NCIRE - The Northern California Institute for Research and Education

NCIRE wishes all Veterans, those serving in the military, and their families, a safe and happy holiday season, and a Happy New Year!

NCIRE-supported clinician researcher @ScottBauerMD has launched the PROUD trial for male veterans over age 60 with urinary symptoms due to an enlarged prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)! To learn more or enroll, contact the team at PROUD-study@ucsf.edu or visit the study website: https://lnkd.in/g2G5qkaN

December 20th marks the fifth birthday of the United States’ youngest military branch. The United States Space Force is a separate and distinct branch of the armed services, organized under the Department of the Air Force in a manner very similar to how the Marine Corps is organized under the Department of the Navy. Its Mission: to organize, train, and equip Guardians to conduct global space operations that enhance the way U.S. joint and coalition forces fight, while also offering decision makers military options to achieve national objectives. NCIRE wishes the U.S. Space Force a Happy 5th Birthday and thanks its service members for protecting us “Always Above”! Read more: https://lnkd.in/dpxn89P

Drs. Rebecca Sudore and Michael Steinman co-publish article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine NCIRE-supported Principal Investigators, Drs. Rebecca Sudore and Michael Steinman, co-published an article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine titled “eConsultation for Deprescribing Among Older Adults: Clinician Perspectives on Implementation Barriers and Facilitators”. Along with a research team led by fellow University of California, San Francisco colleague, Dr. Matthew Growdon, Sudore and Steinman investigated clinician perspectives on barriers/facilitators of using eConsults for deprescribing among older adults within a university health network. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gcJiRYaU

Dr. Michael Steinman quoted in New York Times article NCIRE-supported Principal Investigator, Dr. Michael Steinman, was quoted in the New York Times article “When Chronic Diseases Come With Chronic Financial Pressure”, shedding light on the adverse impacts that high medication costs have on older adults. Read more: https://lnkd.in/d-FtPzQn

On December 13th we celebrate the 388th birthday of the U.S. National Guard. On this date in 1636, the first militia regiments in North America organized in Massachusetts. Based upon an order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s General Court, the colony’s militia was organized into three permanent regiments to defend the colony better. Today, the descendants of these first regiments – the 181st Infantry, the 182nd Infantry, the 101st Field Artillery, and the 101st Engineer Battalion of the Massachusetts Army National Guard – share the distinction of being the oldest units in the U.S. military. NCIRE celebrates the National Guard and the long history. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gsa5nJrX

It is hard to fathom we are at the end of another year; 2024 brought many successes, opportunities, challenges, and changes. The content in the Winter 2024 NCIRE Details News Awards (DNA) Newsletter is noteworthy, this is the 25th edition, quite a milestone.  Thank you to the contributors, An (Joseph) Vu, PhD, MRSO who shares his research focusing on improving visual information from the use of MRI. His main instrument is the 7T MRI, offering ultra-high resolution. Dr. Vu collaborates with clinicians and scientists investigating a wide range of neurological disorders. Carolyn Gibson, PhD, MPH, MSCP shared her work related to women’s health. Her current research focuses on patient-centered intervention and understanding of menopause-related care in the VA.   We appreciate their time and willingness to share their research. Read the DNA Newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/gvNFpxWv

The Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (NCIRE) was established in 1988 following Congress passing Public Law 100-322 (now codified at section 7361-66 of title 38, United States Code) that allowed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers to establish Nonprofit research corporations (NPCs) to provide flexible funding mechanisms to administer non-VA research funds, forming a unique public/private partnership that dramatically broadened VA’s ability to benefit from private and non-VA public support for research conducted at VA medical centers. Over the past 36 years, NCIRE has grown from a small 4-person team into a bustling 33-person administrative core staff with over 220 employees in research labs and offices within the San Francisco VA campus lead by Rebecca Rosales, MBA, CRA, Chief Executive Officer. NCIRE is the largest of the 79 Nonprofit research institutes associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs nationwide and plays a crucial role in supporting over 200 SFVAHCS researchers as they endeavor to improve the understanding and management of disorders affecting our Veterans. Please join us in celebrating 36 years serving Veterans and the global community though research advancement! www.ncire.org

Each year on December 7th, Veterans, and visitors from all over the world come together to honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. An additional 1,178 people were injured in the attack, which permanently sank two U.S. Navy battleships (the USS Arizona and the USS Utah) and destroyed 188 aircraft. On August 23, 1994, the United States Congress designated December 7th as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, NCIRE honors the Veterans and civilians who lost their lives in an attack that changed the course of history. Read more: https://pearlharbor.org/

Drs. Alexander Smith and Rebecca Sudore co-publish paper in JAMA Internal Medicine NCIRE-supported Principal Investigators, Drs. Alexander Smith and Rebecca Sudore, co-published a paper in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine titled “Social Isolation and Mortality in Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”. Smith and Sudore joined researchers, led by fellow University of California, San Francisco colleague Dr. Angela Suen, in the cohort study to determine the impact of social isolation on individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The study used 2006-2022 data from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) for adults aged 51 years or older, which is conducted biennially until death. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gY86xqWt