{"id":16,"date":"2021-03-15T19:54:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-05-21T22:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T22:17:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead\" style=\"text-align: center\">Cognition in Primary Care (CPC) is a program to facilitate detection of cognitive impairment and improve care for people with dementia.<\/p>\n<h3>The aims of this program are to:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Provide education for primary care to efficiently evaluate cognition, identify cognitive impairment, and improve patient care.<\/li>\n<li>Improve connections between patients, families, and community resources.<\/li>\n<li>Develop clinic-based tools and workflows which are adapted from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geron.org\/publications\/kaer-toolkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GSA-KAER Toolkit<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Project Team<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-741590632\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1536303340\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_341949493\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:150%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/06\/Gaster_Headshot-cropped-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/06\/Gaster_Headshot-cropped-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/06\/Gaster_Headshot-cropped-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/06\/Gaster_Headshot-cropped-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/06\/Gaster_Headshot-cropped-1145x1536.jpg 1145w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/06\/Gaster_Headshot-cropped-1527x2048.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/06\/Gaster_Headshot-cropped-scaled.jpg 1908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_341949493 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2142433240\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Barak Gaster, Director<\/h3>\n<p>Barak Gaster, MD, is a dementia expert and primary care physician with more than 20 years experience as a clinician, teacher, and leader in clinic process improvement. A professor of medicine and a member of the leadership committee selected to develop the latest iteration of the CDC\u2019s national Healthy Brain Roadmap, he is also a co-investigator at the UW Alzheimer\u2019s Research Center, a member of the Hastings Center Workgroup on dementia, and is the author of the Dementia Directive which has been downloaded 150,000 times and been featured in the New York Times and on NPR.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1085483496\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-20049962\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1616535120\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:150%;margin:0px 0px 0px px;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/AF.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/AF.png 341w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/AF-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1616535120 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-20049962 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 10px 0px px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-959081762\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Annette Fitzpatrick, Co-Principal Investigator<\/h3>\n<p>Annette L. Fitzpatrick, PhD, is the Co-Principal Investigator of the CDC project which provides funding for Cognition in Primary Care. She is an epidemiologist and Research Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine, Epidemiology, and Global Health. She has been working in the field of aging for over 30 years with a focus on dementia and cognitive function as well as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors. She has provided leadership to over 35 NIH\/CDC-sponsored studies over her career and considers CPC to be the most critical in terms of its impact on older adults.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-390501785\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-297824502\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_52109765\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:150%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Raetz_Jaqueline-2-214x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Raetz_Jaqueline-2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Raetz_Jaqueline-2-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Raetz_Jaqueline-2-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Raetz_Jaqueline-2-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Raetz_Jaqueline-2-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Raetz_Jaqueline-2-scaled.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_52109765 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1621532776\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Jaqueline Raetz, Associate Director, Co-Principal Investigator<\/h3>\n<p>Jaqueline Raetz, MD, is the Co-Principal Investigator of the CDC project which provides funding for Cognition in Primary Care. She is an associate program director at the University of Washington Family Medicine Residency. As a geriatrics-trained family physician she has been teaching residents, fellows, and medical students how to care for older patients for over 15 years. In addition to her outpatient Family Medicine clinical practice at Harborview, she provides nursing home care through Harborview Post-Acute Care Services and inpatient palliative care at UW Medical Center.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1645272894\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1533958304\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2106488657\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:150%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/BB-276x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/BB-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/BB.png 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2106488657 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2012753297\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Basia Belza, Co-Investigator<\/h3>\n<p>Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, is the de Tornyay Endowed Professor in Aging at the UW School of Nursing and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Health. As an Investigator at the Health Promotion Research Center she served as lead of the CDC-funded Healthy Brain Research Network. Her program of research includes a focus on the dissemination and implementation of evidence- and community-based health promotion programs for older adults.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1736214516\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-669412667\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_743390013\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:175px;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Liao_Studio-Headshot-1-214x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Liao_Studio-Headshot-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Liao_Studio-Headshot-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Liao_Studio-Headshot-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Liao_Studio-Headshot-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Liao_Studio-Headshot-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/Liao_Studio-Headshot-1-scaled.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_743390013 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2053945570\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Joshua Liao, Co-Investigator<\/h3>\n<p>Joshua Liao, MD, MSc, is an internal medicine physician at UW where he serves as the Associate Chair for Health Systems in the Department of Medicine and faculty in the schools of School of Medicine and Public Health. He is also the enterprise-level Medical Director of Payment Strategy at UW Medicine, and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-439438869\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1896978108\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1262535063\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:150%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/MZ2-230x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/MZ2-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/MZ2-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/MZ2-768x1000.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/MZ2-1180x1536.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/MZ2.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1262535063 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1953067407\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Monica Zigman Suchsland, Research Scientist<\/h3>\n<p>Monica Zigman Suchsland, PhD, is a Research Scientist in the UW Medicine Department of Family Medicine. She has worked extensively managing health research projects ranging from field studies to clinical trials. Her research interests include diagnostics, brain health, clinical evaluation, and data driven methods in primary care. Her dissertation research on improving the understanding of the clinical course of concussion and time to recovery after a concussion injury has launched her interest in the study of brain injury and other exposures over the life course.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-462095228\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-471289800\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2040980801\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:150%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/2022_Headshot-300x219.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/2022_Headshot-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/2022_Headshot-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/2022_Headshot.png 826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2040980801 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1549416585\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1549416585 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-358588446\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Sarah McKiddy, Research Coordinator<\/h3>\n<p>Sarah McKiddy is a PhD student at the University of Washington School of Nursing and the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging Pre-doctoral Scholar. Her research interests include cognitive health, the intersectionality of ageism, and music-based interventions for individuals living with dementia and their care partners. Her background as a professional musician and educator combined with her training as a nurse catalyzed and influenced her pathway toward researching the intersections between music and health.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This project has been supported by:<\/p>\n<p>(1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a Special Interest Project award totaling $500,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC\/HHS. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CDC\/HHS, or the U.S. Government.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The Davos Alzheimer\u2019s Collaborative as part of its Healthcare System Preparedness program. DAC is 501(c)(3) organization advised by leaders in science and healthcare to partner with international organizations, governments, and the private sector to reduce barriers to detection and care for an aging population.<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank-title-center.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1434,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/1434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/cpc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}