PCH: Faculty

Linda Teri, PhD Department Chair Director, Northwest Research Group on Aging Psychosocial & Community Health Box 357263 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7263 Email Address: lteri@u.washington.edu

I am a Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychosocial & Community Health and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Science at the University of Washington. I am the past Director and Chief Psychologist of the Geriatric and Family Services Clinic at the University of Washington Medical Center.

I received my doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont in 1980, after which I joined the faculty at the University of Oregon. Since 1984, I have been at the University of Washington, initially in the School of Medicine, and then in the School of Nursing where in 1998 I moved to establish the deTornyay Center, a school-wide Center on Healthy Aging. I have authored over 200 professional publications plus abstracts, over 400 presentations, and co-authored five books, including three texts in geropsychology. I currently am on four editorial boards of leading professional journals and review regularly for another dozen. I have served for several years on various NIH review committees and am currently on the Medical Advisory Board of the Alzheimer’s Association.

I have been Co-Investigator of the University of Washington Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Registry and currently, I am Principle Investigator or Co-Investigator on various NIH grants focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease and Health Aging including Principle Investigator/ Director of the Northwest Roybal Center (NRC): Improving Healthcare for Cognitively Impaired Elders and Their Caregivers and the Northwest Research Group on Aging. My research focuses on: 1) the ongoing development, implementation, and evaluation of treatment programs for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their caregivers, 2) investigating the relationship between cognitive, affective, and behavioral function as it relates to disease progression and treatment, and 3) developing and evaluating training programs to increase independence and improve physical functioning in older adults.

Community of Science

Current Projects

• Alzheimer's Disease Patient Registry (Co-Investigator)
• Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (Key Personnel)
• Behavioral Treatment of Nocturnal Disturbances in AD (Key Personnel)
• Efficacy of Early Stage Alzheimer's Support Groups (Co-Investigator)
• Exercise & Health Promotion for MCI: A Controlled Trial (Principal Investigator)
• Neurobehavior, Neuroendocrinology, and Genetics of AD (Mentor)
• NRC: Improving Healthcare for Cognitively Impaired Elders and Their Caregivers (Principal Investigator)
• Problem Solving/Physical Interventions and Aging (Principal Investigator)
• Research Training in Medical Rehabilitation (Mentor)
• Uptake of STAR: Increasing Qualified Staff to improve care of older adults in Assisted Living (Principal Investigator)