TAMARA SIMS
Education
Ph.D. Psychology, Personality Area, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in progress B.A. Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 1999 M.A. Psychology - Research Option, California State University, Long Beach, CA, 2002
Current Projects
Cultural Differences in Ideal Affect across the Life Span Ideal Affect and Health Care Decision Making Graduate Advisor:  Jeanne Tsai
Peer Reviewed Publications
Sims TL, Holmes T, Bravata DM, Garber AM, Nelson L, Goldstein MK.  Simple Counts of ADL Dependencies Do Not Adequately Reflect Older Adults' Preferences toward States of Functional Impairment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, (in press).   Sims TL, Garber AM, Miller DE, Mahlow P, Bravata DM, Goldstein MK.  Advancements in FLAIR: Multimedia Quality of Life Assessment.  Proc AMIA Symp 2005.   Hyun, J, Sims TL, Bundorf, K, Garber AM, Goldstein MK.  Long-Term Care Insurance and its Relationship to Physical and Psychological Risk Factors in the Elderly. (in preparation).   Tsai JL, Thomas EA, Sims TL, Park C, Hong J, Chu A, Ip P.  Ideal Affect in Later Adulthood: Similarities and Differences Among European Americans and Chinese Americans.  (in preparation).   Sims, TL, Thomas, ET, Garber, AM, Goldstein, MK.  The Impact of Emotional and Physical Well-being on Older Adults’ Utility for Health States of Dependency. (in preparation).
Recent Presentations
Sims, T.L.  “Age, Affect Valuation, and Health-Related Decision-Making.”  Oral Presentation.  Stanford Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford, CA.  May 2, 2007.   Sims, T.L. & Tsai, J.L.  “The Influence of Ideal Affect on Health Care Preferences.”  Poster Presentation.  Society for Medical Decision Making, Pittsburgh, PA.  October 21, 2007.   Samanez-Larkin, G.R., Sims, T., & Peters, E.  “The Influence of Age-related Changes in Emotion and Cognition on Decision Making.”  Symposium.  Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.  November 19, 2007.   Sims, T.L. & Tsai, J.L.  “Affect Valuation Across the Life Span: Implications for Understanding Health Decision Making.”  Oral Presentation.  Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.  November 19, 2007.