Member of American Geriatrics Society Board Member 1992 - Gerontological Society of America Member 1990 -
Selected Publications article Sociodemographic and health correlates of cannabis use among middle-aged and older adults: Findings from NESARC-III.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72:1903-1908. 2024 Trends in past-month cannabis use among US adults across a range of disabilities and health conditions, 2015-2019.. Preventive medicine. -. 2023 Variation in Receipt of Cancer Screening and Immunizations by 10-year Life Expectancy among U.S. Adults aged 65 or Older in 2019.. Journal of general internal medicine. 39:440-449. 2023 Ascertaining Whether an Intelligent Voice Assistant Can Meet Older Adults' Health-Related Needs in the Context of a Geriatrics 5Ms Framework.. Gerontology & geriatric medicine. -. 2023 The disproportionate burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in diverse older adults diagnosed with cancer.. Journal of geriatric oncology. 14:-. 2023 Sleep characteristics and use of multiple benzodiazepine receptor agonists in older adults.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71:3924-3927. 2023 Development and Validation of an ICU Delirium Playbook for Provider Education.. Critical care explorations. 5:-. 2023 Synergistic Strategies to Accelerate the Development of Function-Promoting Therapies: Lessons From Operation Warp Speed and Oncology Drug Development.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 78:94-100. 2023 Ultra-low-cost mechanical smartphone attachment for no-calibration blood pressure measurement.. Scientific reports. 13:-. 2023 The influences of faith on illness representations and coping procedures of mental and cognitive health among aging Arab refugees: a qualitative study.. Frontiers in psychiatry. -. 2023 Neuroimaging-Derived Predicted Brain Age and Alcohol Use Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 31:669-678. 2023 The Independent Walking for Brain Health Intervention for Older Adults: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.. JMIR research protocols. -. 2023 Migration and Cognitive Health Disparities: The Arab American and R efugee Case.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 78:111-123. 2023 Trends in emergency department visits associated with cannabis use among older adults in California, 2005-2019.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71:1267-1274. 2023 Cannabis use for Sleep Disturbance Among Older Patients in a Geriatrics Clinic.. International journal of aging & human development. 97:3-17. 2022 Trends in major depressive episodes and mental health treatment among older adults in the United States, 2010-2019.. Journal of affective disorders. 299-303. 2022 The Association of Stress, Metabolic Syndrome, and Systemic Inflammation With Neurocognitive Function in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos and Its Sociocultural Ancillary Study.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 77:860-871. 2022 Trends in binge drinking prevalence among older U.S. men and women, 2015 to 2019.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 70:812-819. 2021 Alcohol use and cognitive performance: a comparison between Greece and the United States.. Aging & mental health. 26:1-2446. 2021 Self-reported subjective cognitive decline is associated with global cognition in a community sample of Latinos/as/x living in the United States.. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 43:663-676. 2021 Frailty and Risk of Serious Infections in Biologic-treated Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.. Inflammatory bowel diseases. 27:1626-1633. 2021 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Risk and Benzodiazepine Dependence in Older Veterans with Insomnia Symptoms.. Clinical gerontologist. 45:414-418. 2021 Cannabis: An Emerging Treatment for Common Symptoms in Older Adults.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 69:91-97. 2020 Sleep and Delirium in Older Adults.. Current sleep medicine reports. 6:1-13. 2020 A Modified Alcohol SBI for Use among Older Adults Living with HIV.. Western journal of nursing research. 42:1155-1162. 2020 What lessons it might teach us? Community engagement in HIV research.. Current opinion in HIV and AIDS. 15:142-149. 2020 Association Between the Use of Non-benzodiazepine Hypnotics and Cognitive Outcomes: A Systematic Review.. Current sleep medicine reports. 6:11-20. 2020 Hypnotic Discontinuation Using a Blinded (Masked) Tapering Approach: A Case Series.. Frontiers in psychiatry. -. 2019 Current Challenges and Solutions in Research and Clinical Care of Older Persons Living with HIV: Findings Presented at the 9th International Workshop on HIV and Aging.. AIDS research and human retroviruses. 35:985-998. 2019 Binge Drinking Among Older Adults in the United States, 2015 to 2017.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 67:2139-2144. 2019 Establishing the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a multi-component behavioral intervention to reduce pain and substance use and improve physical performance in older persons living with HIV.. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 29-38. 