CURRICULUM VITAE
of
MITZI M. SCHUMACHER
December, 2010
Department of Behavioral Science
College of Medicine Office Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40536-0086
Telephone: 859.323.6075
PREVIOUS AND CURRENT POSITIONS
1989-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
1989-1996 Associate, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
1994-2003 Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
2003-Present Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
1997- Present Faculty, Ph.D. in Gerontology Program Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
EDUCATION
1976‑1977 University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
1978‑1980 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1980‑1981 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
B.A. Major: Psychology
1982‑1986 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
M.A. Social Psychology, 1984
Ph.D. Social Psychology, 1986
Minor Areas: Quantitative & Cognitive Psychology
GRANT ACTIVITY
1988 Principal Investigator, Volunteers and Caregivers: Collaborating for Respite Care. Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Lexington/Bluegrass Chapter, $3767.93 Direct Costs.
1989-1994 Faculty, Research Training in Medical Behavioral Science, NIMH Training Grant, $540,418 Direct Costs.
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1991-1994 Co-Investigator (20% effort), Residency Training in Primary Care Internal Medicine. DHHS Training Grant, $401,467 Direct Costs.
1991-1996 Principal Investigator (50% effort), Age Differences in Decision Making Performance. NIH/NIA, $327,106 Direct Costs.
1997-1999 Co-Investigator (10% effort), Equipping Medical Students to Manage Chronic Pain. HRSA, $197,860 Direct Costs.
1998-1999 Co-Principle Investigator, Caregiver’s Decisions for Alzheimer’s Patients. ADRC/NIA (Pilot from Program Project Grant), $9,025 Direct Costs.
1998-2000 Investigator (5% effort), Seeking a Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s: Supports and Barriers. Alzheimer’s Association, $109,922 Direct Costs.
2000-2004 Faculty (15% effort), Research Training in Medical Behavioral Science. NIH/MIMH, $1,047,071 Direct Costs.
2002-2005 Project Evaluator (10% effort), DEM: Girls in Science, NSF, $899,084 Direct Costs.
2002-2010 Evaluator (10% effort), Girls in Drug Abuse Science, SEDAPA/NIH, $1,000,000 Direct Costs.
2005-2006 Principle Investigator, (20% effort), Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Isen, A.M., Johnson, M.M.S., Mertz, E. & Robinson, G.F. (1985). The Influence of positive affect on the unusualness of word associations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48, 1413‑1426.
2. Johnson, M.M.S. & Greenwald, A.G. (1986). Does the generation effect apply to stimuli as well as to responses? Resources in Education (ERIC).
3. Greenwald, A.G. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1989). The generation effect: Association of generated responses to context cues. Memory & Cognition, 17, 673-681.
4. Johnson, M.M.S., Schmitt, F.A. & Pietrukowicz, M. (1989). The generation effect: Age and process differences. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 44, P91-P94.
5. Johnson, M.M.S. (1990). Age and strategic decision making: A process methodology. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 45, P75-78.
6. Johnson, M.M.S. (1990). Age differences in decision making: Process methodology for examining strategic information processing. Psychiatry Digest, 10, 16-17.
7. Johnson, M.M.S.(1990). Altersunterschiede im entscheidungsverhalten: Methodik zur untersuchung von strategien der informationsverarbeitung. Geriatrische Psychiatrie Digest, 10, 19-20.
8. Johnson, M.M.S. & Wilson, J.F. (1990). Influencing attitudes toward the elderly early in a Physician Assistant Training Program. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 10(3), 11-21.
9. Coons, S.J. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1991). Predictors of self-monitoring of blood pressure by older adults with hypertension: A pilot study. Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management, 6(2), 81-90.
10. Pietrukowicz, M.E. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1991). Individualizing nursing home staff attitudes toward residents. The Gerontologist, 31, 102-106.
11. Coons, S.J. & Johnson, M.M.S. & Chandler, M. (1992). Sources of self-treatment information and use of home remedies and over-the-counter medications among older adults. Journal of Geriatric Drug Therapy, 7, 71-82.
12. Elam, C.L. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1992). Academic prediction of medical student academic performance: Does the admission interview help? Academic Medicine (Supplement) S28-S30.
