Jessica Elia
Research Associate WOS
Medicine
School of Medicine

I am a Doctor of Physical Therapy with a focus on improving physical function and quality of life outcomes for adult and older adult patients living with chronic illnesses. My goal is to assist UCSF in becoming a leading center of multidisciplinary prehabilitation services for adults and older adults awaiting surgery related to chronic illnesses.

Education & Training

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• IBD Research (Mentorship) Mayo Clinic, Rochester 2018
• IBD Research (Mentorship) University of California, Los Angeles 2015
• DPT Physical Therapy University of Southern California 2001
• BS Animal Physiology and Neuroscience University of California, San Diego 1998

Interests

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• Pre-surgical rehabilitation (prehabilitation)
• Chronic inflammatory diseases
• Resistance Training
• Muscle Loss (Sarcopenia)

Grants and Projects

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• Identifying Goals and Barriers to Prehabilitation in Older Adults awaiting Kidney Transplantation and their Caregivers, UCSF, 2021-2024
• Identifying Goals and Barriers to Exercise for Prehabilitation in Older Adults awaiting Kidney Transplantation and their Caregivers, NIH, 2020-2022
• Identifying Goals for and Barriers to Prehabilitation in Older Adults with End-Stage Renal Disease Awaiting Kidney Transplantation and Community Engagement in ESKD (suppl.), UCSF, 2020-2021
• Adjunctive Physical Therapy and Exercise Treatment Impact on Adults and Older Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Expert Panel Guideline Recommendations using GRADE, None, 2021

Publications (12)

Top publication keywords:
Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesExerciseChronic DiseasePhysical Therapy ModalitiesAspirinAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalSelf ReportHumansCohort StudiesColitisDisabled Persons

• Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise in Older Adults Awaiting Kidney Transplantation and Their Care Partners.
  Kidney medicine 2023 Sheshadri A, Elia JR, Garcia G, Abrams G, Adey DB, Lai JC, Sudore RL
• Physical Resilience in Older Patients Incident to Hemodialysis: Can Following Trajectories Improve Our Ability to Intervene on Functional Decline?
  Kidney international reports 2022 Sheshadri A, Elia JR
• Physical resilience in older patients incident to hemodialysis: Can following trajectories improve our ability to intervene on functional decline?
  Kidney International Reports 2022 Sheshadri, A, Elia J
• The Importance of Physical Activity and Structured Exercise Distinction and Analysis-Response to "Physical Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Narrative Review".
  Inflammatory bowel diseases 2022 Elia JR, Beck KR
• The Importance of Physical Activity and Structured Exercise Distinction and Analysis-Response to “Physical Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Narrative Review.”
  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2021 Elia J, Beck, K

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• Aspirin, NSAIDS, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Exercise Physiology Perspective: Response to: Daily Aspirin Use Does Not Impact Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by Patel, et al
  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2020 Elia J.
• Aspirin, NSAIDs, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Exercise Physiology Perspective.
  Inflammatory bowel diseases 2020 Elia JR
• Frailty is Independently Associated with Mortality and Readmission in Hospitalized Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  American Journal of Gastroenterology 2020 Quian A, Nguyen N, Elia J, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn W, Singh S
• IBD Disability Measure: Are Objective Disability Measures and Physical Therapy Strategies Next Logical Steps?
  Inflammatory bowel diseases 2019 Elia JR
• IBD Disability Measure: Are Objective Disability Measures and Therapy Strategies Next Logical Steps?
  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2019 Elia J.
• Gastroenterology
  PO54 Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Physical Mobility and Quality of Life: Physician and Patient Physical Rehabilitation Perspectives Diverge. 2018 Elia J, Ha C, Kane S.
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Structured Exercise, and Physical Rehabilitation: A Selective Review Across the Continuum of Care
  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2018 Elia J, Kane S.