Alissa Sideman, PhD, MPH, MA
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| Title(s) | Associate Professor, Institute for Health Policy Studies |
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| School | School of Medicine |
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| Address | 490 Illinois Street, #72F
San Francisco CA 94158
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| Phone | 415-476-9750 |
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| Pronouns | She/Her/Hers |
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Biography
| Stanford University | BA | 2006 | Cultural & Social Anthropology |
| Stanford University | MA | 2007 | Cultural & Social Anthropology |
| University of California, Berkeley | MPH | 2014 | Public Health |
| University of California, Berkeley-University of California, San Francisco | PhD | 2015 | Medical Anthropology |
| Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF | Postdoctoral Fellow | 2018 | Health Policy |
| Global Brain Health Institute, UCSF | Atlantic Fellow | 2018 | Equity in Brain Health |
| Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF | AHRQ T32 Fellowship | 2019 | Health Policy |
| University of California, San Francisco | 2020
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| 2021 | Population Health and Health Equity Scholar |
| Alzheimer's Association and Global Brain Health Institute | 2016
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| 2018 | Pilot Award for Global Brain Health Leaders |
| National Science Foundation | 2011
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| 2012 | Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant |
| Wenner-Gren Foundation | 2011
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| 2012 | Dissertation Research Grant |
| Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Program | 2009
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| 2014 | Foreign Language and Area Studies Program Fellowship |
Overview
Alissa Bernstein, PhD, MPH, MA is a medical anthropologist and health policy researcher focused on understanding and improving the assessment, diagnosis, and care of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, with a specific focus on primary care. She also conducts research focused on care navigation to support people with dementia and their caregivers and building palliative care approaches in memory care settings. Dr. Bernstein teaches medical students, fellows, and Master's students on topics that include qualitative research methods, implementation science, community-based participatory research, and human-centered design. Dr. Bernstein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and Department of Neurology within the UCSF School of Medicine, and is core faculty in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, as well as faculty in the Global Brain Health Institute at UCSF.
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Caregivers' positive emotional language predicts their depression trajectories after dementia caregiving ends. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2026 Feb 05; 81(3).
Wells JL, Scheffer JA, Shdo SM, Yee CI, Grimm KJ, Sideman AB, Miller BL, Merrilees JJ, Possin KL, Levenson RW. PMID: 41414050.
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'It keeps your body strong, your muscles strong, your brain strong:' perceptions about the role of physical activity and nutrition in brain health among middle-aged Latinos. Ethn Health. 2026 Jan; 31(1):76-91.
Light SW, Tomasino F, Del Salto M, Vela A, Wolf MS, Sideman AB. PMID: 41390157.
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"I'll Take Any Kind of Training Anybody's Willing to Give Me" Long-Term Care Staff Perceptions on Dementia Training and Needs. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Dec; 26(12):105948.
Sandoval S, Bernstein Sideman A, Nerayo L, De Jesus AH, Brooks-Smith-Lowe S, Wagner LM. PMID: 41138750.
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Facilitators and challenges in the implementation of the Care Ecosystem at six clinical sites in the United States: A qualitative study. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Nov; 21(11):e70917.
Sideman AB, Merrilees J, Dulaney S, Allawala M, Barclay M, Rosenbloom M, Hanson LR, Ward KT, Hess M, Olney NT, Lum HD, Sawyer RJ, Possin KL. PMID: 41292421; PMCID: PMC12647974.
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A Qualitative Study to Characterize the Experiences of Patients and Caregivers With Dementia Diagnostic Disclosure Communication and Care Planning. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2025 Oct 15; 8919887251388036.
Paladino J, Chavez Granados H, Connor Eruchalu JA, Davila C, Ramirez Gomez L, Sideman AB, Dohan D, Lindenberger E, Dow L, Vranceanu AM, Blacker D, Ritchie CS. PMID: 41092108.
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"It may cost you your money, it costs you your life": a framework for financial hardship in dementia. Gerontologist. 2025 Sep 26; 65(10).
Harrison KL, Adrion ER, Friend J, Garrett SB, Halim M, Terranova M, Sideman AB, Boyd ND, Naasan G, Gilissen J, Chen P, Aldridge MD, Dohan D, Geschwind MD, Smith AK, Ritchie CS. PMID: 40720566; PMCID: PMC12427131.
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The National Dementia Workforce Study: Development of Questionnaires for Home Care, Assisted Living, and Nursing Home Settings. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Nov; 73(11):3344-3353.
Spetz J, Wagner LM, White EM, Chapman SA, Chiong W, Friedman EM, Gerlach LB, Harrison KL, Hunt LJ, Lee SJ, Muench U, Possin K, Sideman A, Hickey JVTS, Putthinun P, Yeh J, Sandoval S, Rose A, Rothstein J, Pettit AR, Maust DT, Zimmerman S. PMID: 40891824; PMCID: PMC12407246.
