Sarah Hooper

Bio

Sarah Hooper is an Associate Dean and Professor of Practice at UC Law San Francisco (formerly known as “UC Hastings.”) She co-directs the UCSF-UC Law Master of Science in Health Policy & Law degree program and serves as the Faculty Advisor for the JD Concentration in Health Law & Policy. Professor Hooper’s teaching, research, and policy interests lie at the intersection of health justice, aging, and complex care. Her grant-funded work encompasses clinical interventions such as the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors Clinic, research collaborations such as the Dementia Care Ecosystem clinical trial, and training initiatives for providers and the public such as the California Statewide Medical-Legal Partnership Network, the Caregivers as Partners in Care Teams initiative, and the Optimizing Aging Collaborative. She has co-developed evidence-driven tools to support medical, legal and financial planning among older adults with dementia called PREPARE and Plan for Clarity. She serves as pro bono legal advisor to National POLST and is currently serving a two-year term as member of the California State Elder & Disability Justice Coordinating Council. Professor Hooper earned her JD at UC Law San Francisco. She received health equity training as an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity at George Washington University School of Public Health and is a Global Atlantic Fellow with the Atlantic Institute.

Education

• University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
  J.D., Law 2008

• University of California, Santa Barbara
  B.A., Law and Society 2005

• George Washington University School of Public Health
  Health Equity

• Atlantic Fellow
  Health Equity

Accomplishments

• Mary Kay Kane Service Award, UC Law SF
  2023

• Visiting Professor, UCSF Division of Geriatrics
  2023

• Global Atlantic Fellow, Atlantic Institute
  2017

Selected Scholarship

• Development of an online tool to support financial and legal planning in dementia
  Tessaro, I, Watt, D, Menestres, D, Farrell, D, PEC Innovation, 5 2024

• Hospital-Based Medical-Legal Partnerships for Complex Care Patients: Intersectionality and Ethics Considerations
  Garg M, Oliva J, Lu A, Martin M, J Law Med Ethics 2024

• Long-term effects of collaborative dementia care on quality of life and caregiver well-being
  Possin KL, Dulaney S, Sideman AB, Wood A, Allen I, Bonasera S, Merrilees J, Lee K, Chiong W, Braley T, Kanzawa M, Gearhart R, Medsger H, Harrison K, Hunt L, Kiekhofer R, Chow C, Miller B, Guterman E, Alzheimer's Dement 2024

• Health Research in Academic Health Systems: Time for a New Model
  Collard H, Spetz J, Health Affairs Scholar 2023

• MEND Policy Report: Legal analysis, stakeholder insights, & policy recommendations for healthcare provider implicit bias training in California
  Montague A, Garrett SB, MEND Study Reporting. University of California, San Francisco 2023

• Context, humility, and caution in guardianship determination
  Chodos AH, J Am Geriatr Soc 2022

• Use of Telephone- and Internet-Based Support to Elicit and Address Financial Abuse and Mismanagement in Dementia: Experiences from the Care Ecosystem Study
  Manivannan M, Heunis J, Bernstein Sideman A, Lui KP, Braley TL, Possin KL, Chiong W., J Alzheimers Dis. 2022

• How an Interdisciplinary Care Team Reduces Prolonged Admissions Among Older Patients with Complex Needs
  NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 09/2021

• Goals of Care Conversations and Subsequent Advance Care Planning Outcomes for People with Dementia
  Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 08/2021

• Advance Care Planning in an Online World: State Law Activity and Challenges Since COVID-19
  Bill of Health 08/2021

• Improving Medical-Legal Advance Care Planning
  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 03/2020

• The Medical-Legal Partnership Model: A Focus on Older Adults and Social Determinants of Health
  Journal of the American Society on Aging 01/2020

• Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem
  PLoS Med 03/2017

• Decision-making capacity and frontal lobe dysfunction
  Hooper S and Chiong W (Ed.: Miller B. and Cummings J), The Human Frontal Lobes: Functions and Disorders (3rd ed.) 12/2017

• The effects of regulation and litigation on a large for-profit nursing home chain
  Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 05/2014

• The Need for Medical-Legal Dialogue in Care of Older Adults
  GeriPal 01/2013

• Improving the Civil Legal Response to Elder Financial Abuse: Making the Law Matter
  Institute on Aging Access to Justice Initiative 01/2012

• Lost in translation: the unintended consequences of advance directive law on clinical care.
  Annals of Internal Medicine 01/2011