Dementia and Cognitive Impairment

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Active Projects: 79

Project	Investigator	All Topics	Start date	End date
Mentorship for -Managing Diagnostic Uncertainty: An Examination of the Interplay of Technology, Medical Knowledge, and Law in Diagnostic Practice. The Case of Epilepsy	Vincanne Adams, PhD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Systematic Reviews and Guideline Development	11/1/03	1/31/06
California Non-AD Diagnostic Reliability Consortium	Julene Johnson, PhD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Aging	7/1/04	6/30/07
Effect of Cognitive Remediation on BDNF Levels in Schizophrenia		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/15/08	2/28/09
Development and Validation of a Diagnostic Tool for HIV Dementia		HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/08	6/30/10
UCSF-Kaiser Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Program	Ruth Greenblatt, MD	HIV/AIDS, Noncommunicable and/or Chronic Disease, Cancer/Oncology, Cardiovascular Disease, Diet, Exercise, and Obesity, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Women's Health, UCSF Professional Education	9/14/05	7/31/10
The Development of a Tool to Identify Peripheral Neuropathy and HIV Associated Dementia		HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/09	12/31/10
The Development of a Tool to Identify Peripheral Neuropathy and HIV Associated Dementia		HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/09	5/31/11
Racial Disparities in Cognitive Impairment Health Outcomes PA00-019	Kala Mehta, DSc, MPH	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	8/1/05	6/1/11
Isolated Executive Impairment and Cognitive Decline	Julene Johnson, PhD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	6/1/04	9/30/11
Dementia in HIV Patients over 60 Years of Age	Victor Valcour, MD, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/30/08	7/31/12
Predictors & Outcomes of Cognitive Trajectories in the Oldest of Old	Kristine Yaffe, MD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/30/07	5/31/13
HIV-1 Specific Immune Responses in Thai Individuals with HIV Dementia	Victor Valcour, MD, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	8/1/09	7/31/13
New Approaches to Dementia Heterogeneity		Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	5/15/09	3/31/14
Alameda MHSA-Early Intervention at Onset of First Psychosis		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Adolescent Health	7/1/10	6/30/14
Pilot Trial in Wearable computing technology in mild to moderate Alzheimer's type Dementia: development of an Automated Reality Orientation App	Pierre Theodore, MD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/13	6/30/14
MRI Signature of PD Heterogeneity		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	1/1/12	9/30/14
Peripheral Reservoir of HIV Monocytes Pivotal to Cognition in HIV	Victor Valcour, MD, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	8/1/09	1/31/15
Predictors of MCI/Dementia among the Oldest Old Women	Kristine Yaffe, MD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Women's Health	3/1/09	2/28/15
PET ligands for measuring tau in the brains of combatants after traumatic brain injury.		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Trauma and PTSD	3/1/13	2/28/15
National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center, NACC		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/09	6/30/15
HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment and antiretroviral adherence: secondary data analysis of the THINK2 prospective cohort study	Laura Saucier, MS	HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/14	9/1/15
The Translational Alzheimer Disease Research Program		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	2/1/11	1/31/16
The effects of alcohol on acute HIV associated neurocognitive disorders	Christopher Pilcher, MD	HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Substance Abuse	9/1/15	3/31/16
Molecular Pathogenesis of Age Dependent Neurodegeneration		Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	4/1/11	3/31/16
Social Resources That Preserve Functional Independence After Memory Loss	Maria Glymour, ScD, MS	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	4/20/13	4/19/16
Multicenter ALS Cohort Study of Oxidative Stress and Disease Progression		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	5/1/10	4/30/16
Aging Among the Homeless: Geriatric Conditions, Health and Healthcare Outcomes	Margot Kushel, MD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Trauma and PTSD, Access or Barriers to Care, Stigma and Discrimination, Substance Abuse	9/30/12	5/31/16
Medical Scientist Training Program		Noncommunicable and/or Chronic Disease, Cancer/Oncology, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Residencies, Fellowships, and Postdoctoral Training, UCSF Professional Education	7/1/11	6/30/16
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention	George Rutherford, MD	Occupational and Environmental Disease, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Pediatrics, Systematic Reviews and Guideline Development	9/1/14	6/30/16
Towards Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases		Drug and Diagnostics Development, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/8/15	8/31/16
Variations in Brain Functional Complexity Across Neurodegeneration		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	1/22/15	2/25/17
