Current VA Fellows
Carter Davis
Current position: Advanced Training in Geriatric Fellow, 2nd year
Research interest: Geropsychology, ACT therapy
Mentors: Christine Gould, MD
BFA – Rhode Island School of Design, 2015
MS – Utah State University, 2021
PhD – Utah State University, 2024
Betsy Yang
Current position: Advanced Training in Geriatrics Fellow, 3rd year
Research interest: AI and aging
Mentors: Steven Lin, MD, Deborah Kado, MD, MS
Lynsay Paiko, PhD
Current position: Advanced Training in Geriatrics Fellow, 1st year
BS in Psychology, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 2013
MA in Counseling Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO
PhD in Counseling Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY
Past Fellows
Caroline Park, MD PhD
Adv Geri Fellow from 2021-2024
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University School of Medicine
Current position: Assistant Professor, Keck School of Medicine USC
Ana Jessica Alfaro, Psy.D
Nova Southeastern University- Clinical Psychology
Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine
Adv Geri Fellow from 2020-2022
Health and Aging Policy Fellow 2021-2023
Current Position: Research scientist VA Palo Alto
Douglas Franz, MD
Adv Geri Fellow from 2018-2020
Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2013
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2016
Fellowship: Nephrology, Stanford University, 2018
Fellowship: Nephrology Research, Stanford University, 2019
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center