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Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)

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Palo Alto GRECC

Palo Alto GRECC

Palo Alto Healthcare System
3801 Miranda Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Tel. 650-858-5000 x63933
Fax 650-849-0484

GRECC Director

Deborah Kado, MD, MS
deborah.kado@va.gov

Associate Director, Research

Salman Azhar, PhD

Associate Director, Clinical

Christine Liu, MD, MS
christine.liu@va.gov

Associate Director, Education and Evaluation

Christine E. Gould, PhD

Administrative Officer

Mary Westerman, MBA-HCM
Mary.Westerman@va.gov

Affiliations

Stanford University

research foci heading
  • Immune and Metabolic Aging
  • Aging and Bone, Muscle, Mobility and Advanced Kidney Disease
  • Application of Advanced Epidemiologic Methods for Kidney and Cardiovascular Research
research heading
  • Role of Cholesterol in Age-Related Decline in Steroidogenesis (Azhar)
  • Histone Deacetylation Signaling in Aging and Cancer Pathways (Chua)
  • Cannabidiol as a Novel Therapeutic for Gulf War Illness / Mitigation of cognitive impairments from radiation therapy (Huang)
  • Virtually Supervised Exercise for Kidney Transplant Candidates (Liu)
  • Foxp transcription factors in regulatory T cells / Molecular and Cellular Analysis of Allograft Loss in Kidney Transplant Biopsies (Maltzman)
  • Management of Hypertension among Persons with and without Dementia in Long-Term Care (Odden) / Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Risk Factors for Mobility Limitation in the Jackson Heart Study / Applying Hypertension Clinical Trials to Real World Adults with CKD (Odden/Tamura)
  • Developing Tools for Dialysis Decision Support in Older Adults / Improving Medical Decision Making for Older Patients with End Stage Renal Disease (Tamura)
  • Investigating the IL4/13 Axis in Osteoarthritis / Planar Antigen Array Profiling of Autoantibody Responses in Blood/ The Effect of Human Leukocyte Antigen Type on Associations between Antibodies to Citrullinated Protein Antigens (ACPA) and Myocardial Structure and Function / Deciphering the Role of Epstein-Barr Virus Molecular Mimicry and B cell Transformation in Multiple Sclerosis / Targeting Osteoarthritis pain and progression: Proteomics, RNASeq & Immunostaining to elucidate the immune pathotypes of OA / The Role of Plasmin in Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis/ Novel Strategies to Combat Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis (PTOA) (Robinson)
  • Hip Fracture Pathology in Chronic Kidney Disease / Long Term Fracture Risk and Change in Peripheral Bone in the Oldest Old Men: The MrOS study/Cadmium, Fracture and Bone Loss/Gut Microbiome and Aging (Kado)
  • Impact of Cognition and Psychological Factors on the Mobility of Older Adults Receiving Hemodialysis (Liu)
education heading
  • Pre-specialty training site for residents and other health professionals.
  • Fellowship Training in Geriatric Medicine
  • Advanced Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine and Allied Health
  • Geriatric Scholars Program for Psychologists
  • Weekly geriatric seminars
  • Dementia education for staff (e.g., dementia and simulation training)
  • Interdisciplinary team training for medical and allied health trainees (e.g., geriatrics escape room)
clinical heading
  • Virtual Social Connection Enhancement for Older Adults 
  • VVC Balance, Exercise, and Strength (BEST)
  • Tele-Geriatrics and Geriatric Mental Health Evaluation via the Clinical Resource Hubs
publications heading
  • Huh JW…. Gould CE. Improving geropsychology competencies of veterans affairs psychologists. J Am Ger Soc 2021.https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17029
  • Estaki M… Kado DM.  Association of subjective and objective measures of sleep with gut microbiota composition and diversity in older men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023. 
  • Seib C, Ganesan C, Tamura MK. Estimated effect of parathyroidectomy on long-term kidney function in adults with primary hyperparathyroidism. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Nov. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37983791/
  • Moon J-S… Robinson WH. Cytotoxic CD+ T cells target citrullinated antigens in rheumatoid arthritis. Nat Commun. 2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36658110/
  • Dadhania DM…. Maltzman JS. Age-related decline in anti-HBV antibodies in vaccinated kidney transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37377328/
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