
Our Geriatric Circle Team

Laura Mosqueda, M.D.
Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California

Ulrike (Ulli) Muench, PhD MSN FAAN
Associate Professor
Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences
School of Nursing
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Muench’s research focuses on safe prescribing in nursing homes, including ensuring adequate pain management.

Naveen Reddy, MD
Neurologist at the San Francisco VA Medical Center
Health policy fellow at UCSF

Elizabeth Scruth PhD MPH RN CNS CCNS CCRN CPHQ FCCM FCNS FAAN
Editor – Australian Critical Care Journal
Section Editor- Legal and Ethical Section- Clinical Nurse Specialist Journal of Advance Nursing
Editorial Board- Critical Care Medicine Journal

Winston Tseng, PhD
Pronouns: He/Him
Research Professor and Director of Research
Health Research for Action
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley

Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN

Marilyn Rantz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Curators' Professor Emerita, MU Sinclair School of Nursing
Director, Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO)
Executive Director Emerita, Aging in Place Project at TigerPlace
Focus: improve quality of care for older people, particularly in nursing homes. Member of
National Academy of Medicine; Living Legend in Nursing by the American Academy of Nursing;
quality measurement, technology and aging research expert.

Ellarene Duis Sanders PhD, RN

Sandra F. Simmons PhD
Hamilton Chair in Geriatrics & Aging Research
Director Vanderbilt Center for Quality Aging
Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center (GRECC)

Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, GNP-BC, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN
Professor
Department of Physiological Nursing
University of California, San Francisco