CTSI / RMCAR-CHIME Pilot Awardees
2023-2024 Awardees
![Utibe Essien](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Utibe%20Essien.jpg?h=1b35a5a8&itok=U3QKpZpf)
![Chioun Lee](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Chioun%20Lee_0.jpeg?h=4ff4a9b9&itok=bryJQODr)
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UCLA
Project Title: "Frailty, Race and Inequitable AnticoaguLation in Atrial Fibrillation (FRAIL-AF)"
UC Riverside
Project Title: "Multimorbidity Among Older Americans: Identifying Robust Factors Contributing to Racial and Sex Disparities"
UCLA
Project Title: "Examining Ethnic Variation in the Association of Dementia and Hip Fracture Risk in Older Adults"
2022-2023 Awardees
![Cecilia Canales](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Cecilia%20Canales.jpg?h=52119415&itok=E2V2U9gr)
![Steven Nieto](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Steven%20Nieto.png?h=5db1df05&itok=C3MxUbmO)
![Sha'Shonda Revels](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Sha%27Shonda%20Revels.jpg?h=a59c018e&itok=6o8juSwk)
UCLA
Project Title: "Factors Contributing to Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorder in Elderly End Stage Renal Disease Patients: Improving Patient Outcomes in Minority Elder Surgical Patients"
UCLA
Project Title: "Evaluating the clinical utility of neurofunctional domains derived using deep phenotyping among older Hispanic individuals with alcohol-related liver disease"
UCLA
Project Title: "Identifying Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening Among Elderly High-Risk Minority Patients"
![Hafifia Siddiq](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Hafifia%20Siddiq.jpg?h=f6f62296&itok=tUKSe7uJ)
Charles-Drew
Project Title: "Post-migration stressors and wellbeing among immigrants and refugees"
2021-2022 Awardees
![Bita Amani](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Bita%20Amani.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=6Gaeo6Nj)
![Carlos Oronce](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Carlos%20Oronce.png?h=9b93ffa5&itok=EV-ihuL3)
![Kia Skrine Jeffers](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kia%20Skrine%20Jeffers.jpg?h=b64ad7fe&itok=E2yWoHf_)
Charles-Drew
Project Title: "COVID-19 Impact on the Health and Wellbeing of Older Women of Color in Essential Community-Based Work: a Historical, Community Resiliency, Assets and Equity Approach "
UCLA
Project Title: "Describing Racial Disparities in the Provision of Low-Value Care among Older Adults within the University of California Self-Funded Preferred Provider Organization Plan "
UCLA
Project Title: "Evaluating the feasibility to implement the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in a parish nurse program of a safety-net health system."
![Lindsey Ross](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Lindsey%20Ross.png?h=52119415&itok=m7pEelb5)
![Jesus Ulloa](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Jesus%20Ulloa.jpg?h=854a9858&itok=cDvvxi3H)
Cedars-Sinai
Project Title: "Cedars-Sinai Stroke Program Pursuit of Equity"
UCLA
Project Title: "Living with chronic limb threatening ischemia; exploring the experiences and perceptions of older community dwelling Latinos to prevent amputations, and promote independence "
2020-2021 Awardees
![Michelle Keller](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Michelle%20Keller.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=2ORmf22q)
![Roch Nianogo](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Roch%20Nianogo.jpg?h=32ec1649&itok=2q78iLNw)
![Mienah Sharif](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Mienah%20Sharif.jpg?h=f316bd9e&itok=kFx38Sr5)
Cedars-Sinai
Project Title: "Surveying knowledge of low value dementia care among Hispanic caregivers"
UCLA
Project Title: "Unpacking the Black Box in the Relationship between Social Support and Cognition: A Causal Mediation Analysis"
UCLA
Project Title: "A lifecourse, family-centered examination of the impact of mass incarceration on the health and wellbeing of minority older adults in Los Angeles: Emphasis on Coping"
2019-2020 Awardees
![Anna Choi](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Anna%20Choi.jpg?h=49eefe91&itok=l6XDKrKT)
![Mirella_Díaz-Santos](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Mirella_D%C3%ADaz-Santos.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=A53jSMab)
![Hafifia Siddiq](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Hafifia%20Siddiq.jpg?h=f6f62296&itok=tUKSe7uJ)
Pepperdine
Project Title: "Neighborhood characteristics, perceptions, and obesity among the minority elderly: Evidence from California."
UCLA
Project Title: "Social perceptions on neuroimaging markers of Alzheimer’s disease among older Latino/a adults"
Charles-Drew
Project Title: "Project Home: A Mental Health and Wellness In-Home Visiting Pilot Project among Aging Refugees"
![Yeonsu Song](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Yeonsu%20Song.jpg?h=a10cb8eb&itok=N4cJFXeF)
UCLA
Project Title: "Beliefs and Attitudes About Sleep Problems Among Older Korean Immigrants"
2018-2019 Awardees
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![Joseph Ladapo](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Joseph%20Ladapo.jpg?h=945c1fd2&itok=ZpfGkvyb)
![Kimberly Narain](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kimberly%20Narain.jpg?h=6818b859&itok=Pz66HmXv)
UCLA
Project Title: "Measuring the impact of the Aging Mastery Program® (AMP) participation on patient activation and health of older adults in Los Angeles County."