2019 Medical multimorbidity and drug use among adults in the United States.. Preventive medicine reports. 214-219. 2018 Daily factors driving daily substance use and chronic pain among older adults with HIV: An exploratory study using ecological momentary assessment.. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.). 31-39. 2018 Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders: A Comparison of the AUDIT-C and the CARET.. Journal of aging and health. 31:1770-1789. 2018 Prevalence and correlates of binge drinking among older adults with multimorbidity.. Drug and alcohol dependence. 48-54. 2018 Age and Age Discordance Associations with Condomless Sex Among Men Who Have Sex with Men.. AIDS and behavior. 22:649-657. 2018 Use of web-based screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use by older adults.. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 70-77. 2018 Prevention and Screening of Unhealthy Substance Use by Older Adults.. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 34:117-129. 2017 Attitudes towards exercise among substance using older adults living with HIV and chronic pain.. AIDS care. 29:1149-1152. 2017 A pilot study of online feedback for adult drinkers 50 and older: Feasibility, efficacy, and preferences for intervention.. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 126-132. 2017 Learning to Live With HIV in the Rural Townships: A Photovoice Study of Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV in Mpumalanga, South Africa.. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC. 28:408-421. 2017 Social networks and alcohol use among older adults: a comparison with middle-aged adults.. Aging & mental health. 22:550-557. 2016 Demographic trends of binge alcohol use and alcohol use disorders among older adults in the United States, 2005-2014.. Drug and alcohol dependence. 198-207. 2016 Feasibility Study of a Mobile Health Intervention for Older Adults on Oral Anticoagulation Therapy.. Gerontology & geriatric medicine. -. 2016 The Abuse Intervention Model: A Pragmatic Approach to Intervention for Elder Mistreatment.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 64:1879-83. 2016 Burden of Geriatric Events Among Older Adults Undergoing Major Cancer Surgery.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 34:1231-8. 2016 Stigma and Family Relationships of Middle-Aged Gay Men in Recovery.. Journal of gay & lesbian social services. 28:1-19. 2016 A clinic-based pilot intervention to enhance diabetes management for elderly Hispanic patients.. The journal of health, environment & education. 1-6. 2016 Development and Preliminary Testing of a Promotora-Delivered, Spanish Language, Counseling Intervention for Heavy Drinking among Male, Latino Day Laborers.. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 96-101. 2015 The Effect of a Patient-Provider Educational Intervention to Reduce At-Risk Drinking on Changes in Health and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults: The Project SHARE Study.. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 14-20. 2015 Variability in Findings From Adult Protective Services Investigations of Elder Abuse in California.. Journal of evidence-informed social work. 13:34-44. 2015 Examining the Impact of Separate Components of a Multicomponent Intervention Designed to Reduce At-Risk Drinking Among Older Adults: The Project SHARE Study.. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 39:1227-35. 2015 Alcohol-Related Diagnoses in Hospital Admissions for All Causes Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Trends and Cohort Differences From 1993 to 2010.. Journal of aging and health. 27:1358-74. 2015 Testing the initial efficacy of a mailed screening and brief feedback intervention to reduce at-risk drinking in middle-aged and older adults: the comorbidity alcohol risk evaluation study.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63:321-6. 2015 Characteristics of older at-risk drinkers who drive after drinking and those who do not drive after drinking.. Traffic injury prevention. 16:104-8. 2015 Examining the effects of remote monitoring systems on activation, self-care, and quality of life in older patients with chronic heart failure.. The Journal of cardiovascular nursing. 30:51-7. 2015 Drinking behavior among older adults at a continuing care retirement community: affective and motivational influences.. Aging & mental health. 19:279-89. 2014 Substance abuse among older adults.. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 30:629-54. 2014 Determinants of problem drinking and depression among Latino Day laborers.. Substance use & misuse. 49:1039-48. 2014 The effect of an educational intervention on alcohol consumption, at-risk drinking, and health care utilization in older adults: the Project SHARE study.. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 75:447-57. 2014 Negotiating Emotional Support: Sober Gay Latinos and their Families.. Journal of gay & lesbian social services. 26:222-243. 2014 At-risk drinking and outpatient healthcare expenditures in older adults.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 62:325-8. 