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UCSF INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH & AGING ◊ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Email: Leslie.Ross@ucsf.edu
Telephone: (415) 502-5255
Leslie K. Ross, Ph.D. is a Research Specialist at the Institute for Health & Aging. She received her Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Memphis.
Dr. Ross' research has explored the relationship between cognitive and emotional functioning in various brain injured populations that include: stroke, multiple sclerosis, and traumatic brain injury. She has also done research examining the relationship between drugs and cognitive functioning. Dr. Ross' work focuses on healthy aging and dementia related disorders.
She is currently working on the Alzheimer's Disease Project and the California Non-AD Diagnostic Reliability Consortium Project that are funded by the California Department of Health Services. In addition, she is a co-investigator on two federal grants that are studying frontotemporal dementia and related dementias.
Title: Evaluation of Alzheimer Research Centers of California
Project Period: 9/85-Ongoing
Funding Agency: California Department of Health Services
Description: This project provides an evaluation of the ARCCs and
includes development and refinement of a Minimum Uniform Data Set (MUDS),
which has been used to investigate diagnostic issues, cognitive,
psychiatric and behavioral issues, health and social service utilization
patterns, and predictors of survival for people with Alzheimer's
disease.
Title New Approaches to Dementia Heterogeneity
Project
Period:
5/15/04-3/31/09 (Co-Investigator)
Funding
Agency:
UCSF-Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC)
Description:
The purpose of this project is to assist the Principal Investigator to
direct a partnership between the Institute for Health & Aging and the
UCSF Memory and Aging Center (MAC) in providing high quality data
management services and statistical consulting to the ADRC research
projects and cores.
Title: California Non-AD Diagnostic Reliability Consortium
Project Period: 07/01/04 - 06/30/07
Funding Agency: California Department of Health Services
Description: The specific aims of
this project are: 1) to improve diagnostic interrater reliability on
non-AD dementias among ARCCs; 2) to better define and operationalize
specific diagnostic items with low diagnostic and inter-rater agreement;
3) to improve diagnostic accuracy of non-AD dementias among ARCCs; 4) to
develop educational materials for ARCC website to improve diagnostic
accuracy within the ARCCs.
Title: Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Images, and Emotions
Project Period: 9/01/02- 08/31/07 (Co-Investigator)
Funding Agency: NIH/NIA
Description: The goals of this are to establish a standardized
database and a data collection system to study patients with
frontotemporal dementia (FTD) through California's Alzheimer's Research
and Care Center (ARCC) network.
Griffiths, S., Yamamoto, A., Boudreau, V., Ross, L. K. and Thornton, A. E. (2005). Memory Interference in Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 737-746
Koh, A. and Ross, L. K. (2005, in press). Mental Health Issues: A Comparison of Lesbian, Bisexual and Heterosexual Women. Journal of Homosexualtiy.
Kohatsu, N. D., Gould, D., Ross, L. K. and Fox, P (2004). Characteristics Associated with Physician Discipline: A Case-Control Study. Archives of Internal Medicine, 164, 653-658.
O'Hara, R., Thompson, J. M., Kraemer, H. C., Fenn, C., Taylor, J. L., Ross, L., Yesavage, J. A., Bailey, A. M., Tinklenberg, J. R. (2002, Winter). Which Alzheimer patients are at risk for rapid cognitive decline? The Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 15, 233-23.
Tinklenberg, J., Newkirk, L., Thompson, J., Ross, L., Davies, H., Shakoori, R.,
Taylor, J., O'Hara, R., Kraemer, H., Yesavage, J. (2001). Donepezil treatment of Alzheimer's Disease patients in California clinical practice: One year follow-up. European Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11, S317-S318.
Chow, T., Ross, L., Fox, P, Cummings, J. L. & Lin, K.-M. (2000). Utilization of Alzheimer's disease community resources by Asian-Americans in California. International Journal of Geriatric Society, 15, 838-847.
Ross, L. K., Arnsberger, P., & Fox, P. F. (1998). The relationship between cognitive functioning and disease severity with depression in dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Aging & Mental Health, 2, 319-327.
Ross, L. K., Straughn, A. B., & Long, C. J. (1992, Spring). Reaction time and diazepam plasma concentration in subjects with normal gastric pH. Current Psychology-Research & Reviews, 11, 87-93.
Ross, L. K. (1992). The use of pharmacology in the treatment of head injured patients. In C. J. Long, & L. K. Ross (Eds.), Head trauma: Acute care to recovery. New York: Plenum Press.
Long, C. J., & Ross, L. K. (1992). Head trauma: Acute care to recovery. New York: Plenum.
Mutchnick, M. G., Ross, L., & Long C. J. (1991). Decision strategies for cerebral dysfunction II: Determination of cerebral dysfunction. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 6, 259-270.
Ross, L. K., & Long, SC.D. (1990). Investigations of decision strategies in Neuropsychology III: The relationship between liberalized dysfunction, etiology, and depression. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 5, 347-358.
Ross, L., Thrasher, M., & Long, C. J. (1990). Decision strategies in Neuropsychology I: Determination of liberalized cerebral dysfunction. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 5, 273-285.
Ross, L. K. (1990). Pharmacological interventions following head injury. The Journal of Head Injury, 2, 27-32.
Ross, L. K., & Long, C. J. (1989). [Review of Screening for brain impairment: A manual for mental health practice]. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 50, 189-190.
Gelfand, S. A., Ross, L., & Miller, S. (1988). Sentence reception in noise from one versus two sources: Effects of aging and hearing loss. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 83, 248-256.
Gelfand, S. A., Sillman, S., & Ross L. (1987). Long-term effects of monaural, binaural and no amplification in subjects with bilateral hearing loss. Scandinavia Audiologist, 16, 201-207.
Gelfand S. A., Ross L., & Miller S. (1986, December). Effects of aging and hearing loss on sentence reception in noise from one versus two sources [abstract]. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 80 (supply. 1), S77.
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