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Michael Marsiske

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Associate Chair of Research  

 

 

 

 

 

 


Location:

University of Florida


Education:

Pennsylvania State University Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies, 1992
Pennsylvania State University M.S. in Physical Therapy, 1990
University of Toronto B.S. in Psychology, 1987

 


 

  


Awards and Recognition:

2003, 2005, 2006 Audrey Schumacher Classroom Teaching Award (elected by graduate
students), Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida

2002 Elected Fellow, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Gerontological Society of America

1999 Visiting Research Scientist, Free University of Berlin and Max Planck Institute for Human Development, May 1-15, 1999

1997 Recipient, 1997 Springer Award for Early Career Achievement in Research on Adult Development and Aging, Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging), American Psychological Association

1997 Invited fellow, Summer Research Retreat on Cognitive Aging, Claude Pepper Older Americans' Independence Center and Center for Applied Research on Cognitive Aging, University of Michigan

1994 Recipient of Fellowship for Summer Institute on Successful Midlife Development from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development

1992 Recipient of Young Scholar Travel Award to Summer School on Methodology
and Research Strategies in Developmental Studies, Sapio Research Center,
Sofia, Bulgaria

1992- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Adult Development and Aging at the Max Planck
Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin, Germany

1991-1992 National Institute on Aging Predoctoral Institutional Training Fellowship at the
Pennsylvania State University, Grant # T32-AG00048

1989 Student Travel Award, Conference on Best Methods for the Analysis of
Change, University of Southern California

1987 University Scholarships of Canada Post-graduate Award

1987 University of Toronto Graduating Students' Scholarship in Psychology

1987 McNab Scholarship in Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto

1987 J.S. Lockhart/New College Award for Outstanding Student in Psychology

1987 Graduated B.Sc., "With High Distinction" (Summa Cum Laude)

1983-1987 Faculty Scholar (Dean's List), Arts & Sciences, The University of Toronto

1983-1987 J.W. Billes Admission Scholarship, University of Toronto


Primary Academic Appointment:

UF Department of Physical Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions

 


Research Interests:

Older adults every day problem solving abilities, range of modifiability (plasticity) in adults’ intellectual functioning, antecedents (especially sensorimotor) of individuals differences in adult cognitive and intellectual functioning

 


Recent Publications:

Cook, S. E., Marsiske, M., & McCoy, K. J. M. (in press). The Use of the Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-M) in the Detection of Amnestic Mild Cognitive
Impairment, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Horgas, A. L., Yoon, S. J., Nichols, A. L., & Marsiske, M. (in press). The Relationship Between Pain and Functional Disability in Black and White Older Adults. Research in Nursing and Health

Plummer-D'Amato, P., Altmann, L. J. P., Saracino, D., Fox, E., Behrman, A. L., & Marsiske, M. (2008). Interactions between cognitive tasks and gait after stroke: a dual task study, Gait
& Posture, 27, 683–688.

Aiken Morgan, A. T., Marsiske, M., & Whitfield, K. E. (2008). Characterizing and explaining differences in cognitive test performance between African American and European
American older adults. Experimental Aging Research, 34, 80-100.

Floetke Elliot, A., Horgas, A. L., & Marsiske, M. (2008). Nurses’ Role in Identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults. Geriatric Nursing, 29, 28-37.

McCrae, C. S., McNamara, J. P. H., Rowe, M. A., Dzierzewski, J. M., Dirk, J., Marsiske, M., & Craggs, J. G. (2008). Sleep and affect in older adults: Using multilevel modeling to examine daily associations. Journal of Sleep Research, 17, 42-53.

Unverzagt, F. W., Kasten, L., Johnson, K. E., Rebok,G. W., Marsiske, M., Mann Koepke, K., Elias, J., Morris, J. N., Willis, S. L, Ball, K., Rexroth,D. F., Smith, D. M., Wolinsky, F. D., & Tennstedt, S. L. (2007). Effect of Memory Impairment on Training Outcomes in ACTIVE. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(6), 953-960

Wadley, V. G., Crowe, M., Marsiske, M., Cook, S. E., Unverzagt, F. W., Rosenberg, A. L., & Rexroth, D. (2007). Changes in everyday function among individuals with psychometrically defined Mild Cognitive Impairment in the ACTIVE Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, 1192-1198. 

Crowe, M., Andel, R., Wadley, V., Cook, S., Unverzagt, F., Marsiske, M., & Ball, K. (2006). Subjective cognitive function and decline about older adults with psychometrically defined
amnestic MCI, International Journal of Geratric Psychiatry, 21, 1187-1197.

Kirsch-Darrow, L., Fernandez, H. F., Marsiske, M., Okun, M. S., & Bowers, D. (2006). Dissociating apathy and depression in Parkinson disease. Neurology, 67, 33-38.

Stephens, B. W., McCarthy, D., Marsiske, M., Shechtman, O., Classen, S., Justiss, M., & Mann, W. T. (2006). International Older Driver Consensus Conference on Assessment, Remediation and Counseling for Transportation Alternatives: Summary and recommendations. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 23, 103-121.

Cook, S. E., & Marsiske, M. (2006). Subjective memory beliefs and cognitive performance in normal and mildly impaired older adults. Aging and Mental Health, 10, 413-423.

Allaire, J. C., & Marsiske, M. (2005). Intraindividual variability may not always indicate vulnerability in elders' cognitive performance. Psychology and Aging, 20, 390-401.

Jones, R. N., Allaire, J., McCoy, K., Kleinman, K., Rebok, G., Malloy, P., Rosenberg, A., Morris, J., & Marsiske, M. (2005) A growth curve model of learning acquisition among cognitively normal older adults. Experimental Aging Research, 31, 291-312.

Diehl, M., Marsiske, M., Horgas, A. L., Saczynski, J., Rosenberg, A., & Willis, S. L. (2005). The Revised Observed Tasks of Daily Living: A performance-based assessment of everyday problem solving in older adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 24, 211-230.

Ball, K., Berch, D. B., Helmers, K. F., Jobe, J. B., Leveck, M. D., Marsiske, M., Morris, J. N., Rebok, G. W., Smith, D. M., Tennstedt, S. L., Unverzagt, F. W., Willis, S. L. (2002). The effects of cognitive training interventions with older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 288, 2271-2281.

Allaire, J.C., & Marsiske, M. (2002). Well-and ill-defined measures of everyday cognition: Relationship to elders’ intellectual ability and functional status. Psychology and Aging, 17,
101-115.

Margrett, J. A., and Marsiske, M. (2002). Gender differences in adults' everyday cognitive collaborations. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 26, 45-59.

Jobe, J. B., Smith, D. M., Ball, K., Tennstedt, S. L., Marsiske, M., Rebok, G. R., Morris, J. N., Willis, S. L., Helmers, K., Leveck, M. D., & Kleinman, K. (2001). ACTIVE: A cognitive intervention trial to promote independence in older adults. Controlled Clinical Trial, 22, 453-479.

Lindenberger, U., Marsiske, M., & Baltes, P. B. (2000). Memorizing while walking: Increase in dual-task costs from young adulthood to old age. Psychology and Aging, 15, 417-436.


Contact Information:

Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
PO Box 100165
101 S. Newell Drive, Rm 3151
Gainesville, FL 32610-0165
Phone: (352) 273-5097
Email:
marsiske@phhp.ufl.edu

 

 

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