T32 Research Fellow in Aging
University of California, San Francisco
I am a Geriatrician and a Family Medicine physician and a current NIH T32 Research Fellow in Aging at UCSF’s Division of Geriatrics. My primary research interests are drawn from my commitment to working in urban communities, where diversity, complexity, and inequities intersect to serve marginalized populations and address systemic barriers to deliver compassionate, patient-centered care. My research examines how psychological resilience, social context, and inequity influence symptom burden, function, and quality of life among older adults with serious illness. Clinically, I serve as an attending geriatrician within UCSF’s Hematology, Oncology, Blood & Marrow Transplant, and Cellular Therapy Program, integrating geriatric and palliative care for patients with complex multimorbidity. My passions include medical education, advocacy via asylum evaluations for refugees with Physicians for Human Rights, writing poetry, and being a faculty leader for The Healer’s Art. I will be continuing my clinical education with a palliative medicine fellowship at UCSF in July 2026.
RPD209 - “Nobody Told Us”: Inequities in End-Of-Life Dementia Care
Thursday, March 5, 2026
2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose