Irena Cenzer
Sr. Statistical Scientist
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• BA Biology University of California
• MA Biostatistics University of California
• BS Mathematics University of California
• PhD Epidemiology and Public Health University of Munich

Publications (82)

Top publication keywords:
DementiaActivities of Daily LivingAgedLonelinessMortalityIndependent LivingDisabled PersonsPrisonersPalliative CareHip FracturesLife ExpectancySubacute CareHistamine H1 AntagonistsMobility LimitationPostoperative Period

• Time to Benefit of Surgery vs Targeted Medical Therapy for Patients With Primary Aldosteronism: A Meta-analysis.
  The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2024 Samnani S, Cenzer I, Kline GA, Lee SJ, Hundemer GL, McClurg C, Pasieka JL, Boscardin WJ, Ronksley PE, Leung AA
• The National Prevalence of Supplemental Oxygen Use in Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Comparison of Claims-based and Self-reported Supplemental Oxygen Use.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2024 Suen AO, Cenzer I, Iyer AS, Witt LJ, Smith AK, Kotwal A
• Comparison of health and retirement study participants with and without linkage to Medicare claims.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024 Cenzer I, Boscardin J, Kotwal AA, Miller MJ
• Trajectories of Postoperative Depressive Symptoms in Older Patients Undergoing Major Surgery.
  JAMA network open 2024 Cenzer I, Inouye SK, Raue PJ, Keny C, Cooper Z, Tang VL
• The Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment Among Medicare Beneficiaries Who Use Outpatient Physical Therapy.
  Physical therapy 2024 Miller MJ, Cenzer I, Barnes DE, Kelley AS, Covinsky KE

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• Prevalence of cognitive impairment in home health physical therapy.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Miller MJ, Cenzer I, Barnes DE, Ankuda CK, Covinsky KE
• National Prevalence of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023 Suen AO, Iyer AS, Cenzer I, Farrand E, White DB, Singer J, Sudore R, Kotwal A
• The Natural History of Disability and Caregiving Before and After Long-Term Care Entry.
  JAMA internal medicine 2023 Lam K, Cenzer I, Levy CR, Matlock DD, Smith AK, Covinsky KE
• Social Strain is associated with Functional Decline in Older Adults after Surgery.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Tang VL, Cenzer I, Keny C, John Boscardin W, Covinsky K, Finlayson E, Kotwal A
• Burden of unmet health-related social needs in an academic adult primary care practice in San Francisco California.
  BMC primary care 2023 Jih J, Nguyen A, Cenzer I, Morrish J
• In sickness and in health: Loneliness, depression, and the role of marital quality among spouses of persons with dementia.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Hsu KY, Cenzer I, Harrison KL, Ritchie CS, Waite L, Kotwal A
• Disparities in advance care planning among older US immigrants.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Mindo-Panusis D, Sudore RL, Cenzer I, Smith AK, Kotwal AA
• Heart failure with comorbid dementia: Association with clinical characteristics and outcomes.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Jensen MS, Cenzer I, Kelley AS, Covinsky KE
• History of Incarceration and Its Association With Geriatric and Chronic Health Outcomes in Older Adulthood.
  JAMA network open 2023 Garcia-Grossman IR, Cenzer I, Steinman MA, Williams BA
• The Epidemiology of Smoking in Older Adults: A National Cohort Study.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Cenzer I, Espejo E, Boscardin WJ, Leutwyler H, Lee AK, Cataldo J
• Functional and clinical needs of older hospice enrollees with coexisting dementia.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Harrison KL, Cenzer I, Smith AK, Hunt LJ, Kelley AS, Aldridge MD, Covinsky KE
• Return to community living and mortality after moving to a long-term care facility: A nationally representative cohort study.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Lam K, Cenzer I, Covinsky KE
• End-of-life health care use among socially isolated and cognitively impaired older adults.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Yaffe K, Perissinotto C, Smith AK
• Usability of German hospital administrative claims data for healthcare research: General assessment and use case of multiple myeloma in Munich university hospital in 2015-2017.
  PloS one 2022 AlZahmi A, Cenzer I, Mansmann U, Ostermann H, Theurich S, Schleinkofer T, Berger K
• Hospice Improves Care Quality For Older Adults With Dementia In Their Last Month Of Life.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2022 Harrison KL, Cenzer I, Ankuda CK, Hunt LJ, Aldridge MD
• A single question assessment of loneliness in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationally-representative study.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Waite LJ, Smith AK, Perissinotto CM, Hawkley LC
• Time to benefit for stroke reduction after blood pressure treatment in older adults: A meta-analysis.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Ho VS, Cenzer IS, Nguyen BT, Lee SJ
• Time to Benefit of Bisphosphonate Therapy for the Prevention of Fractures Among Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.
  JAMA internal medicine 2022 Deardorff WJ, Cenzer I, Nguyen B, Lee SJ
• Life satisfaction among older adults with impairment in activities of daily living.
  Age and ageing 2021 Boccaccio DE, Cenzer I, Covinsky KE
• Use of High-risk Medications Among Lonely Older Adults: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample.
  JAMA internal medicine 2021 Kotwal AA, Steinman MA, Cenzer I, Smith AK
• Physical inactivity in older adults with cognitive impairment without dementia: room for improvement.
  Aging clinical and experimental research 2021 Miller MJ, Cenzer I, Barnes DE, Covinsky KE
• The epidemiology of social isolation and loneliness among older adults during the last years of life.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021 Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Waite LJ, Covinsky KE, Perissinotto CM, Boscardin WJ, Hawkley LC, Dale W, Smith AK
• Evaluation of Time to Benefit of Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 50 to 75 Years: A Meta-analysis.
  JAMA internal medicine 2021 Yourman LC, Cenzer IS, Boscardin WJ, Nguyen BT, Smith AK, Schonberg MA, Schoenborn NL, Widera EW, Orkaby A, Rodriguez A, Lee SJ
• Social Isolation and Loneliness Among San Francisco Bay Area Older Adults During the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Orders.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020 Kotwal AA, Holt-Lunstad J, Newmark RL, Cenzer I, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Escueta DP, Lee JM, Perissinotto CM
• Preoperative Depressive Symptoms Associated with Poor Functional Recovery after Surgery.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020 Tang VL, Cenzer I, McCulloch CE, Finlayson E, Cooper Z, Silvestrini M, Ngo S, Schmitt EM, Inouye SK
• Advance Care Planning Prior to Death in Older Adults with Hip Fracture.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2020 Kata A, Cenzer I, Sudore RL, Covinsky KE, Tang VL
• Performance of matching methods in studies of rare diseases: a simulation study.
  Intractable & rare diseases research 2020 Cenzer I, Boscardin WJ, Berger K
• Patient-reported measures of well-being in older multiple myeloma patients: use of secondary data source.
  Aging clinical and experimental research 2020 Cenzer I, Berger K, Rodriguez AM, Ostermann H, Covinsky KE
• Who Becomes a High Utilizer? A Case-Control Study of Older Adults in the USA.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Smith GM, Cenzer IS, Covinsky K, Reuben DB, Smith AK
• Epidemiology, patient adherence, and costs of oral mucositis in routine care in stem cell transplantation.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2019 Berger K, Staudenmaier T, Cenzer I, Crispin A, Strobach D, Ostermann H
• A multiyear cross-sectional study of U.S. national prescribing patterns of first-generation sedating antihistamines in older adults with skin disease.
