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Improving the Outcomes of Older Adults with Psychosocial Vulnerability Undergoing Major Surgery.

Description

Ellis Dillon, Ph.D., sub-PI, will oversee the qualitative research--recruit patients and conduct interviews, lead development of the analysis plan, lead final analysis to determine major findings and analysis by subgroup, e.g., age, race, gender, pre- and post-surgery.

PI is Victoria Tang, M.D., University of California, San Francisco.

Principal Investigator

External PI, Principal Investigator, Ellis C. Dillon, Ph.D.

Funder

NIH to University of California, San Francisco.

Start Date

July 15, 2020

End Date

May 31, 2021

Research Topics

  • Aging and Longevity
  • Health Services
  • Mental Health

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