Accelerated Biological Aging in Schizophrenia		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	5/1/12	4/29/17
Burden, Depression, and Health in Dementia Caregivers: the Role of Emotion		Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	8/15/12	4/30/17
HIV Tropism, Persistence, Inflammation, and Neurocognition in Therapy Initiation	Richard Price, MD	HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	8/22/11	5/31/17
Long-Term Central Nervous System (CNS) Consequences of Treatment during Acute Infection	Victor Valcour, MD, PhD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/26/11	5/31/17
Creating Maps of 4D Brain Images to Unravel Dementia Heterogeneity of Aging HIV Population	Victor Valcour, MD, PhD	Drug and Diagnostics Development, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	8/15/14	5/31/17
Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Images, and Emotions		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/12	5/31/17
University of California Global Health Institute Program for Fellows and Scholars	Craig Cohen, MD, MPH	Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Zoonosis, Emerging Disease, and Drug Resistance, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), HIV/AIDS, Opportunistic Infection, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Noncommunicable and/or Chronic Disease, Surgery and Anesthesia, Cancer/Oncology, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Diabetes, Occupational and Environmental Disease, Diet, Exercise, and Obesity, Malnutrition, Micronutrients, Food Insecurity, Eye Disease and Blindness, Oral Health, Drug and Diagnostics Development, Immunology, Genetics, Pharmacology and Drug Treatment, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Trauma and PTSD, Women's Health, Aging, Labor and Delivery, Family Planning, Pediatrics, Newborn and Infant Health, Adolescent Health, Health Economics and Effectiveness, Access or Barriers to Care, Immigration and Migration, Stigma and Discrimination, Smoking and Tobacco, Policy and Standards of Care, Systematic Reviews and Guideline Development, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Triangulation, Global Strategic Information, Implementation and Behavioral Science, Engagement in Care, Substance Abuse, Treatment Adherence, Health Systems Strengthening, Risk Reduction and Prevention, Residencies, Fellowships, and Postdoctoral Training	7/1/15	6/30/17
Undiagnosed PD in the ED: Unrealized Opportunity for Early Intervention	Sopiko Jimsheleishvili, MS	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/16	6/30/17
Epidemiology of Functional Status in Elderly Hispanics	Mary Haan, DrPH, MPH	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/13	6/30/17
Mechanisms of Spatial Cognitive Impairment in Neurodegenerative Disease		Drug and Diagnostics Development, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/11	6/30/17
Midcareer Mentoring Award for Patient-Oriented Research in HIV and Cognition	Victor Valcour, MD, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Residencies, Fellowships, and Postdoctoral Training	12/6/12	11/30/17
Formation and Spreading of Tau Prions in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy		Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Trauma and PTSD	12/4/14	12/4/17
ALS Center of Excellence at UCSF		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/10	1/31/18
Developing Tau Prion Therapeutics for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy		Noncommunicable and/or Chronic Disease, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Trauma and PTSD	10/5/15	4/5/18
Study of Osteoporotic Fractures	Kristine Yaffe, MD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Women's Health, Aging	9/1/11	5/31/18
Multi-center evaluation of improved RT-QuIC diagnostic assays for Creutzfeldt-Jakob and other human prion diseases	Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD	Drug and Diagnostics Development, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	2/1/16	7/30/18
Developing low-cost cognitive tools for dementia assessment in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs)		Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	3/1/17	2/28/19
Environment and cognitive decline in older hispanics	Mary Haan, DrPH, MPH	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Aging	5/1/15	4/30/19
Genetic architecture of memory and executive functioning in Alzheimer's disease Glymour Subcontract with University of Washington. PI: Paul Crane Reference: Grant number 1A01AG042437-01A1	Maria Glymour, ScD, MS	Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/14	5/31/19
Diffusion Tensor Imaging Processing and Group Analysis		Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/10	6/30/19
Predictors of Cognitive Aging across the Lifecourse	Kristine Yaffe, MD	Noncommunicable and/or Chronic Disease, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Risk Reduction and Prevention	6/1/13	11/30/19
Science-based Innovation in Learning Center for ELL and LD	Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD	Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Pediatrics, Patient and Peer Education	1/1/17	12/31/19
Expanded Multidisciplinary NeuroAIDS Research Training to Improve HIV Outcomes in Nigeria	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH	HIV/AIDS, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	4/1/19	1/31/20
