Richard Schulz is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh. He has spent most of his career doing research and writing on adult development and aging. Much of his research has focused on the effects of disabling late-life illnesses on patients and their families; his work has appeared in major medical, psychology, and aging journals. In recognition of his contributions to research on aging, he was the year 2000 recipient of the prestigious Kleemeier Award from the Gerontological Society of America and the Developmental Health Research Award from the American Psychological Association in 2003.
Research Areas of Interest: caregiver stress; outcomes assessment; research methodology
Representative Articles
Schulz R, O'Brien A, Czaja S, Ory M, Norris R, Martire LM, Belle SH, Burgio L, Gitlin L, Coon D, Burns R, Gallagher-Thompson D, Stevens A
Dementia caregiver intervention research: in search of clinical significance
Gerontologist, 2002 Oct;42(5):589-602. Review.
PMID: 12351794 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Schulz R, Beach SR, Lind B, Martire LM, Zdaniuk B, Hirsch C, Jackson S, Burton L
Involvement in caregiving and adjustment to death of a spouse: findings from the caregiver health effects study
JAMA, 2001 Jun 27;285(24):3123-9.
PMID: 11427141 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Schulz R, Beach SR
Caregiving as a risk factor for mortality: the Caregiver Health Effects Study
JAMA, 1999 Dec 15;282(23):2215-9.
PMID: 10605972 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Schulz R, Heckhausen J
Aging, culture and control: setting a new research agenda.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 1999 May;54(3):P139-45
PMID: 10363034 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
