapy: The Effects of Pre-treatment Orientation for Older Low-income
African American Medical Patients. Jennifer Alvidrez, Ph.D.
2000-2001 Pilot Studies Funded
1. The Meaning of Social Support and General Well-Being in Elderly Asian Immigrants. Sabrina T. Wong,
RN, PhD & Grace Yoo, PhD
2. Community-based Education to Improve the Deliver of Adult Immunizations in Racial and Ethnic Minority
Communities. Nicholas A. Daniels, MD, MPH
3. Quality of Care and Barriers to Care for Elderly Non-English Speaking Chinese-Americans. Tung Nguyen,
MD
2001-2002 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Representation of Diverse Ethnic, Gender, and Age Groups in Published NIMH-funded Clinical Trials: The
Effects of NIH Guidelines on Recruitment and Analysis in the Past 5 years. Winnie Mak, PhD & Jennifer
Alvidrez, PhD
2. Health Literacy and Self Care Practices Among Elderly Black and Latina Women. Jan Gates, Ph.d.
3. Prevalence and Correlates of Anxiety symptoms in black and White elders. Kala M. Mehta, D.Sc.
4. The Meaning of Social Support and General Well-Being in Elderly Asian Immigrants. Part II: Psychometric
and Conceptual Analysis. Sabrina T. Wong, RN, PhD & Grace Yoo, PhD
5. Survey of Physicians on Cancer Prevention. Anna Nápoles-Springer, MPH, Ph.D.
6. Use of the Pedometer as a Tool to Increase Lifestyle Physical Activity in Older African-American and
Filipina Women. Audie Atienza, Ph.D. & Leslie A. Pruitt, Ph.D.
2002-2003 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Life course Measure of socioeconomic Status and Health in Older Diverse Populations. Sandra
Moody-Ayers, M.D.
2. Development of a Life Course Events Measurement Tool. Irene H. Yen, Ph.D., M.P.H.
3. The Effects of Interpersonal Processes of Care on Adherence and Self Efficacy for Managing
Chronic Conditions in Diverse Patients. Anna Nápoles-Springer, MPH, Ph.D.
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2003-2004 Pilot Studies Funded (supplement from NIA supported two projects)
1. Use of the pedometer as a tool to increase lifestyle physical activity in older African American
and Filipina Women, Part II. Leslie A. Pruitt, PhD
2. Testing the Feasibility of Using Racially-Specific Genetic markers to Correct for Genetic
Confounding in Case-Control Genetic Association Studies in Racially Diverse Populations.
Esteban Gonzalez Burchard, MD
4. The prevalence of herbal medication use in older Chinese Adults. Alexander Li, MD
5. Out-of-Pocket Medication Expenditures in Chronic Heart Failure. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo,
PhD, MD
6. Comparison of Fatalistic Attitudes Between Latino Men and Women. Rene Salazar, MD
7. Characterization of Elderly Asians with Cognitive Deficits. Craig E. Hou, MD
8. Race/Ethnicity and Drug Adherence in CHF Patients. Jie Huang, PhD
9. An Exploration of Elderly African Americans' Experiences with Pharmacists and Pharmacy Care
Services. Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD
2004-2005 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Use and outcomes of anticoagulation among frail elders with atrial fibrillation. Margaret Fang, MD,
MPH
2. Health Status of South Asians in California. Kala Mehta, Dsc
3. Video Medical Interpretation in Limited English Proficiency patients in a Cardiology Clinic. Kirsten
Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD
4. Development of a Life Course Events Measurement Tool. Irene H. Yen, PhD, MPH
2005-2006 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Measuring Acculturation and Diet Among Older South Asians: Focus Group for the CHAAT Study. Alka
Kanaya MD.
2. Care Practices and Patient Preferences for Dialysis Among Elderly Patients with Chronic Kidney
Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease. Manjula Kurella, MD MPH
3. The Changing Orientation Toward Cancer Preventive Care in Two Generations of Filipina Immigrants.
Aimee Afable-Munsuz, PhD
2006-2007 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Problem-Solving Therapy for Depression in Chinese American Elderly. Joyce Chu, PhD
2 Aging, Cognitive Decline and Health Behaviors: An Analysis of Ethnic Differences. Sukyung Chung,
PhD
3. Health Literacy among Hemodialysis Patients and its Association with Placement on Renal Transplant
Wait-List.
