David Lindeman, executive director of the CITRIS Health research initiative, has been elected the new chair of the California Commission on Aging (CCoA).
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CITRIS PI studies gait to improve health of older adults
As Carolynn Patten’s research reveals, analyzing the way a person walks has the potential to catch underlying health conditions in older adults.
ACTIVATE places in health innovation challenge
The telehealth initiative seeks to provide underserved populations in California’s Central Valley with accessible care.
CITRIS Health affiliate receives $2.5M in NIH SBIR funding
CITRIS Health will facilitate research for BetterAge’s platform, which will improve the holistic well-being of older adults with empirical recommendations and personalized support.
8th annual EDGE in Tech Symposium celebrated ingenuity, inclusion in health care technology
Hosted this year at UC Davis, the event rounded off the first-ever CITRIS Innovation Intensive, an exploration of health tech that spanned four UC campuses.
CITRIS signs MOU with Berlin to boost innovation
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises to boost innovation in the field of digital health and aging.
CITRIS PI’s surgical robot hits new milestone
The AI-trained robot from Ken Goldberg’s lab shows a new level of dexterity and spatial awareness.
CITRIS Health partners on survey of California’s LGBTQIA+ older adults
CITRIS Health has collaborated with the California Department of Aging and others to launch a statewide survey documenting the needs of older LGBTQIA+ residents.
LeadingAge California to bring Lighthouse digital literacy program to older adults
The state’s leading advocate for quality senior living will partner on the CITRIS Health project to connect older people living in affordable housing with telehealth resources and digital literacy training.
CITRIS Health releases ACTIVATE community engagement guide
Originally implemented in community health centers, ACTIVATE now provides a how-to guide for communities to take quality health care into their own hands.
ACTIVATE telehealth program supports rural communities
Striving to make remote health care delivery more equitable in California’s Central Valley, a CITRIS project finds success in health education and monitoring.
CITRIS-China partnership inaugurates new robotic surgery training center
Located in Guangzhou, China, the program brings together state of the art technology and international clinical expertise.
CITRIS Seed Award project supports long-distance caregivers
Interactive Care, or I-Care, is working to make long-distance caregiving for older adults easier.
An unexpected benefit of pandemic telehealth: A smaller carbon footprint
Dr. James Marcin, co-director of CITRIS Health, is a senior author of a study that evaluated the carbon footprint of telehealth visits.
On the cutting edge of robotic surgery: Bahareh Nejad serves as physician, international instructor
The CITRIS PI and UC Davis Health OB-GYN uses specially designed robots to conduct surgery — and shares her expertise with colleagues across an ocean.
Nicholas Anderson and James Marcin named co-directors of CITRIS Health
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute welcome Nicholas Anderson, the Robert E. Cardiff Endowed Professor in Biomedical Informatics and the health informatics division chief in the […]
Healthy Davis Together serves as a model of town-gown partnerships
With expertise from CITRIS affiliates, the university-city collaboration has helped keep the region’s COVID positivity rate at less than 5 percent.
Inaugural cohort of health data science fellows named
The Translational Health Data Science Fellowship Program, a partnership between CITRIS Health, the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences and the UC Davis DataLab, has announced its first seven graduate student fellows.
Kim recognized for community engagement
Katherine Kim, co-director of the CITRIS Health ACTIVATE project, received the 2021 Community Outcomes and Impact Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement.
CITRIS Seed Funding offers $500K for multicampus research for social good
CITRIS is accepting proposals from principal investigators at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz for projects addressing Grand Challenges of IT.
Opportunities for Funding High-Speed Internet for Congregate Living
We are pleased to share this Opportunities Guide: Funding Senior High-Speed Internet Access, assembled by Freedman Consulting, LLC. It provides a comprehensive list of funding […]
CITRIS Confronts Pandemic Challenges and Continues to Innovate
The 20th anniversary of CITRIS coincided with the coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown of many in-person campus operations. In response, the institute pivoted key programming […]
Lessons on Scaling Equitable Vaccine Distribution to Help High-Risk Populations Webinar
On May 20, 2021, CITRIS Health hosted a webinar that focused on the lessons learned through the development and deployment of vaccination efforts across three […]
Helping High-Risk, Homebound Older Adults Get Vaccinated
The Lighthouse project is addressing vaccine distribution disparities by prioritizing overlooked, homebound older adults who often lack access to resources and technology. The COVID-19 pandemic […]