13. Elam, C.L., Andrykowski, M.A., & Johnson, M.M.S. (1993). Assessing motivation to learn: A comparison of ratings assigned by premedical advisors and medical school interviewers. The Advisor, 14(1). 2-6.
14. Elam, C.L., Johnson, M.M.S., & Johnson, R. (1993). Students' premedical preparation and academic performances in medical school and residency. Academic Medicine. 68(3), 129-130.
15. Johnson, M.M.S. (1993). Thinking about strategies: During, before and after making a decision. Psychology and Aging, 8, 231-241.
16. Wilson, J.F. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1993). Attitudes of physician assistant students toward cancer and cancer patients. American Academy of Physician Assistants, 6(2), 108-114.
17. Elam, C.L. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1994). Front door or back door: Comparison of preadmission and medical school performance of early decision and regular admission students. Academic Medicine, 69 (10 Suppl), S60-2.
18. Elam, C.L. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1994). Using preadmission and medical school performance to predict scores on the USMLE Step 2 Examination. Academic Medicine, 69(10), 852.
19. Elam, C.L. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1994). NBME Part I vs. USMLE Step I: Predicting scores based on preadmission and medical school performance. Academic Medicine, 69(2), 155.
20. Elam, C.L., Johnson, M.M.S., & Haist, S.A. (1994). Preadmission and Medical School Performance of Outstanding Internal Medicine Interns. Academic Medicine, 69(8), 691.
21. Elam, C.L., Johnson, M.M.S., & Lenhoff, K.S. (1994). The medical school admission interview: Conduct and content. College and University, LXX, 20-27
22. Elam, C.L., Johnson, M.M.S., Wiese, H.J., Studts, J.L., & Rosenbaum, M. (1994). Admission interview reports: A content analysis of interviewer comments. Academic Medicine, 69(10 Suppl), S63-5.
23. Mayo, P., Elam, C., Johnson, M., & Reed, E. (1994). Use of Preadmission Variables to Predict Student Performance in an Interdisciplinary Behavioral Science Course. Proceedings of the Sixth Ottawa Conference on Medical Education.
24. Reynolds, W., Remer, R., & Johnson, M. (1994). Marital satisfaction in later life: An examination of equity, equality, and reward theories. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 38(3), 134-157.
25. Caudill, T.S., Johnson, M.S., & Rich, E.C. (1995). The Need for Curricula in Evidence-Based Medicine, Academic Medicine, 70(9), 746.
26. Ramsbottom-Lucier, M.T., Caudill, T.S., Johnson, M.M.S., & Rich, E.C. (1995). Interactions with colleagues and their effects on the satisfaction of rural primary care physicians. The Journal of Rural Health. 11(3), 185-191.
27. Caudill, T.S., Wilson, J.F., Haist, S.A., Johnson, M.S., & E.C. Rich. (1995). Evaluation of a Rural-oriented Primary Care Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents, Academic Medicine, 70(10), 933.
28. Ramsbottom-Lucier, Mary, Johnson, M.M.S., & Elam, C.L. (1995). Age and gender differences in preadmission qualifications and medical school performance. Academic Medicine, 70(3), 236-9.
29. Studts, J.L., Elam, C.L. & Johnson, M.S. (1995). Comparing the Admission Interview Ratings and Comments of Faculty and Student Interviewers. Academic Medicine, 70(12), 1145.
30. Caudill, T.S., Johnson, M.S., Rich, E.C., & McKinney, W.P. (1996). Physicians, pharmaceutical sales representatives, and the cost of prescribing. Archives of Family Practice, 5, 201-206.
31. Elam, C.L., Rosenbaum, M., Johnson, M.M.S. (1996). Geographic origin and its impact on practice location in Kentucky. Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, 94, 446-450.
32. Riggle, E.D.B. and Johnson, M.M.S. (1996). Age differences in political decision making: Strategies for evaluting political candidates. Political Behavior, 18, 99-118.
33. Wilson, J.F., Johnson, M.M.S., Studts. J.L., and Elam, C.L. (1996). Quality of life as a measure of the impact of major curriculum change. Academic Medicine, 71 (Suppl), S40-S42.
