Krista Harrison, PhD
@kristalynharrison.bsky.social
Social scientist | how to make end-of-life less terrible | hospice, pal care & home care for older adults with serious illnesses, dementia | policy & aging research at UCSF | All views my own
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/krista.harrison
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/krista.harrison
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Our new paper in @agsjournal.bsky.social compares dementia end-of-life caregiving experiences. Labor of love to use poetic analysis in this secondary analysis of qualitative data, comparing #prion & #ADRD #dementia types, and develop a new conceptual model #hapc #neuropal
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Drs. Lauren Hunt, @kristalynharrison.bsky.social, & colleagues published in Am J Hosp Palliat Care on how the Care Ecosystem model impacts end-of-life outcomes in dementia care. #geriatrics pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40827842/
The Effect of the Care Ecosystem Collaborative Care Model on End-of-Life Outcomes for People With Dementia and Their Caregivers - PubMed
ContextCollaborative care models that feature care navigation have been found to have a range of benefit for people with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers, but their effect on end-of-life (EOL)…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Drs. Lauren Hunt, @kristalynharrison.bsky.social, & colleagues published in Am J Hosp Palliat Care on how the Care Ecosystem model impacts end-of-life outcomes in dementia care. #geriatrics pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40827842/
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How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge?
I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.
tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.
tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
![The Human Toll
The US is undergoing rapid social, economic, and policy change.
If you've been impacted, we want to hear your story!
To participate, visit: https://tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
Study sponsored under University of Wisconsin-Madison IRB Protocol #2025-1096. PI: Dr. Jessica Calarco
Participants must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the US
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July 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge?
I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.
tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.
tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
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📢 UCSF is recruiting Asian, Black, & Latino former caregivers for a study to improve end-of-life care for those with dementia. Share your story & earn up to $160. Learn more: [https://geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/recruiting-participants] #dementia #caregiving
June 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
📢 UCSF is recruiting Asian, Black, & Latino former caregivers for a study to improve end-of-life care for those with dementia. Share your story & earn up to $160. Learn more: [https://geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/recruiting-participants] #dementia #caregiving
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🎓 Huge congrats to our graduating T32 fellows!
👏 Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, DrPH, MS
👏 Angela Suen, MD
👏 Lingsheng Li, MD, MHS @lingshengli.bsky.social
We’re thrilled they’ll continue advancing care for older adults—two as UCSF faculty and one at SF General & Chinese Hospital! 💙 #geriatrics
👏 Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, DrPH, MS
👏 Angela Suen, MD
👏 Lingsheng Li, MD, MHS @lingshengli.bsky.social
We’re thrilled they’ll continue advancing care for older adults—two as UCSF faculty and one at SF General & Chinese Hospital! 💙 #geriatrics
June 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🎓 Huge congrats to our graduating T32 fellows!
👏 Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, DrPH, MS
👏 Angela Suen, MD
👏 Lingsheng Li, MD, MHS @lingshengli.bsky.social
We’re thrilled they’ll continue advancing care for older adults—two as UCSF faculty and one at SF General & Chinese Hospital! 💙 #geriatrics
👏 Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, DrPH, MS
👏 Angela Suen, MD
👏 Lingsheng Li, MD, MHS @lingshengli.bsky.social
We’re thrilled they’ll continue advancing care for older adults—two as UCSF faculty and one at SF General & Chinese Hospital! 💙 #geriatrics
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Reposted by Krista Harrison, PhD
🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
May 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
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#AGS25 Geri Lit Review @amergeriatrics.bsky.social
Thank you @kencovinsky.bsky.social @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social for an incredibly fun and memorable learning+sing-along experience about all things #Geriatrics!
@ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social
Thank you @kencovinsky.bsky.social @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social for an incredibly fun and memorable learning+sing-along experience about all things #Geriatrics!
@ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#AGS25 Geri Lit Review @amergeriatrics.bsky.social
Thank you @kencovinsky.bsky.social @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social for an incredibly fun and memorable learning+sing-along experience about all things #Geriatrics!
@ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social
Thank you @kencovinsky.bsky.social @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social for an incredibly fun and memorable learning+sing-along experience about all things #Geriatrics!
@ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social
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What language do you use when talking about deprescribing? Fabulous research from Nancy Schoenborn #AGS25 showing what resonates more with patients
May 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What language do you use when talking about deprescribing? Fabulous research from Nancy Schoenborn #AGS25 showing what resonates more with patients
Callback to the @geripal.bsky.social #thickenedliquidschallenge #ags2025 #WeAreGeriatrics #litreview
Commonly used but data sparse for dysphasia in hospitals and nursing homes. “Thin” evidence for mortality reduction and patients dislike
Commonly used but data sparse for dysphasia in hospitals and nursing homes. “Thin” evidence for mortality reduction and patients dislike
May 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Callback to the @geripal.bsky.social #thickenedliquidschallenge #ags2025 #WeAreGeriatrics #litreview
Commonly used but data sparse for dysphasia in hospitals and nursing homes. “Thin” evidence for mortality reduction and patients dislike
Commonly used but data sparse for dysphasia in hospitals and nursing homes. “Thin” evidence for mortality reduction and patients dislike
Sing-along state of the science at #AGS2025 by @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @kencovinsky.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social complete with light sticks at 8:45 am
#WeAreGeriatrics
#WeAreGeriatrics
May 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Sing-along state of the science at #AGS2025 by @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @kencovinsky.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social complete with light sticks at 8:45 am
#WeAreGeriatrics
#WeAreGeriatrics
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Absolutely brilliant science communication by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social and Marta Tufet of GAVI. Clear explanation of why placebo controlled trials are not required for vaccines already known to be efficacious. I had to share.
May 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Absolutely brilliant science communication by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social and Marta Tufet of GAVI. Clear explanation of why placebo controlled trials are not required for vaccines already known to be efficacious. I had to share.
In case anyone at #AGS2025 is on #gerisky… first 24h in Chicago involved a Cubs/Giants game (and amusing rivalry between @kencovinsky.bsky.social and @lwaltermd.bsky.social) and my first @deprescribeus.bsky.social meeting!
#WeAreGeriatrics
#WeAreGeriatrics
May 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In case anyone at #AGS2025 is on #gerisky… first 24h in Chicago involved a Cubs/Giants game (and amusing rivalry between @kencovinsky.bsky.social and @lwaltermd.bsky.social) and my first @deprescribeus.bsky.social meeting!
#WeAreGeriatrics
#WeAreGeriatrics
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Powerful graphic. In a single day on April 25, a DOGE-fueled NSF canceled 340,226 future days of research.
Or 932 years.
[And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]
Or 932 years.
[And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]
For #TidyTuesday this week, we're looking at data on terminations of NSF grants 📊
🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Powerful graphic. In a single day on April 25, a DOGE-fueled NSF canceled 340,226 future days of research.
Or 932 years.
[And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]
Or 932 years.
[And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]
Reposted by Krista Harrison, PhD
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Delighted to see @lwaltermd.bsky.social receive the Hal Luft Mentoring Award at @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social #HSR Symposia today. She’s describing building a culture of mentoring in @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social, which has certainly made my career possible
April 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Delighted to see @lwaltermd.bsky.social receive the Hal Luft Mentoring Award at @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social #HSR Symposia today. She’s describing building a culture of mentoring in @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social, which has certainly made my career possible
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Process of ordering supplemental oxygen and advising patients is very confusing. This outstanding review will teach physicians how to navigate the process and advocate for their patients. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
A Person-Centered Approach to Supplemental Oxygen Therapy in the Outpatient Setting
This Review proposes a person-centered framework to improve independence and quality of life for people using supplemental oxygen and summarizes supplemental oxygen evidence and landscape in the outpa...
jamanetwork.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Process of ordering supplemental oxygen and advising patients is very confusing. This outstanding review will teach physicians how to navigate the process and advocate for their patients. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Krista Harrison, PhD
Explore how socioeconomic status shapes end-of-life experiences in the @jama.com publication, Wealth Disparities in End-of-Life Symptom Burden Among Older Adults, senior-authored by IHPS faculty member @kristalynharrison.bsky.social.
