# Kristine Yaffe
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{{short description|American scholar}}
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| name = Kristine Yaffe
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| birth_name = Kristine Segre
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| alma_mater = [Yale University](/source/Yale_University)
[University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania)
[University of California, San Francisco](/source/University_of_California%2C_San_Francisco)
| occupation = [Professor](/source/Professor) at [UCSF School of Medicine](/source/UCSF_School_of_Medicine)
| known_for = Cognitive decline and dementia research
| awards = [Potamkin Prize](/source/Potamkin_Prize) (2017)
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| website = {{URL|profiles.ucsf.edu/kristine.yaffe}}
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'''Kristine Yaffe''' is an American cognitive decline and dementia researcher. She is the Scola Endowed Chair and Vice Chair and Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology and the Director of the Center for Population Brain Health at the [University of California, San Francisco](/source/University_of_California%2C_San_Francisco). In 2019, Yaffe was elected to the [National Academy of Medicine](/source/National_Academy_of_Medicine).[{{cite web|title= National Academy of Medicine|date=21 October 2019 |url=https://nam.edu/national-academy-of-medicine-elects-100-new-members/}}][{{Cite web|title=Kristine Yaffe, MD|url=https://memory.ucsf.edu/people/kristine-yaffe-md|access-date=2021-03-11|website=Memory and Aging Center|language=en}}]
== Education ==
Yaffe double-majored in biology and psychology at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) and studied medicine at the [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania).[{{Cite web |title=Kristine Yaff e: delving into the varied depths of dementia |url=https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/laneur/PIIS1474-4422(11)70181-8.pdf |website=The Lancet}}]
== Awards and honors ==
Yaffe has received numerous awards including the [American Academy of Neurology](/source/American_Academy_of_Neurology) [Potamkin Prize](/source/Potamkin_Prize) for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, a prestigious honor considered to be the [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize) of [Alzheimer's](/source/Alzheimer's_disease) research.[{{Cite web|url=https://psych.ucsf.edu/news/yaffe-awarded-100000-potamkin-prize-dementia-research|title=Yaffe awarded $100,000 Potamkin Prize for dementia research {{!}} UCSF Department of Psychiatry|website=psych.ucsf.edu|date=23 March 2017 |access-date=2017-09-07}}] In 2013, she received the UCSF Academic Senate Award for Best Faculty Research.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2014/05/114186/eight-win-prestigious-academic-senate-award|title=Eight Win Prestigious Academic Senate Awards|website=UC San Francisco|language=en|access-date=2017-09-07}}] The following year, Yaffe was recognized as one of Thomson Reuters World's Most Influential Scientific Minds and received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.[{{Cite web |title=Thomson Reuters Announces the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thomson-reuters-announces-the-worlds-most-influential-scientific-minds-300204299.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=PRNewswire |language=en}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.aagponline.org/index.php?refno=119&category=AAGP%20News|title=American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - Congratulations to AAGP's 2014 Award Winners!|website=www.aagponline.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-07}}] In 2017, Yaffe gave testimony to the United States Senate's Special Committee on Aging for the hearing: "The Arc of Alzheimer's: From Preventing Cognitive Decline in Americans to Assuring Quality Care for those Living with the Disease."[{{Cite web|url=http://psych.ucsf.edu/news/yaffe-tells-senate-committee-continued-nih-funding-critical-alzheimers-research|title=Yaffe tells Senate committee continued NIH funding is 'critical' for Alzheimer's research {{!}} UCSF Department of Psychiatry|website=psych.ucsf.edu|date=3 April 2017 |access-date=2017-09-07}}] In 2019, Yaffe was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.