Maria Yefimova
Lead Nurse Scientist
COO
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Education & Training

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• PhD Nursing University of California Los Angeles 06/2016
• MS Nursing University of California Los Angeles 06/2014
• Graduate Certificate Gerontology University of Southern California 06/2014
• BSN Nursing University of California Los Angeles 06/2011

Websites

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• UCSF Center for Nursing Excellence and Innovation - Research and Scholarship (nursingexcellence.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• Detection of Elder mistreatment Through Emergency Care Technicians - Revised for Primary Care (DETECT-RPC), NIH, 2022-2027
• Feasibility and Efficacy of Enhanced Stress Resilience Training for Psychosocial and Occupational Wellbeing of Critical Care Nurses, UCSF Health Clinical Nursing Research Grant, 2023-2024

Publications (36)

Top publication keywords:
Education, Nursing, ContinuingCaregiversHydrocortisoneSurgical Procedures, OperativeAllostasisClinical CompetenceDementiaAnesthesiologistsPalliative CareElder AbuseCircadian RhythmNursing Staff, HospitalInpatientsTelemedicineNursing Homes

• Efficacy of enhanced stress resilience training for intensive-care unit nurses: a randomized waitlist control trial.
  Applied nursing research : ANR 2025 Lee SJ, Cunningham B, Childers M, Yefimova M, Kim H, Hoffmann T, Lebares C
• Causal Mediation Analysis for the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Reveals Pathways From Child Maltreatment to Elder Mistreatment.
  The Gerontologist 2025 Pickering CEZ, Yildiz M, Browning WR, Hernandez Chilatra J, Yefimova M, Maxwell CD, Sullivan T
• Dynamic QR Codes and Data Analytics: Novel Methods for Evaluating Just-in-Time Nursing Education.
  Journal of continuing education in nursing 2025 Scott A, Dharmasukrit C, Macal M, Brand A, Yefimova M
• Alcohol Use and Abusive or Neglectful Behaviors Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Dementia.
  JAMA network open 2025 Hernandez Chilatra JA, Browning W, Yildiz M, Yefimova M, Maxwell CD, Sullivan T, Pickering CEZ
• Delirium-like symptomatology in community-dwelling older adults with dementia.
  Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society 2025 Vickers JK, Wang D, Yefimova M, Armah H, Flood K, Pickering CEZ

