Lauren Hunt * UCSF Profiles

Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Physiological Nursing
School	School of Nursing
ORCID	0000-0002-2731-2173
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Biography

Education and Training

Columbia University, New York City, NY	B.A.	05/2002	Environmental Biology
Boston College, Chestnut Hall, MA	RN/MSN	05/2007	Family Nurse Practitioner
UCSF, San Francisco, CA	PhD	04/2018	Gerontological and Palliative Care Nursing
San Francisco VA Health Care Center, San Francisco	Fellowship	06/2019	Quality Improvement
UCSF, San Francisco	Fellowship		Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health

Awards and Honors

UCSF Claude D. Pepper Center	2019 -	2020	Research Education Component Scholar
UCSF Global Brain Health Institute	2019 -	2020	Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health
National Palliative Care Research Center	2019 -	2021	Kornfield Scholar
UCSF	2018		UCSF School of Nursing Distinguished Dissertation Award
National Institute for Nursing Research	2014 -	2017	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Recipient
UCSF	2013 -	2014	John A. Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence/Jeanie Kaiser Jones Scholarship
Boston College	2005		Tuition Remission Award

Overview

I am PhD-trained nurse practitioner and health services researcher with a research focus on understanding the geriatric palliative care needs and experiences of older adults with dementia across care settings. My research questions are driven by my professional experiences as a clinician working with seriously-ill older adults in acute care, hospice, and outpatient clinics, where I have witnessed firsthand how gaps in current care models negatively impact patients and families.

My vision is to help older adults, particularly those with dementia, to live and die as comfortably and peacefully as possible. To that end, my research has focused on three main areas: 1) End-of-life health service use and quality of care in older adults with dementia; 2) Geriatric palliative care needs in vulnerable older adults across settings; 3) Potentially burdensome interventions and transitions in vulnerable older adults. I also have a methodological interest in using existing datasets to answers questions in these domains.

Interests

hospice, palliative care, older adults, dementia, symptoms, policy, secondary dataset analysis

Research

Research Activities and Funding

The Impact of Live Discharge from Hospice on Burdensome Transitions in the Last Month of Life for Persons with Dementia
NIH/NCATS KL2 TR001870Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2022
Role: Faculty Scholar

Potentially Burdensome Health Care Use Following Live Discharge from Hospice for Patients with Dementia
National Palliative Care Research Center Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2021
Role: Principal Investigator

Live Discharge from Hospice: Impact on Burdensome Transitions in the Last Month of Life in Persons with Dementia
NIH/NIA UCSF Pepper Center P30 AG04428Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020
Role: Research Education Component Scholar

State of the Future in Global Aging, Dementia & Mental Health: Bridging Leadership, Science, Practice and Policy
NIH/NIA R13AG056140Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2019
Role: Co-facilitator, Building the Science workgroup

Outcomes of Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia
NIH/NINR F31NR015380Jan 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2017
Role: Principal Investigator

T32 Nurse Research Training in Symptom Management
NIH/NINR T32 NR07088Sep 27, 2012 - Dec 31, 2014
Role: Predoctoral trainee

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Publications

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Hunt LJ, Stephens CE, Smith AK. Palliative Care in the Nursing Home-Shifting Paradigms. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Nov 11; 1-2. PMID: 31710331.

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Lederle L, Jing B, Rodriguez A, Hunt LJ, Lee SJ. Glycemic Over- and Undertreatment in VA Nursing Home Residents with Type 2 Diabetes: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Nov 08. PMID: 31705477.

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Harrison KL, Ritchie CS, Patel K, Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Yaffe K, Smith AK. Care Settings and Clinical Characteristics of Older Adults with Moderately Severe Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Sep; 67(9):1907-1912. PMID: 31389002.

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Harrison KL, Hunt LJ, Ritchie CS, Yaffe K. Dying With Dementia: Underrecognized and Stigmatized. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Aug; 67(8):1548-1551. PMID: 30908605.

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Hunt LJ, Smith AK. High Symptom Burden in Older Adults: A Clarion Call for Geriatrics and Palliative Care Research and Training. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Feb; 67(2):208-210. PMID: 30548451.

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Hunt LJ, Ritchie CS, Cataldo JK, Patel K, Stephens CE, Smith AK. Pain and Emergency Department Use in the Last Month of Life Among Older Adults With Dementia. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 12; 56(6):871-877.e7. PMID: 30223013.

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Hunt LJ, Coombs LA, Stephens CE. Emergency Department Use by Community-Dwelling Individuals With Dementia in the United States: An Integrative Review. J Gerontol Nurs. 2018 Mar 01; 44(3):23-30. PMID: 29355877.

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Stephens CE, Hunt LJ, Bui N, Halifax E, Ritchie CS, Lee SJ. Palliative Care Eligibility, Symptom Burden, and Quality-of-Life Ratings in Nursing Home Residents. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 01 01; 178(1):141-142. PMID: 29159368.

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Hunt LJ, Lee SJ, Harrison KL, Smith AK. Secondary Analysis of Existing Datasets for Dementia and Palliative Care Research: High-Value Applications and Key Considerations. J Palliat Med. 2018 02; 21(2):130-142. PMID: 29265949.

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Coombs LA, Hunt L, Cataldo J. A scoping review of the nurse practitioner workforce in oncology. Cancer Med. 2016 08; 5(8):1908-16. PMID: 27264203.

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Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Yaffe K, Stephens CE, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia: Results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Aug; 63(8):1503-11. PMID: 26200445.

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