Elizabeth Dzeng MD, PhD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco
Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, PhD, MPH, is a sociologist and
hospitalist physician conducting research at the nexus of sociology, medical
ethics, palliative and end-of-life care, and human-centered design. She is an
Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in
the Division of Palliative Medicine and Social and Behavioral Sciences,
Sociology program. Her current research examines the systems-level factors that
contribute to potentially inappropriate high-intensity life-sustaining
treatments near the end of life in older adults with dementia and serious
illness. Dr. Dzeng was a 2017 NPCRC Junior Faculty Career Development
Awardee and is currently a member of the NPCRC Scientific Review Committee.