April 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Explore how socioeconomic status shapes end-of-life experiences in the @jama.com publication, Wealth Disparities in End-of-Life Symptom Burden Among Older Adults, senior-authored by IHPS faculty member @kristalynharrison.bsky.social.
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Important column by the brilliant Ninez Ponce at our sister center at UCLA on federal changes and disappearances to key public data.
www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Data Democracy in Crisis: How Changing Federal Data Reshapes Research and Representation | Milbank Memorial Fund
Recent political events have data custodians and users across the country asking an important question—if the federal government is backing away from its historical role as a leader in advancing data ...
www.milbank.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Important column by the brilliant Ninez Ponce at our sister center at UCLA on federal changes and disappearances to key public data.
www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
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"Women" were on the forbidden word list. The Women's Health Initiative helped us understand Hormone Replacement Therapy. We had this study because NIH had frequently *left women out* of their studies.
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Women" were on the forbidden word list. The Women's Health Initiative helped us understand Hormone Replacement Therapy. We had this study because NIH had frequently *left women out* of their studies.
Reposted by Krista Harrison, PhD
Prepping for the first family camping trip of the year always leads to side projects, like removing too-small clothing from my son’s drawer as I look for his camping gear, and at least 3 trips to REI
April 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Prepping for the first family camping trip of the year always leads to side projects, like removing too-small clothing from my son’s drawer as I look for his camping gear, and at least 3 trips to REI
Reposted by Krista Harrison, PhD
A major paper @nature.com this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine.
I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
The Shingles Vaccine and Reduction of Dementia
A compelling new study adds to the body of data supporting some protection provided by the vaccine
erictopol.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A major paper @nature.com this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine.
I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
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A blood test for Alzheimer's risk! World-changing research coming out of @washumedicine.bsky.social 🩺 #MedSky
Without investment from NIH, none of this would be possible.
source.washu.edu/2025/03/high...
Without investment from NIH, none of this would be possible.
source.washu.edu/2025/03/high...
Highly accurate blood test diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease, measures extent of dementia
A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condi...
source.washu.edu
April 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A blood test for Alzheimer's risk! World-changing research coming out of @washumedicine.bsky.social 🩺 #MedSky
Without investment from NIH, none of this would be possible.
source.washu.edu/2025/03/high...
Without investment from NIH, none of this would be possible.
source.washu.edu/2025/03/high...
“Leadership of the National Institute on Aging was apparently “decimated,” …NIA is among the most important funders of research into diseases like Alzheimer’s.”
#gerisky #geronsky #nih
Our research tries to make aging & serious illness less terrible and more supported …
#gerisky #geronsky #nih
Our research tries to make aging & serious illness less terrible and more supported …
As the "bloodbath" unfolds, newly confirmed NIH director Jay Bhattacharya sent staff an email this morning saying he was "honored to lead NIH."
"Sounding far too much like a vet talking about putting a dog down, he then said he would try and lead NIH through these reforms 'humanely.'"
"Sounding far too much like a vet talking about putting a dog down, he then said he would try and lead NIH through these reforms 'humanely.'"
'Bloodbath' at NIH and Elsewhere at HHS Begins
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reposted by Krista Harrison, PhD
1- The value of inclusive research: more accurate estimates of disease risk.
Analysis of data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (N=15,000) estimates a "lifetime risk of #dementia of 42% after age 55, more than double previous estimates."
#geronsky
www.nia.nih.gov/news/risk-an...
Analysis of data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (N=15,000) estimates a "lifetime risk of #dementia of 42% after age 55, more than double previous estimates."
#geronsky
www.nia.nih.gov/news/risk-an...
Risk and future burden of dementia in the United States
NIA study reveals that nearly 42% of Americans over 55 may develop dementia, with new cases possibly doubling by 2060. Learn about the rising risk and future impact.
www.nia.nih.gov
April 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
1- The value of inclusive research: more accurate estimates of disease risk.
Analysis of data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (N=15,000) estimates a "lifetime risk of #dementia of 42% after age 55, more than double previous estimates."
#geronsky
www.nia.nih.gov/news/risk-an...
Analysis of data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (N=15,000) estimates a "lifetime risk of #dementia of 42% after age 55, more than double previous estimates."
#geronsky
www.nia.nih.gov/news/risk-an...