Napping, Sleep, Cognitive Decline and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease	Yue Leng, PhD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	8/15/17	2/15/20
Testosterone's role in sex-specific outcomes after early anesthesia	Jeffrey Sall, PhD, MD	Surgery and Anesthesia, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Pediatrics, Adolescent Health	3/1/15	2/29/20
ACC: Callosal Agenesis as a Window into Common Neurodevelopment Disorders	Elliott Sherr, MD, PhD	Genetics, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	5/1/15	4/30/20
Lifecourse health, cerebral pathology and ethnic disparities in dementia	Maria Glymour, ScD, MS	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/18	5/31/20
Psychometric Integrative Technology for Cognitive Health Research	Maria Glymour, ScD, MS	Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/15/15	5/31/20
Predicting progression of human prion disease	Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD	Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/16	5/31/20
A Multicenter, Multinational, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Laquinimod (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mg/day) as Treatment in Patients with Huntington's Disease	Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD	Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	6/1/15	5/31/20
Interventions for Symptom Management in Older Patients with HAND	Victor Valcour, MD, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/26/14	6/30/20
Traumatic brain injury education	Alisa Gean, MD	Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/14	6/30/20
Epidemiology of stroke	Anthony Kim, MD	Cardiovascular Disease, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	7/1/14	6/30/20
Community-based pediatric rehabilitation in India	Mitul Kapadia, MD, MPH	Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Trauma and PTSD, Pediatrics, Access or Barriers to Care	7/1/14	6/30/20
Global Brain Health Institute	Victor Valcour, MD, PhD	Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Training International Scholars and Clinicians, Residencies, Fellowships, and Postdoctoral Training	7/1/14	6/30/20
Epidemiology of Age-related Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Brain Pathology in a Multiethnic Cohort of Oldest-Old	Maria Glymour, ScD, MS	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/18	6/30/20
Effects of Polydrug Use, Adulterants and HIV on Cardiac Injury in Homeless Women	Elise Riley, PhD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Women's Health, Access or Barriers to Care, Stigma and Discrimination, Substance Abuse	8/1/14	7/31/20
Sleep, cognitive decline and dementia-a comparison between China and the US	Yue Leng, PhD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	10/1/18	9/30/20
Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain? A Pooled Life-course Cohort for Dementia Risk Assessment	Kristine Yaffe, MD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	5/1/17	4/30/21
Lifecourse health, cerebral pathology and ethnic disparities in dementia	Maria Glymour, ScD, MS	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	6/1/16	5/31/21
Neuropathological changes underlying clinical heterogeneity in Alzheimer disease		Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Residencies, Fellowships, and Postdoctoral Training	8/15/16	5/31/21
Understanding literacy acquisition through immersion in foreign languages	Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/15	6/30/21
A cross-national perspective on social integration and cognitive aging for Mexican-origin adults in the U.S. and Mexico: Quantifying the effects of both local and cross-border social integration	Jacqueline Torres, PhD	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Aging	7/15/17	4/30/22
University of California Global Health Institute Program for Fellows and Scholars	Craig Cohen, MD, MPH	Infectious Disease, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Surgery and Anesthesia, Cancer/Oncology, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Diabetes, Occupational and Environmental Disease, Eye Disease and Blindness, Oral Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Trauma and PTSD, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Policy and Standards of Care, Epidemiology and Surveillance	7/1/17	6/30/22
The inverse association between cancer and Alzheimers disease: comparing spurious and causal explanations to illuminate the causes of Alzheimers disease	Maria Glymour, ScD, MS	Pharmacology and Drug Treatment, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	8/15/18	7/31/22
Closing the gap between observational research and randomized trials for prevention of Alzheimer's Disease and dementia	Maria Glymour, ScD, MS	Drug and Diagnostics Development, Neurology and Mental Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/1/18	4/30/23
Cognitive Function, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in the HAALSI Cohort	Maria Glymour, ScD, MS	Cardiovascular Disease, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/30/18	5/31/23
The Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative: Connecting Genomics, Subcellular Networks, and Higher Order Phenotypes	Nevan Krogan, PhD, MSc	Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	9/5/18	6/30/23

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