Linda Teri, PhD
Dr. Linda Teri, Professor in the Department of Psychosocial & Community Health and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Science at the University of Washington. She is the past Director and Chief Psychologist of the Geriatric and Family Services Clinic at the University of Washington Medical Center. Dr. Teri received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont in 1980, after which she joined the faculty at the University of Oregon. Since 1984, she has been at the University of Washington, School of Medicine, where she was actively engaged in teaching, research, clinical work and supervision in the areas of geropsychology. In 1998, she moved to the University of Washington, School of Nursing, to establish a school-wide Center on Healthy Aging. She has authored over 200 professional publications plus abstracts, over 280 presentations, and co-author of five books, including three texts in geropsychology. She currently is on five editorial boards of leading professional journals and reviews regularly for another 20. She has served for several years on the NIMH review committee, Mental Disorders of the Aging, has 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. She is 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. She is 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.
