Veronica Yank, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Currently, I lead an ongoing hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial of an online self-management and skills-building workshop for geographically isolated and under-resourced family caregivers of people living with dementia in rural regions across the U.S. I also lead a community partnership project to improve primary care access and quality for ethnically and linguistically diverse adult patients with disabilities.

I also serve as a research and career mentor to trainees and faculty as: - Associate Director of the UCSF National Clinician Scholars Program - Site Director of the UCSF Primary Care Research Fellowship - Core faculty of the UCSF Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center - Supervisor for San Francisco State undergraduate students in public health degree program

• Elder Mistreatment Experienced by Older Caregiving Adults: Results from a National Community-Based Sample.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Nyarko-Odoom A, Lisha NE, Yank V, Kotwal A, Balogun S, Huang AJ
• Study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of the Building Better Caregivers online workshop for rural family/friend caregivers of people living with dementia.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2022 Santoyo-Olsson J, Lorig K, Romo EM, Luzanilla M, Ramirez GA, Cheng J, Chesla C, Covinsky KE, Karliner L, Thompson DG, Fahrenwald N, Yank V
• Improving Uptake of a National Web-Based Psychoeducational Workshop for Informal Caregivers of Veterans: Mixed Methods Implementation Evaluation.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2021 Yank V, Gale RC, Nevedal A, Okwara L, Koenig CJ, Trivedi RB, Dupke NJ, Kabat M, Asch SM
• Behavioral Health and Burnout Among Physician Mothers Who Care for a Person With a Serious Health Problem, Long-term Illness, or Disability.
  JAMA internal medicine 2019 Yank V, Rennels C, Linos E, Choo EK, Jagsi R, Mangurian C
• Supporting caregivers during hematopoietic cell transplantation for children with primary immunodeficiency disorders.
  The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2018 Yoo J, Halley MC, Lown EA, Yank V, Ort K, Cowan MJ, Dorsey MJ, Smith H, Iyengar S, Scalchunes C, Mangurian C
• Building Better Caregivers: A Pragmatic 12-Month Trial of a Community-Based Workshop for Caregivers of Cognitively Impaired Adults.
  Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society 2017 Lorig K, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Yank V
• Crowdsourced Health Data: Comparability to a US National Survey, 2013-2015.
  American journal of public health 2017 Yank V, Agarwal S, Loftus P, Asch S, Rehkopf D
• The Effect of Chronic Kidney Disease on a Physical Activity Intervention: Impact on Physical Function, Adherence, and Safety.
  Journal of clinical nephrology and renal care 2017 Liu CK, Milton J, Hsu FC, Beavers KM, Yank V, Church T, Shegog JD, Kashaf S, Nayfield S, Newman A, Stafford RS, Nicklas B, Weiner DE, Fielding RA, LIFE-P Research Group
• Applying the Pragmatic-Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary Model in a Primary Care-Based Lifestyle Intervention Trial.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2015 Rosas LG, Lv N, Azar K, Xiao L, Yank V, Ma J
• Research aimed at improving both mood and weight (RAINBOW) in primary care: A type 1 hybrid design randomized controlled trial.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2015 Ma J, Yank V, Lv N, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Lewis MA, Kramer MK, Snowden MB, Rosas LG, Xiao L, Blonstein AC
• Learning from marketing: Rapid development of medication messages that engage patients.
  Patient education and counseling 2015 Yank V, Tribett E, Green L, Pettis J
• Association of objectively measured physical activity with cardiovascular risk in mobility-limited older adults.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2015 Fitzgerald JD, Johnson L, Hire DG, Ambrosius WT, Anton SD, Dodson JA, Marsh AP, McDermott MM, Nocera JR, Tudor-Locke C, White DK, Yank V, Pahor M, Manini TM, Buford TW, LIFE Study Research Group
• The effectiveness of two community-based weight loss strategies among obese, low-income US Latinos.
  Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2015 Rosas LG, Thiyagarajan S, Goldstein BA, Drieling RL, Romero PP, Ma J, Yank V, Stafford RS
• Abstract MP01: Association of Objectively-measured Physical Activity with Cardiovascular Risk in Mobility-limited Older Adults.
  Circulation 2014 Thomas W Buford, Don G Hire, Walter T Ambrosius, Stephen D Anton, Timothy S Church, John A Dodson, Anthony P Marsh, Mary M McDermott, Joe R Nocera, Daniel K White, Veronica Yank, Marco Pahor, Todd M …
• Genetic influence on exercise-induced changes in physical function among mobility-limited older adults.
  Physiological genomics 2014 Buford TW, Hsu FC, Brinkley TE, Carter CS, Church TS, Dodson JA, Goodpaster BH, McDermott MM, Nicklas BJ, Yank V, Johnson JA, Pahor M, LIFE Research Group
• Short-term weight loss patterns, baseline predictors, and longer-term follow-up within a randomized controlled trial.
  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2013 Yank V, Xiao L, Wilson SR, Stafford RS, Rosas LG, Ma J
• An easily accessible Web-based minimization random allocation system for clinical trials.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2013 Xiao L, Huang Q, Yank V, Ma J
• Two-year weight-loss maintenance in primary care-based Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle interventions.
