Research I’m interested in

Dementia

Colleagues’ paper on dementia end-of-life care

GeriPal podcast/transcript with Jason Karlawish on Alzheimer’s Disease

A blog by a male caregiver for a wife with early onset dementia

Podcasts from the IMPACT Collaboratory on elements of dementia research – these continue conversations begun in grant rounds presentations

Study of long-term air pollution exposure and developing dementia

OTC medications in older adults aren’t always safe

End of Life

GeriPal Podcast with Randy Curtis about living and dying with serious illness. This one is so good and so hard to listen to, as Randy is well-known and loved in palliative care research and was diagnosed with ALS in March

An opinion piece by a colleague reflecting on what he learned from his research participants

Stories about a former UCSF trainee, Dr. Nadia Chaudhri, who was remarkable in her dying

Documentary on What It’s Like to be Dying, featuring two palliative care advocates

Family

My brother is the newest Dr. Harrison, having just defended his PhD in mechanical engineering. Paper 1 was a simulation of a hypothetical float swarm measuring the water flow in a simulated tidal area, Paper 2 was building and benchmarking his swarm of microfloats, Paper 3 was testing the swarm in the real world. He did a really impressive job in the work and his presentation, with more than 86 people in (virtual) attendance! His childhood dreams of becoming an inventor have come true.