Cathleen Connell Ph.D.

Expertise: Alzheimer's

Academic Discipline: Health Behavior and Health Education

Appointments: Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Director of Education and Information Transfer Core, Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Associate Director of Center for Managing Chronic Disease, School of Public Health

Phone: (734) 647-3189

E-mail: cathleen@umich.edu

· Can discuss research on how to notify patients that they have Alzheimer's.
· Studies impact of psychological and social context on health behaviors and health status of older adults.
· Research program has focused on three major areas: a) family caregiving in Alzheimer's disease, b) dementia outreach education at the community level, and c) the psychosocial context of diabetes among older adults.

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