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The Effect of the Care Ecosystem Collaborative Care Model on End-of-Life Outcomes for People With Dementia and Their Caregivers. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Aug 19; 10499091251367311.
Hunt LJ, Harrison KL, Kiekhofer R, Merrilees J, Sideman AB, Dulaney S, Allen IE, Lee K, Chiong W, Hooper SM, Bonasera SJ, Braley TL, Miller BL, Possin KL. PMID: 40827842.
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The National Dementia Workforce Study: Methods for Surveying Community Clinicians Who Provide Care to People With Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Nov; 73(11):3327-3335.
White EM, Wagner J, Stewart K, Guyer H, Nelson S, Chiong W, Muench U, Sideman A, Gerlach LB, Possin K, Pettit AR, Rothstein J, Marcus SC, Spetz J, Maust DT. PMID: 40776848; PMCID: PMC12403198.
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Enhancing early detection of cognitive impairment in primary care with the TabCAT-BHA. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Jul; 21(7):e70437.
Breithaupt AG, Sideman AB, Goode C, Hill-Sakurai L, Premkumar M, Scheffler AW, Chodos A, Tsoy E, Rankin KP, Kramer JH, Bui N, Jarrott S, Gaynor L, Chang OLB, Chow C, Kahn JG, Possin KL. PMID: 40613257; PMCID: PMC12231204.
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Brain Health Attitudes, Awareness and Actions in Middle-Aged Latinos. J Immigr Minor Health. 2025 Jun; 27(3):489-500.
Light SW, Hurtado J, Del Salto M, Opsasnick L, Batio S, Vela A, Bernstein Sideman A, Wolf MS. PMID: 40072737; PMCID: PMC12249754.
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Facilitators and Barriers to Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis: Perspectives From Dementia Experts Within a Global Health Context. Front Neurol. 2022; 13:769360.
Bernstein Sideman A, Al-Rousan T, Tsoy E, Piña Escudero SD, Pintado-Caipa M, Kanjanapong S, Mbakile-Mahlanza L, Okada de Oliveira M, De la Cruz-Puebla M, Zygouris S, Ashour Mohamed A, Ibrahim H, Goode CA, Miller BL, Valcour V, Possin KL. PMID: 35418934; PMCID: PMC8997042.
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Responding to the Needs of Persons Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons From the Care Ecosystem. Innov Aging. 2022; 6(2):igac007.
Merrilees J, Robinson-Teran J, Allawala M, Dulaney S, Rosenbloom M, Lum HD, Sawyer RJ, Possin KL, Bernstein Sideman A. . PMID: 35434383; PMCID: PMC9007551.
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"Captive by the Uncertainty"-Experiences with Anticipatory Guidance for People Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers at a Specialty Dementia Clinic. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022; 86(2):787-800.
Shafir A, Ritchie CS, Garrett SB, Bernstein Sideman A, Naasan G, Merrilees J, Widera E, Flint L, Harrison KL. PMID: 35124641; PMCID: PMC9717709.
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Lessons from Detecting Cognitive Impairment Including Dementia (DetectCID) in Primary Care. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022; 86(2):655-665.
Bernstein Sideman A, Chalmer R, Ayers E, Gershon R, Verghese J, Wolf M, Ansari A, Arvanitis M, Bui N, Chen P, Chodos A, Corriveau R, Curtis L, Ehrlich AR, Tomaszewski Farias SE, Goode C, Hill-Sakurai L, Nowinski CJ, Premkumar M, Rankin KP, Ritchie CS, Tsoy E, Weiss E, Possin KL. PMID: 35124639; PMCID: PMC9048609.
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Use of Telephone- and Internet-Based Support to Elicit and Address Financial Abuse and Mismanagement in Dementia: Experiences from the Care Ecosystem Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022; 86(1):219-229.
Manivannan M, Heunis J, Hooper SM, Bernstein Sideman A, Lui KP, Possin KL, Chiong W, Braley TL. PMID: 35034900; PMCID: PMC10938943.
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Closed-Loop Neuromodulation and Self-Perception in Clinical Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy. AJOB Neurosci. 2023 Jan-Mar; 14(1):32-44.
Haeusermann T, Lechner CR, Fong KC, Bernstein Sideman A, Jaworska A, Chiong W, Dohan D. PMID: 34473932; PMCID: PMC9007331.
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The Role of Spirituality in Conceptualizations of Health Maintenance and Healthy Aging Among Latin American Immigrants. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 11; 29(11):1079-1088.
Weiner-Light S, Rankin KP, Lanata S, Possin KL, Dohan D, Bernstein Sideman A. . PMID: 34092458; PMCID: PMC8846417.
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Practices, challenges, and opportunities when addressing the palliative care needs of people living with dementia: Specialty memory care provider perspectives. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2021; 7(1):e12144.
