2022 UC San Diego Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program
Announcing the New MSTAR MPIs
Alison Moore, MD, MPH
Ellen Lee, MD.
Benjamin Han, MD, MPH
This Summer's MSTAR Students and Mentors
Nicole Muehleisen, Anxiety and Driving Patterns in Older Adults: A LongRoad Study
Mentor: Dr. Linda Hill
Veronica Gandara, Pupillometry as an Early Risk Marker of Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Eric Granholm
Heejung (Julie) Kim, Pulse Pressure and Conversion to amnestic MCI and Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Guerry Peavy
Heejung (Julie) Kim, Pulse Pressure and Conversion to amnestic MCI and Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Guerry Peavy
Dahlia Kaki, Perceptions on Dementia Risk and Access to Care Amongst Arab Refugees in San Diego
Mentor: Dr. Tala Al-Rousan
Mikayla Sonnleitner, Characteristics of Older Adults with Positive Neurocognitive Screens in the Geriatric ED
Mentor: Dr. Edward Castillo
Kelly Watanabe, Thoracic Aorta Calcification and Left Ventricular Structure and Function Relevant to Heart Failure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Allison
Kerri Niino, Development of Loneliness and Social Isolation Following Spousal Loss: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies on Widowhood
Mentor: Dr. Dylan Jester and Dr. Brent Mausbach
Jesse Most, Investigating Macular Structure-function Relationships in Retinal and Macular Disease
Mentor: Dr. Shyamanga Borooah
Uyen Nguyen, Non-contrast MRI Comparing Healthy Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Ovarian Tissues
Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Rakow-Penner
Bao Luu, Relationships between AD and Inflammatory Biomarkers in People Living with HIV
Mentors: Dr. Erin Sundermann and Dr. David Moore<
Cooper Haaland, A Method to Stratify Fragility Fractures to Identify High Risk Patients to Target Treatment and Decrease Patient Morbidity
Mentor: Dr. William Kent
Teini Elisara, Melanoma: Outcomes, Knowledge, Beliefs & Behaviors in the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Community
Mentors: Dr. Alison Moore and Dr. Charisse Orme
Sophie Dickinson Neurofibrillary Tangle Distribution in Posterior Cortical Atrophy versus Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease<
Mentors: Dr. Annie Hiniker
Ji Hyun Kang, Acute Inhibition of Lysine Deacetylates Does Not Impact the Force Generating Capacity or Fatigability of Mouse Skeletal Muscle
Varun Rachakonda, Topographic 3R/4R and 4R tau seeding activity in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Annie Hiniker