Kristine Yaffe

Kristine Yaffe, MD
Alma mater Yale University
University of Pennsylvania
University of California, San Francisco
Occupation Professor at UCSF School of Medicine
Known for Cognitive decline and dementia research
Website http://profiles.ucsf.edu/kristine.yaffe

Dr. Kristine Yaffe is an internationally recognized expert in the field of cognitive aging and dementia. She is the Scola Endowed Chair and Vice Chair, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology and the Director of the Center for Population Brain Health at the University of California, San Francisco. In addition, Dr. Yaffe serves as the Chief of NeuroPsychiatry and the Director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Yaffe received a bachelor's of science in biology-psychology from Yale University, a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and completed residencies in neurology and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco.[1]

Research

Dr. Yaffe has an extensive record of research on the predictors and outcomes of cognitive aging and dementia. She is widely recognized for her groundbreaking work on dementia prevention. More specifically, Dr. Yaffe's research focuses on the identification of novel and modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia, including physical activity, cardiovascular risk factors, sleep quality, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury. She has authored over 440 peer-reviewed articles (H-index=118) published in journals such as Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Yaffe's research is funded by multiple foundations and organizations including the National Institutes of Health, the United States Department of Defense and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Awards and Honors

Dr. Yaffe has received numerous awards including the American Academy of Neurology Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, a prestigious honor considered to be the Nobel Prize of Alzheimer's research.[2] In 2013, Dr. Yaffe received the UCSF Academic Senate Award for Best Faculty Research.[3] The following year, Dr. Yaffe was recognized as one of Thomson Reuters World's Most Influential Scientific Minds and received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.[4][5] In 2017, Dr. Yaffe gave testimony to the United States Senate's Special Committee on Aging for the hearing: “The Arc of Alzheimer’s: From Preventing Cognitive Decline in Americans to Assuring Quality Care for those Living with the Disease.”[6]

Audiovisual Resources

Roznovsky, Nicholas. “Yaffe Tells Senate Committee Continued NIH Funding Is 'Critical' for Alzheimer's Research.” Yaffe Tells Senate Committee Continued NIH Funding Is 'Critical' for Alzheimer's Research | UCSF Department of Psychiatry, UCSF Psychiatry News, 3 Apr. 2017, psych.ucsf.edu/news/yaffe-tells-senate-committee-continued-nih-funding-critical-alzheimers-research.

Actionalz. "Women #ENDALZ: Kristine Yaffe, MD, UC San Francisco." YouTube. Actionalz, 15 June 2015. Web. 5 September 2017.

Actionalz. "Dr. Kristine Yaffe, University of California, San Francisco." YouTube. Actionalz, 16 July 2012. Web. 5 September 2017.

References

  1. ↑ "Kristine Yaffe | UCSF Profiles". profiles.ucsf.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Yaffe awarded $100,000 Potamkin Prize for dementia research | UCSF Department of Psychiatry". psych.ucsf.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  3. ↑ "Eight Win Prestigious Academic Senate Awards". UC San Francisco. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  4. ↑ Science, Thomson Reuters IP &. "Thomson Reuters Announces the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  5. ↑ "American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - Congratulations to AAGP's 2014 Award Winners!". www.aagponline.org. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  6. ↑ "Yaffe tells Senate committee continued NIH funding is 'critical' for Alzheimer's research | UCSF Department of Psychiatry". psych.ucsf.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.