Vanessa Grubbs, MD MPH
4. Factors Influencing Preventive Cancer Screening Among Diverse Women. Sue Kim, PhD, MPH
2007-2008 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Day-to-day Impact of Vaginal Aging (DIVA). Alison Huang, PhD
2. Development of a Spanish Cognitive Screening Battery for Dementia. Katya Rascovsky, PhD
3. Using Measures of Racism in Health-Related Research on Older African Americans. Angela
Thrasher, PhD
2008-2009 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Are there Disparities in Access to Care for Elderly Trauma Patients, and what are the Effects of
these Disparities on Outcomes? A Look at California Minority and Non-Minority Elderly Trauma
Patients, 1999-2006. Renee Hsia, MD MSc
2. Elder Mistreatment among Chinese and Korean immigrants: An Exploration of Definitions and
Experiences in a Community Setting. Yeonshim Lee, PhD, MSW
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3. Impact of Shared Decision-making in Minority Populations with Heart Disease. Grace A. Lin,
MD, MAS
2009-2010 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Racial and Ethnic Difference in Health Services Utilization Among Older Adults at the End of
Life: Explanatory Factors. Alexander Keliimoeanu O’Haleakala Smith, MD, MS, MPH
2. Medication Communication among Vulnerable Cardiology Patients: An Analysis of the VMI
Study. Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH
3. Race and Ethnic Disparity in Mental Health and Physical Injury among Personal Assistance
Service Workers. Rani Eversley
4. Tailoring a mobile phone based physical activity intervention to overweight/obese
ethnic/minority women using a mixed method. Yoshimi Fukuoka, PhD, RN
2010-2011 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Understanding Barriers to Metabolic Screening of Minorities with Severe Mental Illness: A
Survey Study of Primary Care Physicians. Christina Mangurian, MD.
2. Understanding Integrated Care Delivery for Older Minorities: Creating a Framework and
Exploring New Definitions. Kara Odom-Walker, MD MPH MSHS.
3. Medication Management in Aging Minority Populations. Nancy Nkansah, PharmD MBA.
4. Exploratory Study of Organizational, Community, and Geographic Factors Affecting
Mammography Access and Use Among Older Limited English-Speaking Chinese Women. Kim
Nguyen, ScD.
2011-2012 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Socioeconomic factors, metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers in relation to dementia and
cognitive decline among older Mexican Americans. Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, MS, PhD.
2. Racial and Ethnic Differences in long-term Care between Medicare Only and Dually-Eligible
Elders. Arpita Chattopadhyay, PhD.
3. Evaluation of Technology Usability and Validity among Minority Women Completing the Athena
Breast Health Questionnaire. Cristina Thorsen, MD, MPH.
2012-2013 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Differences in Long-Term Care (LTC) between Medicare Only and Dual Eligible Elders. Arpita
Chattopadhyay, PhD.
2. Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) of Gene-Environment (GxE) Interactions for Breast
Cancer in U.S. Latinas. Laura Fejerman, M.Sc., Ph.D.
3. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Low Socioeconomic status (SES) Latinas in the San
Francisco Bay Area. Rosa Maria A. Sternberg, PhD, RN.
4. Translating an Evidenced-Based Fall Prevention Intervention to Asian Elders Thu T. Quach,
MPH, PhD and Susan M. Huang, MD.
2013-2014 Pilot Studies Funded
1. Race/ethnicity, life course socioeconomic factors, and cognitive performance among nonHispanic white and African American young to middle-aged adults: findings from the Coronary
Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, MS, PhD.
2. Inflammatory markers and incident breast cancer in older African-American and white women:
the Health, Aging and Body Composition study. Dejana Braithwaite, PhD.
3. MicroRNA Expression Associated with Type-2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in
South Asians. Elena Flowers, RN, PhD, MAS.
4. Dietary Behaviors of Older Filipino Adults with Cardiovascular Disease. Jane Jih, MD, MPH.
5. Developing Tools for Biomonitoring of Premature Aging in a Diverse Sample of Breast Cancer
Survivors. Julio Ramirez, PhD.
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2014-2015 Pilot Studies Funded
1. A Community Partnership For Increasing Ehealth Literacy In Low-Income & Minority Older
Adults. Diego E. Castaneda Dr.PH MPH and Grace C. Nui, PhD
2. Group Acupuncture for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Among Older Minority Patients with Limited
English Proficiency. Maria T. Chao DrPH MPA
3. Racial/ethnic differences in dementia incidence and survival among older adults. Elizabeth
Rose Mayeda, PhD, MPH
4. The role of Unhealthy Behaviors in the Relationship between Biomarkers of Stress and
Depressive Symptomatology. Erik Rodriquez, PhD, MPH
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