  The British journal of dermatology 2019 Cenzer I, Nkansah-Mahaney N, Wehner M, Chren MM, Berger T, Covinsky K, Berger K, Abuabara K, Linos E
• Palliative Care Needs in Oncology, Cardiology, and Neurology Clinic Patients in the USA.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Dudley N, Ritchie CS, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Lee SJ
• "No One Wants to Die Alone": Incarcerated Patients' Knowledge and Attitudes About Early Medical Release.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2018 Kanbergs A, Ahalt C, Cenzer IS, Morrison RS, Williams BA
• Assessing Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults: The Need to Include Both Physical Frailty and Cognition.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Aliberti MJR, Cenzer IS, Smith AK, Lee SJ, Yaffe K, Covinsky KE
• Cognition and Incarceration: Cognitive Impairment and Its Associated Outcomes in Older Adults in Jail.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Ahalt C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Barnes DE, Williams BA
• Long-Term Nursing Home Entry: A Prognostic Model for Older Adults with a Family or Unpaid Caregiver.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Wolff JL, Mulcahy J, Roth DL, Cenzer IS, Kasper JD, Huang J, Covinsky KE
• Six-Month Emergency Department Use among Older Adults Following Jail Incarceration.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2018 Humphreys J, Ahalt C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Widera E, Williams B
• Relationship Between Expectation of Death and Location of Death Varies by Race/Ethnicity.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2018 Romo RD, Cenzer IS, Williams BA, Smith AK
• Prevalence of Multimorbidity Among Older Adults With Advanced Illness Visits to U.S. Subspecialty Clinics.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2018 Dudley N, Lee SJ, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Ritchie CS
• Older adults in jail: high rates and early onset of geriatric conditions.
  Health & justice 2018 Greene M, Ahalt C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Metzger L, Williams B
• Chronic disease burden predicts food insecurity among older adults.
  Public health nutrition 2018 Jih J, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Seligman HK, Boscardin WJ, Nguyen TT, Ritchie CS
• Burden of oral mucositis in stem cell transplant patients-the patients' perspective.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2017 Staudenmaier T, Cenzer I, Crispin A, Ostermann H, Berger K
• Characteristics of Older Adults in Primary Care Who May Benefit From Primary Palliative Care in the U.S.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2017 Dudley N, Ritchie CS, Wallhagen MI, Covinsky KE, Cooper BA, Patel K, Stijacic Cenzer I, Chapman SA
• Functional Impairment: An Unmeasured Marker of Medicare Costs for Postacute Care of Older Adults.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017 Greysen SR, Stijacic Cenzer I, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE
• Survival, Functional Status, and Eating Ability After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement for Acute Stroke.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017 Meisel K, Arnold RM, Stijacic Cenzer I, Boscardin J, Smith AK
• Good Cop, Better Cop: Evaluation of a Geriatrics Training Program for Police.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017 Brown RT, Ahalt C, Rivera J, Stijacic Cenzer I, Wilhelm A, Williams BA
• Difficulty Managing Medications and Finances in Older Adults: A 10-year Cohort Study.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017 Bleijenberg N, Smith AK, Lee SJ, Cenzer IS, Boscardin JW, Covinsky KE
• Desire for predictive testing for Alzheimer's disease and impact on advance care planning: a cross-sectional study.
  Alzheimer's research & therapy 2016 Sheffrin M, Stijacic Cenzer I, Steinman MA
• Rates of Recovery to Pre-Fracture Function in Older Persons with Hip Fracture: an Observational Study.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2016 Tang VL, Sudore R, Cenzer IS, Boscardin WJ, Smith A, Ritchie C, Wallhagen M, Finlayson E, Petrillo L, Covinsky K
• Detained and Distressed: Persistent Distressing Symptoms in a Population of Older Jail Inmates.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Bolano M, Ahalt C, Ritchie C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Williams B
• High Levels of Geriatric Palliative Care Needs in Hip Fracture Patients Before the Hip Fracture.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2016 Ritchie CS, Kelley AS, Stijacic Cenzer I, Smith AK, Wallhagen ML, Covinsky KE
• Skin Cancer in U.S. Elderly Adults: Does Life Expectancy Play a Role in Treatment Decisions?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Linos E, Chren MM, Stijacic Cenzer I, Covinsky KE
• One-Year Mortality After Hip Fracture: Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Cenzer IS, Tang V, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Ritchie C, Wallhagen MI, Espaldon R, Covinsky KE
• Increase in Disability Prevalence Before Hip Fracture.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2015 Smith AK, Cenzer IS, John Boscardin W, Ritchie CS, Wallhagen ML, Covinsky KE
• Changing Patterns of Glucose-Lowering Medication Use in VA Nursing Home Residents With Diabetes, 2005 to 2011.