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• Patterns of Family Conflict and Accusations of Abuse in Dementia Family Caregivers: A Latent Class Analysis.
  The Gerontologist 2024 Browning WR, Yildiz M, Maxwell CD, Sullivan TP, Yefimova M, Hernandez Chilatra JA, Pickering CEZ
• Mechanisms Underlying the Use of Abusive and Neglectful Behaviors in Dementia Caregiving: The Role of Caregiver Mental Health.
  Research in gerontological nursing 2024 Browning WR, Yildiz M, Hernandez Chilatra JA, Yefimova M, Maxwell CD, Sullivan TP, Winstead V, Pickering CEZ
• Subsyndromes and symptom clusters: Multilevel factor analysis of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia with intensive longitudinal data.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024 Pickering CEZ, Winstead V, Yildiz M, Wang D, Yefimova M, Pickering AM
• Student-led Doctor of Nursing Practice projects in the clinical environment: Viewpoint from hospital-based nurse scientists and leaders.
  Nursing outlook 2024 Thornton CP, Haut C, Yefimova M, Gettis MA, Calamaro C, Ginsberg JS, McCabe MA
• Instructional Design, Industry Partnerships, and QR Codes Improve Nursing Competency Evaluation.
  Journal of continuing education in nursing 2024 Scott A, Yefimova M, Brand A
• Shared Activities as a Protective Factor Against Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Caregiver Stress.
  Innovation in aging 2024 Petrovsky DV, Yildiz M, Yefimova M, Sefcik JS, Baker ZG, Ma KPK, Rahemi Z, Bacsu JR, Smith ML, Pickering CEZ
• Development of the geriatric risk assessment in the ED (GRAED) tool to predict decline after emergency department (ED) visit.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024 Cinkowski C, Yefimova M, Suffoletto B
• Racial disparities in inpatient palliative care consultation among frail older patients undergoing high-risk elective surgical procedures in the United States: a cross-sectional study of the national inpatient sample.
  Health affairs scholar 2023 Kim KM, Muench U, Maki JE, Yefimova M, Oh A, Jopling JK, Rinaldo F, Shah NR, Giannitrapani KF, Williams MY, Lorenz KA
• Caregiver Experiences Participating in a Home-Based Primary Care Program: A Pragmatic Evaluation Including Qualitative Interviews and Quantitative Surveys.
  Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society 2023 Kling SMR, Lessios AS, Holdsworth LM, Yefimova M, Wu S, Martin M, Sheffrin M, Winget M
• Using digital phenotyping to understand health-related outcomes: A scoping review.
  International journal of medical informatics 2023 Lee K, Lee TC, Yefimova M, Kumar S, Puga F, Azuero A, Kamal A, Bakitas MA, Wright AA, Demiris G, Ritchie CS, Pickering CEZ, Nicholas Dionne-Odom J
• "It Isn't the Same": Experiences of Informal Caregivers of Older Adults Enrolled in a Home-Based Senior Care Program During COVID-19.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2023 Humber MB, Yefimova M, Lessios AS, Trivedi RB, Sheffrin M, Martin M
• Patient Characteristics Associated With Occurrence of Preoperative Goals-of-Care Conversations.
  JAMA network open 2023 Kim KM, Giannitrapani KF, Garcia A, Boothroyd D, Wu A, Van Cleve R, McCaa MD, Yefimova M, Aslakson RA, Morris AM, Shreve ST, Lorenz KA
• Using Family Narrative Reports to Identify Practices for Improving End-of-Life Care Quality.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2022 Giannitrapani KF, Yefimova M, McCaa MD, Goebel JR, Kutney-Lee A, Gray C, Shreve ST, Lorenz KA
• Early Stages of COVID-19 Pandemic Had No Discernable Impact on Risk of Elder Abuse and Neglect Among Dementia Family Caregivers: A Daily Diary Study.
  Journal of family violence 2022 Pickering CEZ, Maxwell CD, Yefimova M, Wang D, Puga F, Sullivan T
• Dynamic structural equation modelling evaluating the progressively lowered stress threshold as an explanation for behavioural symptoms of dementia.
  Journal of advanced nursing 2022 Pickering CEZ, Yefimova M, Wang D, Maxwell CD, Jablonski R
• Gender Differences in Caregiver Burden Among Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2021 Lee K, Yefimova M, Puga F, Pickering CE
• Operationalizing a Pandemic-Ready, Telemedicine-Enabled Drive-Through and Walk-In Coronavirus Disease Garage Care System as an Alternative Care Area: A Novel Approach in Pandemic Management.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2021 Callagy P, Ravi S, Khan S, Yiadom MYAB, McClellen H, Snell S, Major TW, Yefimova M, Stanford, CA
• Organizational and External Factors Associated with Video Telehealth Use in the Veterans Health Administration Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 2021 Jacobs J, Ferguson JM, Van Campen J, Yefimova M, Greene L, Heyworth L, Zulman DM
• Virtual care expansion in the Veterans Health Administration during the COVID-19 pandemic: clinical services and patient characteristics associated with utilization.
  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2021 Ferguson JM, Jacobs J, Yefimova M, Greene L, Heyworth L, Zulman DM
• Adherence to the Use of Home Telehealth Technologies and Emergency Room Visits in Veterans with Heart Failure.
  Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 2020 Guzman-Clark J, Wakefield BJ, Farmer MM, Yefimova M, Viernes B, Lee ML, Hahn TJ
• Why patients stop using their home telehealth technologies over time: Predictors of discontinuation in Veterans with heart failure.
  Nursing outlook 2020 Guzman-Clark J, Farmer MM, Wakefield BJ, Viernes B, Yefimova M, Lee ML, Hahn TJ
• Preoperative Conversations About Postoperative Risks, Outcomes, and Quality of Life-Time to Start Thinking Outside the Box.
  JAMA network open 2020 Yefimova M, Aslakson RA
• Home Telehealth Technologies for Heart Failure: An Examination of Adherence Among Veterans.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2020 Guzman-Clark J, Yefimova M, Farmer MM, Wakefield BJ, Viernes B, Lee ML, Hahn TJ
• Developing Unique Insights From Narrative Responses to Bereaved Family Surveys.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Gray C, Yefimova M, McCaa M, Goebel JR, Shreve S, Lorenz KA, Giannitrapani K
• Daily Context for Abusive and Neglectful Behavior in Family Caregiving for Dementia.
  The Gerontologist 2020 Pickering CEZ, Yefimova M, Maxwell C, Puga F, Sullivan T
• Palliative Care and End-of-Life Outcomes Following High-risk Surgery.
  JAMA surgery 2020 Yefimova M, Aslakson RA, Yang L, Garcia A, Boothroyd D, Gale RC, Giannitrapani K, Morris AM, Johanning JM, Shreve S, Wachterman MW, Lorenz KA
• A Method for Measuring Person-Centered Interventions: Detecting and Characterizing Complex Behavioral Symptoms of Persons with Dementia
  Clinical Gerontologist 2014 Woods, D.L., Yefimova, M., Brecht, M.L.
• Detecting daily routines of older adults using sensor time series clustering.
  Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference 2014 Hajihashemi Z, Yefimova M, Popescu M
• Evening cortisol is associated with intra-individual instability in daytime napping in nursing home residents with dementia: an allostatic load perspective.
  Biological research for nursing 2012 Woods DL, Yefimova M
• To nap or not to nap: excessive daytime napping is associated with elevated evening cortisol in nursing home residents with dementia.
  Biological research for nursing 2011 Woods DL, Kim H, Yefimova M
• Morning cortisol in relation to behavioral symptoms of nursing home residents with dementia.
  Biological research for nursing 2010 Woods DL, Kim H, Yefimova M