34. Riggle, E.D.B., Miller, P., Shields, T.G., & Johnson, M.M.S. (1997). Gender stereotypes and decision context in the evaluation of political candidates. Women and Politics, 17(3), 69-88.
35. Elam, C.L. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1997). The impact of a rolling admission policy on the selection of medical school applicants. Academic Medicine, 72(7), 644-646.
36. Elam, C.L., Johnson, M.M.S., and Lenhoff, K. (1997). Premedical course recommendations of premedical advisors, medical students and medical faculty. Academic Medicine, 72(1), 72-73.
37. Elam, C.L., Johnson, M.M.S., and Rosenbaum, M. (1997). A comparison of speciality choice, residency training and medical practice location of early decision and regular admission graduates. Academic Medicine, 72(2), 140-143.
38. Johnson, M.M.S. (1997). Individual differences in the voluntary use of a memory aid during decision making. Experimental Aging Research, 23, 33-43.
39. Elam, C.L., Studts, J.L., and Johnson, M.M.S. (1997). Prediction of medical school performance: Use of Admission Interview Report Narratives. Teaching and Learning In Medicine , 9(3), 181-185.
40. Elam, C.L., & Johnson, M.M.S. (1997). An Analysis of Admission Committe Voting Patterns. Academic Medicine, 72(10 Supple), S72-S75.
41. Elam, C.L., & Johnson, M.M.S., Studts, J.L. (1997). Prediction of Medical School Admission Global Ratings Using Interviewers' Report Narratives. The Advisor. 17, 44.
42. Elam, C.L. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1998). An Analysis of Admission Committee Voting Patterns. The Advisor, 18(2), 3-8.
43. Elam, C.L., Edwards, J.C, Comeau, R., Taylor, E.D., Hinkley, R., Heldberg, C., & Johnson, M.M.S. (1998). Letters of Recommendation: Medical School Admission Committee Members’ Recommendations. The Advisor, 18(4), 4-6.
44. Johnson, M., Elam, C., Edwards, J., Taylor, D., Heldberg, C., Hinkley, R., & Comeau, R. (1998). Medical School Admission Committee Members’ Evaluations of and Impressions from Recommendation Letters. Academic Medicine, 73(10 Supple), S41-S43.
45. Sloan, P.A., Vanderveer, B., Snapp, J., Johnson, M., & Sloan, D.A. (1999). Cancer Pain Assessment and Management Recommendations by Hospice Nurses. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 18, 103-110.
46. Wackerbarth, S.B. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1999). Predictors of Driving Cessation, Independent Living, and Power of Attorney Decisions by Dementia Patients and Caregivers. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 14, 1-6.
47. Schoenberg, N.E., Campbell, K. & Johnson, M.M.S. (1999). Physicians and Clergy as Facilitators of Formal Services for Older Adults. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 11, 9-27.
48. Johnson, M.M.S. & Drungle, S.C. (2000). Purchasing Over-the-Counter Medications: The impact of Age Differences in Information Processing. Experimental Aging Research, 26, 245-261.
49. Plymale, M.S., Sloan, P.A., Johnson, M., LaFountain, P., Snapp, J. & Sloan, D.A. (2000). Cancer Pain Education: The Use of a Structured Clinical Instruction Module to Enhance Learning Among Medical Students. Journal Of Pain and Symptom Management, 20, 4-11.
50. Johnson, M.M.S., Wackerbarth, S.B. & Schmitt, F.A. (2000). Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist. Clinical Gerontologist, 22(3/4) 87-108.
51. Stephens, E. & Johnson, M.M.S. (2000) Dr. Mom and Other Influences on Age Differences in OTC Medication Purchases. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 19(4), 441-459.
52. Elam, C.L., Johnson, M.M.S. & Wiggs, J.S. Messmer, J.J., Brown, P.I. & Hinkley, R. (2001). Diversity in Medical School: Perceptions of First-Year Students at Four U.S. Medical Schools. Academic Medicine, 76,(1) 60-65.
53. Sloan, P.A., Plymale, M.A., Johnson, M. Vandeveer, B., LaFountain, P., & Sloan, D.A. Cancer Pain Management Skills Among Medical Students: The Development of a Cancer Pain Objective Structured Clinical Examination. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 21(4), 298-
54. Johnson, M. & Elam, C. (2001). Letters of Recommendation: Comparing Percptions of Premedical Advisors and Admission Committee Members. Academic Medicine, 76(6), 64.
