Liz Dzeng, MD, PhD, MPH
@lizdzeng.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Hospital Medicine @UCSF | Senior Research Fellow @Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London. #Palliative care, #hospitalist, #equity, #anti-racism, rower, world traveler. www.resethealthresearch.org
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Join us for Critical Care Grand Rounds with Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social on Dec 11 at 4 PM (UCSF Parnassus, M919 or via Zoom). She’ll discuss how hospital norms shape end-of-life care decisions. 💬 #UCSF geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/elizabe...
Elizabeth Dzeng to Present at Critical Care Grand Rounds on Hospital Norms and End-of-Life Care | Geriatrics
Elizabeth Dzeng, PhD, MD, MPH, MPhil, MS will be giving Critical Care Grand Rounds on Thursday, December 11 at 4:00 PM in person at UCSF Parnassus, Room M919. Her talk, titled “How Do Hospital Norms…
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October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Join us for Critical Care Grand Rounds with Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social on Dec 11 at 4 PM (UCSF Parnassus, M919 or via Zoom). She’ll discuss how hospital norms shape end-of-life care decisions. 💬 #UCSF geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/elizabe...
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The ASCENT Consortium, a new U54-funded initiative, will advance palliative care research nationwide. Dr. @alexsmithmd.bsky.social leads the Pilot Studies Core & Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social joins the REC Core.
August 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The ASCENT Consortium, a new U54-funded initiative, will advance palliative care research nationwide. Dr. @alexsmithmd.bsky.social leads the Pilot Studies Core & Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social joins the REC Core.
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Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social’s UK-based study on clinical deceleration in dementia care is published in @jamanetworkopen.com—and it’s the featured article! An editorial by Kruser & Rubenfeld highlights its powerful insights on end-of-life care. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/elizabe...
Elizabeth Dzeng published article in JAMA Network Open | Geriatrics
Elizabeth Dzeng, PhD, MD, MPH, MPhil, MS’s UK-based study on clinical deceleration and systemic influences on serious illness care for older adults with advanced dementia has been published in JAMA…
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July 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social’s UK-based study on clinical deceleration in dementia care is published in @jamanetworkopen.com—and it’s the featured article! An editorial by Kruser & Rubenfeld highlights its powerful insights on end-of-life care. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/elizabe...
Thank you @jackykruser.bsky.social and Gordon Rubenfeld for such a beautifully written and thoughtful editorial on our recent
@jamanetworkopen.com paper. Systemic biases lack flexibility for the plurality of patient values and priorities. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@jamanetworkopen.com paper. Systemic biases lack flexibility for the plurality of patient values and priorities. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How Health Care Systems Shape End-of-Life Care
Our health care systems, in all their multifaceted complexities, are more influential in shaping the delivery of care than individual human effort or error.1,2 Influential system-level factors span ma...
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July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thank you @jackykruser.bsky.social and Gordon Rubenfeld for such a beautifully written and thoughtful editorial on our recent
@jamanetworkopen.com paper. Systemic biases lack flexibility for the plurality of patient values and priorities. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@jamanetworkopen.com paper. Systemic biases lack flexibility for the plurality of patient values and priorities. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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In Great Britain, clinicians and caregivers identified individual, institutional, and system-level factors that favor lower-intensity treatment for people living with advanced dementia. https://ja.ma/4nG1WN2
July 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In Great Britain, clinicians and caregivers identified individual, institutional, and system-level factors that favor lower-intensity treatment for people living with advanced dementia. https://ja.ma/4nG1WN2
Our new paper in @jamanetworkopen.com on systemic strategies that prevent potentially non-beneficial treatments near the end of life in the UK. We propose the term "clinical deceleration" to describe phenomenon @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
July 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Our new paper in @jamanetworkopen.com on systemic strategies that prevent potentially non-beneficial treatments near the end of life in the UK. We propose the term "clinical deceleration" to describe phenomenon @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Our new paper in @jamanetworkopen.com - To combat clinician moral distress, interventions and solutions should focus on the systemic contributors to moral distress jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
June 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Our new paper in @jamanetworkopen.com - To combat clinician moral distress, interventions and solutions should focus on the systemic contributors to moral distress jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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ASSIGNMENT: COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F
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ASSIGNMENT: COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F
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Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social was featured in a @jamainternalmed.com editorial and podcast highlighting the 2025 SGIM Annual Meeting, sharing insights on key studies and themes in general internal medicine. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/elizabe...