2014 Older adult consumers' attitudes and preferences on electronic patient-physician messaging.. The American journal of managed care. 19:eSP7-11. 2013 Leveraging family values to decrease unhealthy alcohol use in aging Latino day laborers.. Journal of immigrant and minority health. 15:1001-7. 2013 Psychiatric correlates of alcohol and tobacco use disorders in U.S. adults aged 65 years and older: results from the 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions.. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 22:1356-63. 2013 Why do older unhealthy drinkers decide to make changes or not in their alcohol consumption? Data from the Healthy Living as You Age study.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61:1296-302. 2013 The effect of prevalent cardiovascular conditions on the association between alcohol consumption and mortality among older Mexican American men.. Ethnicity & disease. 23:168-74. 2013 Developing and testing a decision aid for use by providers in making recommendations: about mammography screening in older women.. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 34:343-58. 2012 Primary care providers' perspective on prescribing opioids to older adults with chronic non-cancer pain: a qualitative study.. BMC geriatrics. -. 2011 Primary care providers' perspectives on psychoactive medication disorders in older adults.. The American journal of geriatric pharmacotherapy. 9:164-72. 2011 Alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use disorders in U.S. Adults aged 65 years and older: data from the 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions.. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 19:292-9. 2011 Drinking patterns and the development of functional limitations in older adults: longitudinal analyses of the health and retirement survey.. Journal of aging and health. 23:806-21. 2011 Primary care-based intervention to reduce at-risk drinking in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 106:111-20. 2011 Correlates of alcohol-related discussions between older adults and their physicians.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 58:2369-74. 2010 Characteristics of older adults receiving opioids in primary care: treatment duration and outcomes.. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 11:1063-71. 2010 Outcomes associated with opioid use in the treatment of chronic noncancer pain in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 58:1353-69. 2010 Prevalence and correlates of at-risk drinking among older adults: the project SHARE study.. Journal of general internal medicine. 25:840-6. 2010 Do health educator telephone calls reduce at-risk drinking among older adults in primary care?. Journal of general internal medicine. 25:334-9. 2010 Determinants of early reductions in drinking in older at-risk drinkers participating in the intervention arm of a trial to reduce at-risk drinking in primary care.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 58:227-33. 2010 Substance use disorders and treatment utilization among MDMA users: Results from The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.. Journal of drug issues. 40:537-551. 2010 Access to medical care, use of preventive services, and chronic conditions among adults in substance abuse treatment.. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 60:1676-9. 2009 Alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use in older U.S. Adults: data from the 2001/02 national epidemiologic survey of alcohol and related conditions.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 57:2275-81. 2009 Predictors of 30-day serious events in older patients with syncope.. Annals of emergency medicine. 54:769-778.e1-5. 2009 Perceptions of need and help received for substance dependence in a national probability survey.. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 60:1068-74. 2009 Gender and comorbidity among individuals with opioid use disorders in the NESARC study.. Addictive behaviors. 34:498-504. 2009 Light to moderate alcohol consumption and disability: variable benefits by health status.. American journal of epidemiology. 169:96-104. 2008 Testing the effect of specific orders to provide oral liquid nutritional supplements to nursing home residents: a quality improvement project.. The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 12:622-5. 2008 Addressing delays in medication administration for patients transferred from the hospital to the nursing home: a pilot quality improvement project.. The American journal of geriatric pharmacotherapy. 6:205-11. 2008 Do substance type and diagnosis make a difference? A study of remission from alcohol- versus drug-use disorders using the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 69:491-5. 2008 Risks of combined alcohol/medication use in older adults.. The American journal of geriatric pharmacotherapy. 5:64-74. 2007 Ethnic differences in expectations for aging among older adults.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54:1277-82. 2006 Alcohol use, comorbidity, and mortality.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54:757-62. 