Response to COVID-19

Brie Williams, MD, MS presented in the webinar COVID-19 and North American Corrections: Learnings for Australia coordinated by the Australia OPCAT (Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture) Network.

Louise Aronson, MD publishes an invited commentary article entitled "Evidence, Efficacy, and Economics—A Better Path Forward for US Health Care" in JAMA Network Open. Dr. Aronson shares her thoughts on a new study of teleheatlh in low income elders.

A team of our Division statisticians comprising Bocheng Jing, Siqi Gan, Sun Young Jeon, MS, PhD and Sei Lee, MD, MAS, John Boscardin, PhD, and Sarah Ngo, MLIS, CCRP won 3^rd place in a Veterans Hea

Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS and Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS were awarded a $35,000 grant from the Metta Fund. The funding will support their collaboration with the Institute on Aging Friendship Line to understand strategies to address loneliness and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Drs. John Newman, Diana Anderson, and Leah Witt were panelists during yesterday’s “Design for Aging” symposium sponsored by the American Institute of Architects, San Francisco.

Michael Steinman, MD was quoted in the August edition of Consumer Reports on Health about how COVID-19 is impacting people seeking health care. Read Dr. Steinman's quote the "Question of the Month" section under the "On Your Mind" segment on page 12.

Drs. Kenneth Lam, Amy Lu, and Ying Shi published an article entitled "Assessing Telemedicine Unreadiness Among Older Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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