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Tom Meuser, Ph.D.

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老龄与健康卓越研究中心创始主任

Professor of Health, Wellness, and Occupational Studies

Clinical Psychologist and Applied Gerontologist

Legacy Scholars Program

Thomas M. ("Tom") Meuser joined the faculty of UNE in Fall, 2018, 作为威斯布鲁克卫生专业学院的社会工作教授和新大学的创始主任 Center for Excellence in Aging & Health (CEAH). His faculty appointment changed to the Health, Wellness, & Occupational Studies Program in Fall 2023. 

The UNE Legacy Scholars Program 中心的招牌项目是否吸引感兴趣的成年人, aged 55+ years, in support of research and scholarship on healthful aging. Prospective Legacy Scholars can register online HERE.

Dr. Tom Meuser是一名临床心理学家,在叙述性老年学方面受过专门的培训和经验, the neuropsychology of dementing disorders, 以及提高老年人幸福感的社会心理干预方法.  Tom is on the Editorial Board for the peer-reviewed journal, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, and he was named a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America in 2011.

Personable and collaborative by nature, 汤姆很高兴能成为正规澳门赌场网络大家庭和波特兰地区社区的一员! 指导CEAH是一个专业梦想成真的实践,应用老年病学家. 他欢迎任何关心促进健康的人的参与和建议, "meaning-filled" aging in Maine and beyond.

Tom was born and raised on the Connecticut coast, 在那里,他就读于费尔菲尔德大学预科学校(“预科”),后来在伍斯特的圣十字学院获得了心理学学士学位, MA. He has family in Maine and throughout New England, and this move to Maine is a homecoming on many levels. 汤姆在新英格兰的血统可以追溯到17世纪早期和楠塔基特岛. Tom's mother was a Macy, and he is a direct descendant of Thomas Macy, an early settler and leader of that Island community.

汤姆在密苏里大学圣路易斯市获得临床心理学硕士和博士学位,重点是衰老. Louis (1992, 1997), 他在阿克伦的健康老龄化中心完成了临床老年心理学的博士后研究, OH, in 1998. 他的奖学金培训强调在养老院和辅助生活环境中的实践,这些环境对深思熟虑的人来说是重要的, person-centered intervention today.

他职业生涯的下一个十年是在医学院度过的,在那里他磨练了自己作为研究人员和翻译教育者的技能. 1998年至1999年,他担任圣路易斯大学医学院阿尔茨海默病脑库的行政主管. He then transitioned to the Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center 1999年至2007年,他在华盛顿大学医学院(Washington University School of Medicine)担任医学博士 center co-investigator and core leader on a "P50" center grant from the National Institute on Aging.  就在来到正规澳门赌场网络之前,汤姆担任艺术学院的临时副院长 & Sciences at the University of Missouri - St. 他还从2007年开始指导老年学项目. He was profiled by the St. Louis Post Dispatch for his latter work in 2012.

汤姆因失去工作和照顾痴呆症(包括一种被广泛使用的衡量标准)而闻名 MM Caregiver Grief Inventory), older driver fitness, and reminiscence and life review. 他最近的研究集中在老年人的传统信仰和跨代沟通,了解生活中最重要的是什么. He spoke on the TED Stage about this work in 2017.

Tom founded the UM - St. Louis Life Review Project in 2008, 从那时起,他和他的学生们已经制作了超过350个视频,记录了老年志愿者的生活故事. Fay Badasch就是这样一位志愿者,他后来与她共同撰写了一篇正规澳门赌场网络叙事干预的文章. He intends to continue this life giving work at UNE. “没有更好的方法来教年轻学生正规澳门赌场网络衰老的知识,而不是把她和一个愿意的老年人联系在一起。 sharing a full life story," says Tom.

Tom's published research spans many issues in aging,同时关注独立、应对、意义和成功的生活转型等主题. He is experienced in all aspects of human subjects research, including study administration, grant writing, database development, mixed methods approaches, data analysis, and publication/dissemination of findings. He's a regular reviewer for over a dozen journals in aging, 他参加了许多NIH和其他与基金相关的研究部门(i.e.(对研究提案进行审查和评分). 他期待着利用这段经历,帮助正规澳门赌场网络发展新的与老龄化相关的研究和奖学金. 

汤姆的妻子克里斯蒂是一名职业治疗师,他们有三个孩子. He enjoys hiking, kayaking, biking, savoring a good craft beer, yard work, home repair, and other "fix it" projects of all kinds. In his spare time, 他喜欢听美国国家公共电台(NPR)的节目,阅读有关20世纪历史和冒险故事的非虚构类书籍.

他特别喜欢二战历史,他很幸运地认识了这场影响深远的冲突的许多参与者, including a survivor of the Bataan Death March, a hero of Pearl Harbor on 12/7/41, 也是最后一位在欧洲和亚洲战区都被歼灭的飞行员. 他的祖父曾在阿留申群岛及其周边地区的海军服役. 他的叔叔在太平洋塔拉瓦岛战役中作为一名步兵服役,获得了紫心勋章. The passing of so many veterans these days is sad, 但他们在美国的形成和口头上留下了巨大的遗产, film and written histories they leave for future generations.

Credentials

Education

PhD in Clinical Psychology
University of Missouri - St. Louis
1997
BA in Psychology
College of the Holy Cross
1986

Post-Doctoral Training

健康心理学博士预科临床实习 & Aging
Cleveland VA Medical Center (Cleveland, Ohio)

临床老年医学博士后招聘启事
Center for Healthy Aging (Akron, Ohio)

Research

Selected publications

Meuser, T.M., Mthembu, T.G., Overton, B.L., Roman, N.V., Miller, R.D., Lyons, K.P., & Carpenter, B.D. (2018). 跨代的遗产信仰:比较年长父母和他们成年子女的观点. International Journal of Aging & Human Development. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0091415018757212

Meuser, T.M., Berg-Weger, M., Carr, D.B., Shi, S., & Stewart, D. (2016). 临床医生在评估医学上有风险的老年人从健康到驾驶的有效性. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64, 849-854.

Meuser, T.M., Berg-Weger, M., Chibnall, J.T., Harmon, A.C., & Stowe, J.N. (2011). 行动过渡准备评估(ARMT):一个工具的行动过渡咨询与老年人. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 32(4), 484-507. doi: 10.1177/0733464811425914.

Meuser, T.M., Carr, D.B., Irmiter, C., Schwartzberg, J.G., & Ulfarsson, G.F. (2010). 美国医学协会老年驾驶员健康专业人员课程:学员信心的变化, attitudes, & practice behavior, Journal of Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 31, 290-309.

Meuser, T.M., Boise, L., & Morris, J.C. (2004). 临床医生的信念和实践在痴呆症护理:对健康教育者的启示. Educational Gerontology, 30, 491-516.

Meuser, T.M., & Marwit, S.J. (2001). 一个全面的,阶段敏感的痴呆症护理中的悲伤模型. The Gerontologist, 41(5), 658-700.

Other scholarly activity

Clinical Tools:

MM Caregiver Grief Inventory - Full & Short Forms

Assessment of Readiness for Mobility Transition (ARMT) - Full Form & Manual

Clinical Training Videos (with colleagues from Saint Louis University):

Rapid Cognitive Screen - For detection of mild cognitive impairment and dementia

Reminiscence Intervention - For persons with mild to moderate dementia

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy - For persons with severe dementia

Fall Risk & Dual Tasking in Advancing Age

Polypharmacy - Risks & Clinical Detection