Response to COVID-19

Louise Aronson, MD was on NBC Nightly News discussing The Impact of the Pandemic on Isolated Older Adults and Ways to Help.

Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS was quoted in an article entitled, "Seniors Making It Through Pandemic With a Little Tech and a Lot of Wisdom" published in KQED.

Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS was quoted in an article entitled, "Coping With COVID-19: It Takes More Than Medicine" published in Next Avenue.

Brie Williams, MD, MS was selected to join the Emerson Collective Fellowship. As an Emerson Collective Fellow, she joins the cross-disciplinary Recover and Renew Cohort responding to COVID-19 with projects that aim to reimagine our systems and explore the path to a just recovery.

Michi Yukawa, MD was invited to join the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) Older adult expert panel to review COVID-19 vaccine trials. Since August, she and her fellow panelists have been reviewing COVID-19 vaccine protocols in the US and providing recommendations to ensure these trials are meeting the needs of older adults.

Diana Anderson, MD, ACHA just had a paper published this weekend, which she started while in her geri fellowship last year, entitled Nursing Home Design and COVID-19: Balancing Infection Control, Quality of Life, and Resilience in JAMDA.

Louise Aronson, MD was named to the California State Covid-19 Vaccine Guidelines Drafting Workgroup, was featured in an NBC News story on The hidden Covid-19 health crisis: Elderly people are dying from isolation, and 

Brie Williams, MD, MS is quoted and Amend at UCSF is mentioned in a UCSF Campus News article entitled "For Prisoners, Pandemic Hits with Greater Force" as UCSF Programs working to protect the health of prison residents and staff especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Courtney Gordon, DNP, MSN, Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS, and Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS were involved in a panel discussion "Social Isolation and Loneliness at Home in the Time of COVID-19 - A Review of Interventions Done and Lessons Learned" with

Louise Aronson, MD has been highly involved in Geriatrics education in the past month and have received recognition for her work. Dr.