Alissa Sideman, PhD, MPH, MA

Assistant Professor

M_IHPS (Health Policy Studies)

Dr. Bernstein is a medical anthropologist and health policy researcher who was just recently appointed to the faculty in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine. She collaborates with behavioral neurologists, neuropsychologists, primary care providers, social scientists, and health policy experts and uses social science methods to understand and address problems in the health care system with a specific focus on reducing disparities.

Her project aims to understand the experience and needs related to dementia care from the perspective of primary care physicians who work in community health and safety net settings and about the people with dementia and their care providers who receive medical care. She will use the funding to collect preliminary data to understand these experiences and needs among vulnerable populations to support future grant proposals.

Dr. Bernstein received BA and MA degrees in Cultural and Social Anthropology and Physiology from Stanford University and an MPH in Health Policy and PhD in Medical Anthropology at UC Berkeley.

Publications

Caregivers' positive emotional language predicts their depression trajectories after dementia caregiving ends.

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

Wells JL, Scheffer JA, Shdo SM, Yee CI, Grimm KJ, Sideman AB, Miller BL, Merrilees JJ, Possin KL, Levenson RW

'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.

Ethnicity & health

Light SW, Tomasino F, Del Salto M, Vela A, Wolf MS, Sideman AB

"I'll Take Any Kind of Training Anybody's Willing to Give Me" Long-Term Care Staff Perceptions on Dementia Training and Needs.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Sandoval S, Bernstein Sideman A, Nerayo L, De Jesus AH, Brooks-Smith-Lowe S, Wagner LM

Facilitators and challenges in the implementation of the Care Ecosystem at six clinical sites in the United States: A qualitative study.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

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

A Qualitative Study to Characterize the Experiences of Patients and Caregivers With Dementia Diagnostic Disclosure Communication and Care Planning.

Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology

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

"It may cost you your money, it costs you your life": a framework for financial hardship in dementia.

The Gerontologist

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

The National Dementia Workforce Study: Development of Questionnaires for Home Care, Assisted Living, and Nursing Home Settings.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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

The Effect of the Care Ecosystem Collaborative Care Model on End-of-Life Outcomes for People With Dementia and Their Caregivers.

The American journal of hospice & palliative care

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

The National Dementia Workforce Study: Methods for Surveying Community Clinicians Who Provide Care to People With Dementia.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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

Enhancing early detection of cognitive impairment in primary care with the TabCAT-BHA.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

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

Brain Health Attitudes, Awareness and Actions in Middle-Aged Latinos.

Journal of immigrant and minority health

Light SW, Hurtado J, Del Salto M, Opsasnick L, Batio S, Vela A, Bernstein Sideman A, Wolf MS

Developing neuropalliative care for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

Prion

Harrison KL, Garrett SB, Gilissen J, Terranova MJ, Bernstein Sideman A, Ritchie CS, Geschwind MD

Facilitators and Barriers to Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis: Perspectives From Dementia Experts Within a Global Health Context.

Frontiers in neurology

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

Responding to the Needs of Persons Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons From the Care Ecosystem.

Innovation in Aging

Merrilees J, Robinson-Teran J, Allawala M, Dulaney S, Rosenbloom M, Lum HD, Sawyer RJ, Possin KL, Bernstein Sideman A

"Captive by the Uncertainty"-Experiences with Anticipatory Guidance for People Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers at a Specialty Dementia Clinic.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

Shafir A, Ritchie CS, Garrett SB, Bernstein Sideman A, Naasan G, Merrilees J, Widera E, Flint L, Harrison KL

Lessons from Detecting Cognitive Impairment Including Dementia (DetectCID) in Primary Care.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

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

Use of Telephone- and Internet-Based Support to Elicit and Address Financial Abuse and Mismanagement in Dementia: Experiences from the Care Ecosystem Study.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

Manivannan M, Heunis J, Hooper SM, Bernstein Sideman A, Lui KP, Braley TL, Possin KL, Chiong W

Closed-Loop Neuromodulation and Self-Perception in Clinical Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy.

AJOB neuroscience

Haeusermann T, Lechner CR, Fong KC, Bernstein Sideman A, Jaworska A, Chiong W, Dohan D

The Role of Spirituality in Conceptualizations of Health Maintenance and Healthy Aging Among Latin American Immigrants.

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Weiner-Light S, Rankin KP, Lanata S, Possin KL, Dohan D, Bernstein Sideman A

Practices, challenges, and opportunities when addressing the palliative care needs of people living with dementia: Specialty memory care provider perspectives.

Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)

Bernstein Sideman A, Harrison KL, Garrett SB, Naasan G, Dementia Palliative Care Writing Group , Ritchie CS

Using care navigation to address caregiver burden in dementia: A qualitative case study analysis.

Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)

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

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 internal medicine

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

Dementia assessment and management in primary care settings: a survey of current provider practices in the United States.

BMC health services research

Bernstein A, Rogers KM, Possin KL, Steele NZR, Ritchie CS, Kramer JH, Geschwind M, Higgins JJ, Wohlgemuth J, Pesano R, Miller BL, Rankin KP

Primary Care Provider Attitudes and Practices Evaluating and Managing Patients with Neurocognitive Disorders.

Journal of general internal medicine

Bernstein A, Rogers KM, Possin KL, Steele NZR, Ritchie CS, Miller BL, Rankin KP

Variations in Costs of a Collaborative Care Model for Dementia.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Rosa TD, Possin KL, Bernstein A, Merrilees J, Dulaney S, Matuoka J, Lee KP, Chiong W, Bonasera SJ, Harrison KL, Kahn JG

Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Health Policy

Human Organization

Bernstein A, Razon N

The Role of Care Navigators Working with People with Dementia and Their Caregivers.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

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 C, Dohan D, Miller BL, Possin KL

Proliferating Policy: Technologies, Performance, and Aesthetics in the Circulation and Governance of Health Care Reform in Bolivia

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Bernstein A

The Care Ecosystem: Promoting self-efficacy among dementia family caregivers.

Dementia (London, England)

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

“The Gray Zone”; “It Works for Us.”

hear/say: Stories About Aging, Dementia, Art, and Life, ed. Caroline Prileau and Jennifer Merrilees

Bernstein A

Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem.

PLoS medicine

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

Publications

Caregivers' positive emotional language predicts their depression trajectories after dementia caregiving ends.

'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.

"I'll Take Any Kind of Training Anybody's Willing to Give Me" Long-Term Care Staff Perceptions on Dementia Training and Needs.

Facilitators and challenges in the implementation of the Care Ecosystem at six clinical sites in the United States: A qualitative study.

A Qualitative Study to Characterize the Experiences of Patients and Caregivers With Dementia Diagnostic Disclosure Communication and Care Planning.

"It may cost you your money, it costs you your life": a framework for financial hardship in dementia.

The National Dementia Workforce Study: Development of Questionnaires for Home Care, Assisted Living, and Nursing Home Settings.

The Effect of the Care Ecosystem Collaborative Care Model on End-of-Life Outcomes for People With Dementia and Their Caregivers.

The National Dementia Workforce Study: Methods for Surveying Community Clinicians Who Provide Care to People With Dementia.

Enhancing early detection of cognitive impairment in primary care with the TabCAT-BHA.

Brain Health Attitudes, Awareness and Actions in Middle-Aged Latinos.

Developing neuropalliative care for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

Facilitators and Barriers to Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis: Perspectives From Dementia Experts Within a Global Health Context.

Responding to the Needs of Persons Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons From the Care Ecosystem.

"Captive by the Uncertainty"-Experiences with Anticipatory Guidance for People Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers at a Specialty Dementia Clinic.

Lessons from Detecting Cognitive Impairment Including Dementia (DetectCID) in Primary Care.

Use of Telephone- and Internet-Based Support to Elicit and Address Financial Abuse and Mismanagement in Dementia: Experiences from the Care Ecosystem Study.

Closed-Loop Neuromodulation and Self-Perception in Clinical Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy.

The Role of Spirituality in Conceptualizations of Health Maintenance and Healthy Aging Among Latin American Immigrants.

Practices, challenges, and opportunities when addressing the palliative care needs of people living with dementia: Specialty memory care provider perspectives.

Using care navigation to address caregiver burden in dementia: A qualitative case study analysis.

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.

Dementia assessment and management in primary care settings: a survey of current provider practices in the United States.

Primary Care Provider Attitudes and Practices Evaluating and Managing Patients with Neurocognitive Disorders.

Variations in Costs of a Collaborative Care Model for Dementia.

Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Health Policy

The Role of Care Navigators Working with People with Dementia and Their Caregivers.

Proliferating Policy: Technologies, Performance, and Aesthetics in the Circulation and Governance of Health Care Reform in Bolivia

The Care Ecosystem: Promoting self-efficacy among dementia family caregivers.

“The Gray Zone”; “It Works for Us.”

Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem.

Personal and political histories in the designing of health reform policy in Bolivia.

Beyond the Case: Competing Logics and Practices of Comparative Ethnography (ed. Abrams and Gong)

Health Travels: Cuban?Health(care) On and Off the Island (ed. Nancy Burke)

Population Health and
Health Equity