Dr. James Marcin, co-director of CITRIS Health, is a senior author of a study that evaluated the carbon footprint of telehealth visits.
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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 […]
Lessons from Lighthouse Webinar
On April 20, 2021, CITRIS Health and the Lighthouse for Older Adults program hosted the “Lessons from Lighthouse: Operationalizing Technology to Support Older Adults in […]
CITRIS Health Pioneers Innovation in Telehealth and Healthy Aging
CITRIS began working at the intersection of health and technology more than ten years ago to lead and support University of California research on healthy […]
CITRIS Health Deploys Rapid COVID-19 Vaccinations and Testing in Sacramento
CITRIS Health’s Lighthouse team, in collaboration with Eskaton, a Sacramento-based non-profit housing provider for older adults, is launching a mobile care team to support homebound […]
CITRIS Health Launches Rapid COVID-19 Vaccinations and Testing in Central Valley
CITRIS Health’s ACTIVATE team is working with Livingston Community Health, a non-profit, community-owned health center based in Livingston, CA, to launch a mobile care team […]
During the Holidays, Using Technology to Connect Older Adults With Friends and Family
During the Holidays, Using Technology to Connect Older Adults With Friends and Family The holiday season is typically a time to reconnect with family and […]
Q&A with Jordan Coffey, Founder and CEO of Smile With Joy
Jordan Coffey is a UC Berkeley alumnus (class of 2020) who majored in architecture. His interest in dental care started at an early age and […]
CITRIS Health Director David Lindeman appointed to the California Commission on Aging
CITRIS Health Director David Lindeman has been appointed to the California Commission on Aging by Governor Gavin Newsom. Lindeman has worked in the fields of […]
ACTIVATE Will Bring Telehealth Services To Vulnerable, At-Risk Residents of California’s Central Valley
Researchers at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society & the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) at the University of California are launching today Accountability, Coordination, and Telehealth in the Valley to Achieve Transformation and Equity (ACTIVATE)
The promise of technology for older adults: ephemeral or essential?
Technology and technology-enabled interventions have become central to the lives of older adults, family caregivers, and the workforce supporting older adults. CITRIS Health Director David […]
“Lighthouse for Older Adults,” a CITRIS and University of California Initiative, Brings Technology-Enabled Health and Well-Being to Low-Income California Seniors During COVID Crisis
The program pilot at two affordable housing communities aims to improve older adult health and well-being CONTACT: Kathleen Stann, Director of Communications, CITRIS, communications@citris-uc.org August 11, 2020 […]
Applications now open for 2020 TTRN-CITRIS Summer Institute
The TTRN-CITRIS International Summer Institute aims to build and support an international network of researchers dedicated to the creation of impactful research and innovation in health […]
Tech meets neurodegenerative diseases at the Aging Research and Technology Summit
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, along with other UC Berkeley campus partners, presented the second annual Aging Research and Technology Summit earlier this month, to highlight research and technology solutions being developed to disrupt the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
CITRIS participates in state-sponsored precision medicine initiative
The final report from the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine Projects (CIAPM) was released to the California State Legislature in July 2019.