2006 Moderate alcohol consumption and safety of lovastatin and warfarin among men: the post-coronary artery bypass graft trial.. The American journal of medicine. 119:434-40. 2006 Longitudinal trajectories of heavy drinking in adults in the United States of America.. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 101:91-9. 2006 Longitudinal patterns and predictors of alcohol consumption in the United States.. American journal of public health. 95:458-65. 2005 Is there a relationship between excessive drinking and functional impairment in older persons?. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 51:44-9. 2003 The alcohol-related problems survey: identifying hazardous and harmful drinking in older primary care patients.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 50:1717-22. 2002 Are there differences between older persons who screen positive on the CAGE questionnaire and the Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test-Geriatric Version?. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 50:858-62. 2002 Beyond alcoholism: identifying older, at-risk drinkers in primary care.. Journal of studies on alcohol. 63:316-24. 2002 Comparing the alcohol-related problems survey (ARPS) to traditional alcohol screening measures in elderly outpatients.. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. 34:55-78. 2002 Are older hazardous and harmful drinkers less likely to participate in health-related behaviors and practices as compared with nonhazardous drinkers?. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 49:421-30. 2001 Correlates of knowledge of one's blood pressure and cholesterol levels among older members of a managed care plan.. Aging (Milan, Italy). 13:95-104. 2001 Using data to enhance the expert panel process. Rating indications of alcohol-related problems in older adults.. International journal of technology assessment in health care. 17:125-36. 2001 Using a criterion standard to validate the Alcohol-Related Problems Survey (ARPS): a screening measure to identify harmful and hazardous drinking in older persons.. Aging (Milan, Italy). 12:221-7. 2000 The prognostic value of sensory impairment in older persons.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 47:930-5. 1999 Drinking habits among older persons: findings from the NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study (1982-84). National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 47:412-6. 1999 A new paradigm for alcohol use in older persons.. Medical care. 37:165-79. 1999 Hearing loss in community-dwelling older persons: national prevalence data and identification using simple questions.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 46:1008-11. 1998 Correlates of hypoalbuminemia in community-dwelling older persons.. The American journal of clinical nutrition. 66:38-45. 1997 A randomized trial of office-based screening for common problems in older persons.. The American journal of medicine. 102:371-8. 1997 Does estrogen prevent skin aging? Results from the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I). Archives of dermatology. 133:339-42. 1997 Development of a health risk appraisal for the elderly (HRA-E).. American journal of health promotion : AJHP. 11:337-43. 1997 Screening for common problems in ambulatory elderly: clinical confirmation of a screening instrument.. The American journal of medicine. 100:438-43. 1996 Preventive health attitudes and practices of elderly persons attending senior centers.. Rhode Island medicine. 78:115-7. 1995 Successive asexual life cycles of starved amoebae in the cellular slime mould, Dictyostelium mucoroides var. stoloniferum.. Journal of cell science. 19-26. 1985
Research Overview I conduct research in substance use in older adults with a focus on alcohol and cannabis. I also have an interest in technology focused for use by older adults. I also am interested in health disparities research.
Principal Investigator on Leadership and Administrative Core 2018 - 2028 San Diego Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research DEIA Mentorship Supplement 2018 - 2028 U C San Diego Medical Student Summer Aging Research Training 2005 - 2025 San Diego Resource Center for advancing Alzheimer's Research in Minority Seniors (ARMS) 2018 - 2023 Brief Intervention by Community Health Workers for Unhealthy Drinking in Latinos. 2017 - 2022 Research Education Component 2006 - 2019 CBT and Exercise to Reduce Pain and Substance Use in Older Adults with HIV 2014 - 2017 Reducing Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Older Hispanic Day Laborers 2011 - 2014 UCLA Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Stud* 2005 - 2010 Preventing Harm from Alcohol Use in Older Adults 2003 - 2009 PREVENTING HARMFUL AND HAZARDOUS DRINKING IN THE ELDERLY 1999 - 2004 COMMUNITY LIAISON CORE RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT CORE
Available to Provide Advice to Those At my institution (mentor and mentee at same institution but different research interests or departments) From different disciplines or subspecialties
Interest in Transdisciplinary Projects Yes, but I do not have a specific project in mind yet (theoretical interest)