Nhật Bùi earned her master’s degree in nursing at UCSF in 2016. She is certified as an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). At the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, Nhật assists with the Alzheimer’s Dementia Research Center and clinical trial projects by conducting patient assessments and caregiver interviews for observational research studies and clinical drug trials. She also provides follow-up care and support for patients and caregivers with neurodegenerative diseases in the Fein Memory and Aging Center Clinic and initiates quality improvement projects to enhance operations and efficiency.
Nhật is a member of the Behavior Management Task Force, which aims to enhance management and understanding of behavioral symptoms in patients with dementia. She co-leads two projects focused on understanding divergent sexual behaviors in dementia and provider prescribing practices for behavioral symptoms at the Fein Memory and Aging Center Clinic.
Before joining the Fein Memory and Aging Center, Nhật worked as a primary care provider in the Internal Medicine Department at the Rolland & Kathryn Lowe Geriatric Center of Excellence, part of Asian Health Services. There, she provided urgent and primary care to adult and geriatric patients, managing chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and hepatitis, with a special focus on patients with neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders. She also participated as a fellow in the UC Davis Train the New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry interprofessional training program.
Nhật’s research interests include improving access to palliative care in community settings such as outpatient primary care clinics and long-term care facilities. She also focuses on developing novel approaches to enhance dementia care for patients and caregivers, with a particular emphasis on caregiver education and guidance around managing behavioral symptoms.