  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2015 Lee SJ, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Barnhart C, McClymont K, Steinman MA
• Geriatric Syndromes in Older HIV-Infected Adults.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2015 Greene M, Covinsky KE, Valcour V, Miao Y, Madamba J, Lampiris H, Cenzer IS, Martin J, Deeks SG
• Time to benefit for colorectal cancer screening: survival meta-analysis of flexible sigmoidoscopy trials.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2015 Tang V, Boscardin WJ, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Lee SJ
• Functional impairment and hospital readmission in Medicare seniors.
  JAMA internal medicine 2015 Greysen SR, Stijacic Cenzer I, Auerbach AD, Covinsky KE
• Predictors of urinary incontinence in community-dwelling frail older adults with diabetes mellitus in a cross-sectional study.
  BMC geriatrics 2014 Hsu A, Conell-Price J, Stijacic Cenzer I, Eng C, Huang AJ, Rice-Trumble K, Lee SJ
• A clinical index to predict progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.
  PloS one 2014 Lee SJ, Ritchie CS, Yaffe K, Stijacic Cenzer I, Barnes DE
• Pain behind bars: the epidemiology of pain in older jail inmates in a county jail.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2014 Williams BA, Ahalt C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Smith AK, Goldenson J, Ritchie CS
• Older jail inmates and community acute care use.
  American journal of public health 2014 Chodos AH, Ahalt C, Cenzer IS, Myers J, Goldenson J, Williams BA
• Functional impairment and Internet use among older adults: implications for meaningful use of patient portals.
  JAMA internal medicine 2014 Greysen SR, Chin Garcia C, Sudore RL, Cenzer IS, Covinsky KE
• A point-based tool to predict conversion from mild cognitive impairment to probable Alzheimer's disease.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2014 Barnes DE, Cenzer IS, Yaffe K, Ritchie CS, Lee SJ, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
• Dysphoria and anhedonia as risk factors for disability or death in older persons: implications for the assessment of geriatric depression.
  The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2013 Covinsky KE, Cenzer IS, Yaffe K, O'Brien S, Blazer DG
• Pain as a risk factor for disability or death.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2013 Andrews JS, Cenzer IS, Yelin E, Covinsky KE
• Predicting 10-year mortality for older adults.
  JAMA 2013 Cruz M, Covinsky K, Widera EW, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Lee SJ
• Time lag to benefit after screening for breast and colorectal cancer: meta-analysis of survival data from the United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Denmark.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2013 Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Conell-Price J, O'Brien S, Walter LC
• Loneliness in older persons: a predictor of functional decline and death.
  Archives of internal medicine 2012 Perissinotto CM, Stijacic Cenzer I, Covinsky KE
• Glycosylated hemoglobin and functional decline in community-dwelling nursing home-eligible elderly adults with diabetes mellitus.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012 Yau CK, Eng C, Cenzer IS, Boscardin WJ, Rice-Trumble K, Lee SJ
• Half of older Americans seen in emergency department in last month of life; most admitted to hospital, and many die there.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2012 Smith AK, McCarthy E, Weber E, Cenzer IS, Boscardin J, Fisher J, Covinsky K
• Subjective social status and functional decline in older adults.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2012 Chen B, Covinsky KE, Stijacic Cenzer I, Adler N, Williams BA
• How safe is your neighborhood? Perceived neighborhood safety and functional decline in older adults.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2011 Sun VK, Stijacic Cenzer I, Kao H, Ahalt C, Williams BA
• The risks and benefits of implementing glycemic control guidelines in frail older adults with diabetes mellitus.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011 Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Stijacic Cenzer I, Huang ES, Rice-Trumble K, Eng C
• The epidemiology of pain during the last 2 years of life.
  Annals of internal medicine 2010 Smith AK, Cenzer IS, Knight SJ, Puntillo KA, Widera E, Williams BA, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE
• Length of stay for older adults residing in nursing homes at the end of life.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2010 Kelly A, Conell-Price J, Covinsky K, Cenzer IS, Chang A, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK
• Coming home: health status and homelessness risk of older pre-release prisoners.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2010 Williams BA, McGuire J, Lindsay RG, Baillargeon J, Cenzer IS, Lee SJ, Kushel M