55. Plymale, M.A., Sloan, P.A., Johnson, M., LaFountain, P., Snapp, J., Vanderveer, B., Sloan, D.A. (2001). Cancer Pain Education: A Structured Clinical Instruction Module for Hospice Nurses. Cancer Nursing, 24(6), 424-429.
56. Sloan, P.A., LaFountain, P., Plymale, M., Johnson, M., Montgomery, C., Snapp, J. & Sloan, D. (2001). Implementing Cancer Pain Education for Medical Students. Cancer Practice, 9(5), 225-229.
57. Plymale, M.A., Sloan, P.A., Johnson, M., Snapp, J. & LaFountain, P. (2001). Junior Medical Students’ Perceptions of an Introductory Hospice Experience. The Hospice Journal, 15(4), 41-
58. Wackerbarth, S.B., Johnson, M.M.S., Markesbery, W.R., & Smith, C.D. (2001). Urban-Rural Differences in a Memory Disorders Clinical Population. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 49(5), 1-4.
59. Wackerbarth, S.B., & Johnson, M.M.S. (2002). Essential Information and Support Needs of Family Caregivers. Patient Education and Counseling, 47(2), 95-100.
60. Ryan, M. & Johnson, S. (2002). Use of Alternative Medications in Patients with Neurologic Disorders. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 36(10), 1540-1545.
61. Johnson, S. & Ryan, M. (2003). Influence of the Method of OTC Information Presentation on Older Adult Decision-Making. Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing, 15(4).
62. Wackerbarth, S.B., & Johnson, M.M.S. (2002). The Carrot and the Stick: Benefits and Barriers in Getting a Diagnosis. Alzheimers Disease and Associated Disorders, 16(4), 213-220.
63. Berg, C.A., Johnson, M.M.S., Meegan, S.P., Strough, J. (2003). Collaborative Problem-Solving Interactions in Young and Old Married Couples. Discourse Processes, 35(1), 33-58.
64. Ryan, M., Romanelli, F., Smith, K. & Johnson M.M.S. (2003). Identifying and Teaching Generation X Pharmacy Students. American Journal of Pharmacy Education, Summer
65. Stephens, E., Carswell, C.M., & Johnson, M. M.S. (I2006). Evidence for an Elders’ Advantage in Naïve Product Usability Judgments of older and younger adults. Human Factors, 48, 422-433.
66. Jacobs-Lawson, J., Schumacher, M., & Webb, A.. (2007). Gender differences in predictors of late-life health insurance knowledge. Journal of Women & Aging, 19, 121-136.
67. Fernander, A., Schumacher, M., & Nasim, A. (2008). Sociocultural stress, smoking risk, and cessation among African American women. The Journal of Black Psychology, 34, 49-69.
68. Hughes, T., Schumacher, M., Jacobs-Lawson, J. M., & Arnold, S. (i2008). Confronting death: Perceptions of a good death in adults with lung cancer. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 25, 39-44.
69. Fernander, A., Schumacher, M., Wei, X., Crooks, P. & Wedlund, P. (2008). Smoking risk and the likelihood of quitting among African-american female light and heavy smokers. Journal of the National Medical Association, 100, 1199-1206.
70. Schumacher, M., Johnson, M., Floyd, S., Reid, C., Noland, M., & Leukefeld, C., (2008). Young women in science: Impact of a three-year program on knowledge of and attitudes toward science. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 14, 301-317.
71. Stansbury, K., & Schumacher, M., (2008). An Exploration of mental health literacy among African American clergy. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 51, 126-142.
72. Jacobs-Lawson, J. M., Schumacher, M., Hughes, T., & Arnold, S. (2009). The relationship between lung cancer patients’ education level and evaluation of their treatment information needs. Journal of Cancer Education, 24, 346-350.
73. Schumacher, M. & Jacobs-Lawson, J. (2009). Age differences in response to time pressures on information processing during decision making. In R. Brougham (ed.), Aging, Health, and Cognition (pp. 167-186). New York: Nova Science Publishers.