Bernstein Sideman A, Harrison KL, Garrett SB, Naasan G, Dementia Palliative Care Writing Group, Ritchie CS. PMID: 33969177; PMCID: PMC8087986.
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Using care navigation to address caregiver burden in dementia: A qualitative case study analysis. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2020; 6(1):e12010.
Bernstein A, Merrilees J, Dulaney S, Harrison KL, Chiong W, Ong P, Heunis J, Choi J, Walker R, Feuer JE, Lee K, Dohan D, Bonasera SJ, Miller BL, Possin KL. PMID: 32377557; PMCID: PMC7201177.
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Effect of Collaborative Dementia Care via Telephone and Internet on Quality of Life, Caregiver Well-being, and Health Care Use: The Care Ecosystem Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 12 01; 179(12):1658-1667.
Possin KL, Merrilees JJ, Dulaney S, Bonasera SJ, Chiong W, Lee K, Hooper SM, Allen IE, Braley T, Bernstein A, Rosa TD, Harrison K, Begert-Hellings H, Kornak J, Kahn JG, Naasan G, Lanata S, Clark AM, Chodos A, Gearhart R, Ritchie C, Miller BL. PMID: 31566651; PMCID: PMC6777227.
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Dementia assessment and management in primary care settings: a survey of current provider practices in the United States. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Nov 29; 19(1):919.
Bernstein A, Rogers KM, Possin KL, Steele NZR, Ritchie CS, Kramer JH, Geschwind M, Higgins JJ, Wohlgemuth J, Pesano R, Miller BL, Rankin KP. PMID: 31783848; PMCID: PMC6884754.
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Primary Care Provider Attitudes and Practices Evaluating and Managing Patients with Neurocognitive Disorders. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 09; 34(9):1691-1692.
Bernstein A, Rogers KM, Possin KL, Steele NZR, Ritchie CS, Miller BL, Rankin KP. PMID: 31044411; PMCID: PMC6712190.
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Variations in Costs of a Collaborative Care Model for Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 12; 67(12):2628-2633.
Rosa TD, Possin KL, Bernstein A, Merrilees J, Dulaney S, Matuoka J, Lee KP, Chiong W, Bonasera SJ, Harrison KL, Kahn JG. PMID: 31317539; PMCID: PMC6898731.
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Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Health Policy. Human Organization. 2019; 78(1):75-84.
Bernstein A, Razon N. View Publication.
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The Role of Care Navigators Working with People with Dementia and Their Caregivers. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019; 71(1):45-55.
Bernstein A, Harrison KL, Dulaney S, Merrilees J, Bowhay A, Heunis J, Choi J, Feuer JE, Clark AM, Chiong W, Lee K, Braley TL, Bonasera SJ, Ritchie CS, Dohan D, Miller BL, Possin KL. PMID: 31322558; PMCID: PMC7004209.
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Proliferating Policy: Technologies, Performance, and Aesthetics in the Circulation and Governance of Health Care Reform in Bolivia. Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 2018; 42(2):262-276.
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The Care Ecosystem: Promoting self-efficacy among dementia family caregivers. Dementia (London). 2020 Aug; 19(6):1955-1973.
Merrilees JJ, Bernstein A, Dulaney S, Heunis J, Walker R, Rah E, Choi J, Gawlas K, Carroll S, Ong P, Feuer J, Braley T, Clark AM, Lee K, Chiong W, Bonasera SJ, Miller BL, Possin KL. PMID: 30497302; PMCID: PMC6541533.
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“The Gray Zone”; “It Works for Us.”. hear/say: Stories About Aging, Dementia, Art, and Life, ed. Caroline Prileau and Jennifer Merrilees. 2017.
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Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem. PLoS Med. 2017 03; 14(3):e1002260.
Possin KL, Merrilees J, Bonasera SJ, Bernstein A, Chiong W, Lee K, Wilson L, Hooper SM, Dulaney S, Braley T, Laohavanich S, Feuer JE, Clark AM, Schaffer MW, Schenk AK, Heunis J, Ong P, Cook KM, Bowhay AD, Gearhart R, Chodos A, Naasan G, Bindman AB, Dohan D, Ritchie C, Miller BL. PMID: 28323819; PMCID: PMC5360211.
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Personal and political histories in the designing of health reform policy in Bolivia. Soc Sci Med. 2017 03; 177:231-238.
Bernstein A. PMID: 28192712.
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Beyond the Case: Competing Logics and Practices of Comparative Ethnography (ed. Abrams and Gong). Using Computational Tools to Enhance Comparative Ethnography: Lessons from Scaling Ethnography for Biomedicine.
Bernstein A, Dohan D.
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Health Travels: Cuban
Health(care) On and Off the Island (ed. Nancy Burke). Transformative Medical Education and the Making of New Clinical Subjectivities Through Cuban-Bolivian Medical Diplomacy.
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| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 |
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