糖心原创

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Sarah Hooper

Professor of Practice, Associate Dean and Executive Director of the UCSF/UC Law SF Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy

Bio

Sarah Hooper is an Associate Dean and Professor of Practice at 糖心原创 (formerly known as 鈥淯C Hastings.鈥) She co-directs the UCSF-UC Law Master of Science in Health Policy & Law degree program and serves as the Faculty Advisor for the JD Concentration in Health Law & Policy. Professor Hooper’s teaching, research, and policy interests lie at the intersection of health justice, aging, and complex care. Her grant-funded work encompasses clinical interventions such as the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors Clinic, research collaborations such as the Dementia Care Ecosystem clinical trial, and training initiatives for providers and the public such as the California Statewide Medical-Legal Partnership Network, the Caregivers as Partners in Care Teams initiative, and the Optimizing Aging Collaborative. She has co-developed evidence-driven tools to support medical, legal and financial planning among older adults with dementia called PREPARE and Plan for Clarity. She serves as pro bono legal advisor to National POLST and is currently serving a two-year term as member of the California State Elder & Disability Justice Coordinating Council. Professor Hooper earned her JD at 糖心原创. She received health equity training as an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity at George Washington University School of Public Health and is a Global Atlantic Fellow with the Atlantic Institute.

 

Education

  • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
    J.D., Law
    2008

  • University of California, Santa Barbara
    B.A., Law and Society
    2005

  • George Washington University School of Public Health
    Health Equity

  • Atlantic Fellow
    Health Equity

Accomplishments

  • Mary Kay Kane Service Award, UC Law SF
    2023

  • Visiting Professor, UCSF Division of Geriatrics
    2023

  • Global Atlantic Fellow, Atlantic Institute
    2017

Selected Scholarship

  • Development of an online tool to support financial and legal planning in dementia
    Tessaro, I, Watt, D, Menestres, D, Farrell, D, PEC Innovation, 5
    2024

  • Hospital-Based Medical-Legal Partnerships for Complex Care Patients: Intersectionality and Ethics Considerations
    Garg M, Oliva J, Lu A, Martin M, J Law Med Ethics
    2024

  • Long-term effects of collaborative dementia care on quality of life and caregiver well-being
    Possin KL, Dulaney S, Sideman AB, Wood A, Allen I, Bonasera S, Merrilees J, Lee K, Chiong W, Braley T, Kanzawa M, Gearhart R, Medsger H, Harrison K, Hunt L, Kiekhofer R, Chow C, Miller B, Guterman E, Alzheimer's Dement
    2024

  • Collard H, Spetz J, Health Affairs Scholar 2023

  • MEND Policy Report: Legal analysis, stakeholder insights, & policy recommendations for healthcare provider implicit bias training in California
    Montague A, Garrett SB, MEND Study Reporting. University of California, San Francisco
    2023

  • Context, humility, and caution in guardianship determination
    Chodos AH, J Am Geriatr Soc
    2022

  • Use of Telephone- and Internet-Based Support to Elicit and Address Financial Abuse and Mismanagement in Dementia: Experiences from the Care Ecosystem Study
    Manivannan M, Heunis J, Bernstein Sideman A, Lui KP, Braley TL, Possin KL, Chiong W., J Alzheimers Dis.
    2022

  • NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 09/2021

  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 08/2021

  • Bill of Health 08/2021

  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 03/2020

  • Journal of the American Society on Aging 01/2020

  • PLoS Med 03/2017

  • Hooper S and Chiong W (Ed.: Miller B. and Cummings J), The Human Frontal Lobes: Functions and Disorders (3rd ed.) 12/2017

  • Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 05/2014

  • GeriPal 01/2013

  • Institute on Aging Access to Justice Initiative 01/2012

  • Annals of Internal Medicine 01/2011