UCLA
Project Title: "Social Engagement Strategies to Improve Medication Adherence among Older Minority Adults in an Ambulatory Care Network"
UCLA
Project Title: "The Impact of Care Coordination in Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) on Hospitalizations and Emergency Room Use Among Elderly Dual-Eligible Minorities"
2017-2018 Awardees
![Casillas, Alejandra](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Casillas%2C%20Alejandra_resized.png?h=5b52fb01&itok=i_V0qc5H)
![Castellon-Lopez, Yelba](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Castellon-Lopez%2C%20Yelba.jpg?h=08b2e46e&itok=B3Qi816s)
![Kia Skrine Jeffers](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kia%20Skrine%20Jeffers.jpg?h=b64ad7fe&itok=E2yWoHf_)
UCLA
Project Title: "First warning signs” for cognitive decline: Self-reported memory problems and neuro-cognitive testing among middle-aged and older adults across race/ethnicity in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).."
Cedars-Sinai
Project Title: "Promoting advanced care planning in older Latino adults though shared decision making."
UCLA
Project Title: "Evaluating the feasibility to implement the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in a parish nurse program of a safety-net health system"
![Zvinka Zlatar](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Zvinka%20Zlatar.jpeg?h=64992971&itok=Y8tVPss4)
UCSD
Project Title: "Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and neurocognition in Hispanic older adults."
2016-2017 Awardees
![Luisa Blanco](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Luisa%20Blanco.jpg?h=6b8f1236&itok=i7kAY05i)
![Maria Marquine](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Maria%20Marquine.jpg?h=a6aa1fcb&itok=osuV9rbi)
![April Thames](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/April%20Thames.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=1ILcMMqF)
Pepperdine
Project Title: "Financial planning for retirement and health among Hispanics.”
UC San Diego
Project Title: "Successful Aging among Latinos (SAL)."
UCLA
Project Title: "Accelerated cognitive aging as a function of HIV and lifetime stress/adversity"
![Courtney Thomas](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Courtney%20Thomas.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=x2ES-qMO)
UCLA
Project Title: "Racial Identity as a Resource for Healthy Aging: Improving Psychosocial Resilience among Older African Americans”
2015-2016 Awardees
![Cleopatra Abdou-Kamperveen](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Cleopatra%20Abdou-Kamperveen.jpg?h=2bd2f8c0&itok=2krLU0lt)
![Brandon Brown](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Brandon%20Brown.png?h=dbbc74d4&itok=Us87lq0X)
![Annie Lu Nguyen](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Annie%20Lu%20Nguyen.jpg?h=152cd742&itok=PBPyup1H)
USC
Project Title: "Psychosocial mediators and moderators of healthcare stereotype threat in older African Americans and Latinos.”
UC Riverside
Project Title: "Differences in age and ethnicity in HIV testing and perceptions of HIV risk in the Coachella Valley."
USC
Project Title: "HIV management and successful aging in men from communities of color."
![Yuying Tsong](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Yuying%20Tsong.jpg?h=8f0fe61e&itok=SAHyYvOE)
![Arturo Vargas Bustamante](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Arturo%20Vargas%20Bustamante.jpg?h=93008570&itok=aM06A7e_)
Cal State Fullerton
Project Title: "Vietnamese American older adults’ mental health literacy and help seeking.”
UCLA
Project Title: "Factors affecting hypertension risk awareness and self-management among socially isolated Mexican-American older adults."
2014-2015 Awardees
![Homero del Pino](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Homero%20del%20Pino.jpg?h=eedb952f&itok=rbDkfDCm)
![Maisha T. Robinson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Maisha%20T.%20Robinson.jpg?h=7146ae7f&itok=6hpjhhPy)
![Efrain Talamantes](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Efrain%20Talamantes.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=kitwCSxP)
Charles R. Drew
Project Title: "Exploring the sexual risk behaviors of older HIV+ men who have sex with men.”
UCLA
Project Title: "Closing the gap about crossing over: Addressing the disparity in advance-care planning in elderly African Americans."
UCLA
Project Title: "The impact of age, race and ethnicity on kidney transplant mortality."
2013-2014 Awardees
![Nazleen Bharmal](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Nazleen%20Bharmal.jpg?h=a59c018e&itok=dmxYi7rA)
![Jung-Ah-Lee](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Jung-Ah-Lee_0.png?h=297da09b&itok=fkC76Geq)
![Annie Lu Nguyen](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Annie%20Lu%20Nguyen.jpg?h=152cd742&itok=PBPyup1H)
UCLA
Project Title: "Cultural adaptation of stroke risk reduction curriculum for low-income South-Asian older adults.”
UC Irvine
Project Title: "The use of innovative mobile health technology among elderly Hispanics on anticoagulation therapy."
USC
Project Title: "Behaviors related to diabetes management among elderly Latino patients see at a federally qualified health center."
2012-2013 Awardees
![Luisa Blanco](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Luisa%20Blanco.jpg?h=6b8f1236&itok=i7kAY05i)
![Sarah Choi](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Sarah%20Choi.jpg?h=9b93ffa5&itok=-X4xcBwJ)
![Homero del Pino](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Homero%20del%20Pino.jpg?h=eedb952f&itok=rbDkfDCm)
RAND/Pepperdine
Project Title: "Financial exclusion and the wellbeing of minority elders in the United States.”
UC Irvine
Project Title: "Diabetes self-care program for older Korean immigrants and their spouses."
Charles R. Drew
Project Title: "Exploring the social support of gay men in sobriety."
2011-2012 Awardees
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UCLA
Project Title: "Familism, social support, stress, and depressive symptoms among older Latinos in the United States: The Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Study.”
Azusa Pacific
Project Title: "Testing the effectiveness of an intensive dietary sodium intervention in elderly Latinos with chronic health failure."
UCLA
Project Title: "Language equivalence in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) physical functioning measure."
![Sarah Song](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Sarah%20Song.jpg?h=9b93ffa5&itok=sg2OlWUB)
Rush University
Project Title: "A community partnered approach to improving stroke symptom recognition and response in elderly Korean-Americans.”