  Nutrition & diabetes 2013 Xiao L, Yank V, Wilson SR, Lavori PW, Ma J
• Variations between obese Latinos and whites in weight-related counseling during preventive clinical visits in the United States.
  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2013 Ma J, Xiao L, Yank V
• Translating an evidence-based lifestyle intervention program into primary care: lessons learned.
  Health promotion practice 2013 Blonstein AC, Yank V, Stafford RS, Wilson SR, Rosas LG, Ma J
• Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle intervention for weight loss into primary care: a randomized trial.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Ma J, Yank V, Xiao L, Lavori PW, Wilson SR, Rosas LG, Stafford RS
• The effects of a long-term physical activity intervention on serum uric acid in older adults at risk for physical disability.
  Journal of aging and physical activity 2013 Beavers KM, Hsu FC, Serra MC, Yank V, Pahor M, Nicklas BJ
• Baseline reach and adoption characteristics in a randomized controlled trial of two weight loss interventions translated into primary care: a structured report of real-world applicability.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2012 Yank V, Stafford RS, Rosas LG, Ma J
• Web-based self-management support training for health professionals: a pilot study.
  Patient education and counseling 2012 Yank V, Laurent D, Plant K, Lorig K
• Algorithm for balancing both continuous and categorical covariates in randomized controlled trials.
  Computer methods and programs in biomedicine 2012 Xiao L, Yank V, Ma J
• Randomized trial of personal genomics for preventive cardiology: design and challenges.
  Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics 2012 Knowles JW, Assimes TL, Kiernan M, Pavlovic A, Goldstein BA, Yank V, McConnell MV, Absher D, Bustamante C, Ashley EA, Ioannidis JP
• Abstract P374: Short-term Weight Loss Patterns and Physical and Psychological Predictors within a Randomized Trial.
  Circulation 2012 Veronica Yank, Lan Xiao, Lisa Goldman Rosas, Randall S Stafford, Sandra Wilson, Qiwen Huang, Jun Ma
• Off-Label Use of Recombinant Factor VIIa.
  Annals of Internal Medicine 2011 Veronica Yank, Aaron C. Logan, Randall S. Stafford
• Off-label use of recombinant factor VIIa in U.S. hospitals: analysis of hospital records.
  Annals of internal medicine 2011 Logan AC, Yank V, Stafford RS
• Systematic review: benefits and harms of in-hospital use of recombinant factor VIIa for off-label indications.
  Annals of internal medicine 2011 Yank V, Tuohy CV, Logan AC, Bravata DM, Staudenmayer K, Eisenhut R, Sundaram V, McMahon D, Olkin I, McDonald KM, Owens DK, Stafford RS
• Safety of recombinant activated factor VII in randomized clinical trials.
  The New England journal of medicine 2011 Yank V, Stafford RS
• Comparative Effectiveness of In-Hospital Use of Recombinant Factor VIIa for Off-Label Indications vs. Usual Care
  Comparative Effectiveness of In-Hospital Use of Recombinant Factor VIIa for Off-Label Indications vs. Usual Care 2010 Yank V, Tuohy CV, Logan AC, Bravata DM, Staudenmayer K, Eisenhut R, Sundaram V, McMahon D, Stave CD, Zehnder JL, Olkin I, McDonald KM, Owens DK, Stafford RS
• Financial ties and concordance between results and conclusions in meta-analyses: retrospective cohort study.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2007 Yank V, Rennie D, Bero LA
• Bronchial-pulmonary artery fistula with fatal massive hemoptysis caused by anastomotic bronchial Aspergillus infection in a lung transplant recipient.
  Respiratory care 2007 Slatore CG, Yank V, Jewell KD, Fligner CL
• Consensus and contention regarding redundant publications in clinical research: cross-sectional survey of editors and authors.
  Journal of medical ethics 2003 Yank V, Barnes D
• Prevalence of honorary and ghost authorship in Cochrane reviews.
  JAMA 2002 Mowatt G, Shirran L, Grimshaw JM, Rennie D, Flanagin A, Yank V, MacLennan G, Gøtzsche PC, Bero LA
• Reporting of informed consent and ethics committee approval in clinical trials.
  JAMA 2002 Yank V, Rennie D
• The Criticism Management System for the Cochrane Library.
  Evaluation & the health professions 2002 Ober M, Shohara R, Rennie D, Yank V, Bero LA
• The contributions of authors.
  JAMA 2000 Rennie D, Flanagin A, Yank V
• Disclosure of researcher contributions: a study of original research articles in The Lancet.
  Annals of internal medicine 1999 Yank V, Rennie D
• If authors became contributors, everyone would gain, especially the reader.
  American journal of public health 1998 Rennie D, Yank V
• When authorship fails. A proposal to make contributors accountable.
  JAMA 1997 Rennie D, Yank V, Emanuel L
• Disclosure to the reader of institutional review board approval and informed consent.
  JAMA 1997 Rennie D, Yank V