Elizabeth Dzeng Featured in JAMA IM Editorial and Podcast on SGIM 2025 Highlights | Geriatrics
Elizabeth Dzeng, PhD, MD, MPH, MPhil, MS was recently featured in both print and audio media highlighting the 2025 Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting.
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May 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social was featured in a @jamainternalmed.com editorial and podcast highlighting the 2025 SGIM Annual Meeting, sharing insights on key studies and themes in general internal medicine. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/elizabe...
Thank you @jamainternalmed.com @ishaniganguli.bsky.social for the opportunity to discuss my abstract on US and UK ethical and institutional cultural differences that shape intensity of end-of-life care for people living with dementia at @societygim.bsky.social
🎙️ In this podcast episode, Lisa Rotenstein, Seth Berkowitz, and Elizabeth Dzeng each discuss the work they are presenting at #SGIM25 with JAMA Internal Medicine Associate Editor @ishaniganguli.bsky.social.
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🎧 Listen now: edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/...
3 Studies From the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
Lisa S. Rotenstein, MD, MBA, MSc, Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, and Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, PHD, MPH, each sit down one on one with JAMA Internal Medicine Associate Editor Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, to discuss the work they are presenting at the 2025 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting.
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May 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Thank you @jamainternalmed.com @ishaniganguli.bsky.social for the opportunity to discuss my abstract on US and UK ethical and institutional cultural differences that shape intensity of end-of-life care for people living with dementia at @societygim.bsky.social
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W
April 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W
A critical read - we must now analyze American policy not through a political lens but rather from a kleptocratic one - who benefits financially and what actions does that incentivize?
“American government, American foreign policy, and American trade policy are slowly being transformed, not to benefit Americans but to benefit the president, his family, and his friends.”
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Kleptocracy, Inc.
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:38 AM
A critical read - we must now analyze American policy not through a political lens but rather from a kleptocratic one - who benefits financially and what actions does that incentivize?
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The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
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10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
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11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
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9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
In this months London borough (Hackney) newsletter - transparency and taxpayer funds spent on mitigating poverty, inequity, housing, and climate. Very happy and gratifying to pay these taxes, especially compared to my US tax dollars going to bombing Gaza and the Trump regimes’ agenda
March 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In this months London borough (Hackney) newsletter - transparency and taxpayer funds spent on mitigating poverty, inequity, housing, and climate. Very happy and gratifying to pay these taxes, especially compared to my US tax dollars going to bombing Gaza and the Trump regimes’ agenda
March 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I'm so excited to be working with @laurenrpollack.bsky.social on her important project understanding pre-hospital dynamics and the role of EMS in serious illness decision-making. Very grateful for the pilot grant support from the @rccn-aging.org!
We are proud to feature 2024 RCCN Pilot Awardees Lauren Pollack and Elizabeth Dzeng in this Pilot Awardee Spotlight! Learn more about their Inter-NIA Center pilot project here: bit.ly/4i58T77 #EMSResearch #Dementia #AgingResearch @laurenrpollack.bsky.social @lizdzeng.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm so excited to be working with @laurenrpollack.bsky.social on her important project understanding pre-hospital dynamics and the role of EMS in serious illness decision-making. Very grateful for the pilot grant support from the @rccn-aging.org!
Flying to London today 🇬🇧. I’m in utter despair about my country. yesterday was disgraceful and horrendous, but I’m thankful to be able to escape a bit to my adopted country where solidarity and support for Ukraine is strong 🇺🇦🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
March 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Flying to London today 🇬🇧. I’m in utter despair about my country. yesterday was disgraceful and horrendous, but I’m thankful to be able to escape a bit to my adopted country where solidarity and support for Ukraine is strong 🇺🇦🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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The unimaginable has happened - UK worried about what would happen if the US attacks them: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US? | George Monbiot
So much of our intelligence and military systems are shared or reliant on the US – if it becomes the enemy, it is already inside the gates, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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February 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The unimaginable has happened - UK worried about what would happen if the US attacks them: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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