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Rachel
Pruchno, PhD
Director
of Research,
New Jersey Institute
for Successful Aging
University
Professor
and Endowed Professor
of Gerontology
University
of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey
School
of Osteopathic Medicine
42 East Laurel Road,
UDP 2300
Stratford, New Jersey
08084
Telephone:
(856) 566-6822
pruchnra@umdnj.edu |
Throughout her 25 year
career, Dr. Pruchno has
maintained an uninterrupted
stream of grant funding
support for research projects
focused on a variety of
topics related to geriatrics
and gerontology. These have
included the effects of
moves on long term care
residents; mental health
effects associated with
decisions to institutionalize
family members; caregiving
for sick and demented family
members; the balancing of
work and family life; grandparenting;
the effects of alternative
forms of exercise on older
adults; end-of-life decision-making
among terminally ill older
patients and their spouses;
and the differences in the
effects of alternative forms
of long term care.
Dr. Pruchno serves the
National Institutes of Health
through her membership in
grant review panels, study
sections, and committees.
She also has been a reviewer for several peer-review journals and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
Previous employment experiences
have been divided among
research groups housed within
long term care facilities
(Philadelphia Geriatric
Center, Stein Gerontological
Institute, and Menorah Park
Center for the Aging) and
university-based centers
at Bradley University and
Boston College where she
has directed research projects
and developed academic curricula
focused on aging studies.
Dr. Pruchno has earned
a BA from Michigan State
University; an MA from
Oakland University and a
PhD from Pennsylvania State
University. She has published
nearly 100 journal articles
that have appeared in Psychology
and Aging, Journals
of Gerontology, The
Gerontologist, Family
Relations, Journal
of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Aging
& Health, Research
on Aging, Medical
Decision Making, American
Journal of Mental Retardation, Journal of Marriage
and the Family, Environment
and Behavior, and
Journal of Mental Health
and Aging.
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
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