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, School of Medicine, where I was actively engaged in teaching, research, clinical work and supervision in the areas of geropsychology. In 1998, I moved to the University of Washington, School of Nursing, to establish a school-wide Center on Healthy Aging. I have authored over 200 professional publications plus abstracts, over 400 presentations, and co-author of five books, including three texts in geropsychology. I currently am on four editorial boards of leading professional journals and reviews regularly for another 20. I have served for several years on the NIMH review committee, Mental Disorders of the Aging, have been chair on the APA Task Force on Clinical Training on Aging, and am a past member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board of the Alzheimer's Association.

I am a Co-Investigator of the University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Alzheimer's Disease Patient Registry and Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on various NIH grants focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging. I am most interested in 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.

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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)

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