CURRICULUM VITAE Updated: August 2014 October 2013
Name:Alan M. Jette
Work Address:Boston University School of Public Health
715 Albany St., T5W
Boston, MA 02118
Tel: 617-358-1994
Email:
Education:
1973 B.S.State University of New York at Buffalo (Physical Therapy)
1975 M.P.H.School of Public Health, University of Michigan (Health Gerontology)
1975Specialist in Aging Certificate, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan - Wayne State University
1979 Ph.D.University of Michigan (Public Health Behavior)
Academic Appointments:
1980Instructor in Social Medicine and Health Policy, Harvard Medical School
1980-1989Member, Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston
1981-1982Assistant Professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy, Harvard Medical School
1983-1989Lecturer, Department of Social Medicine and Health Policy, Harvard Medical School
1983-1989Associate Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Massachusetts General Hospital
1986-1989Director, Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions
1987-1988Acting President, MGH Institute of Health Professions
1989-1993Senior Research Scientist, New England Research Institute
1993-1996 Chief Research Scientist, New England Research Institute
1989-presentAdjunct Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
1993-2006Professor, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
1996-2004Dean & Professor, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University
1996-2004Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University
2004-currentDirector, Health & Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health
2006-currentProfessor of Health Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health
2011-2012Acting Chair, Dept. of Health Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health
Research Grants and Fellowships:
1979Research Fellow, National Arthritis Foundation, Developing and Testing a Functional Status Assessment Instrument.
1979Principal Investigator, Research Grant, National Arthritis Foundation, Developing and Testing a Functional Status Assessment Instrument.
1983-1986Principal Investigator, Research Grant, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, "Improving the Functional Outcomes of Elderly Hip Fracture Patients.”
1982-1985Co-Investigator, Research Grant, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, "Functional Status Assessment in Primary Care."
1984-1987Principal Investigator, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Demonstration, "Hospital Initiatives in Long-Term Care."
1984-1987Co-Investigator,"Computer-Based System for Long-Term Care and Research", National Center for Health Services Research
1984-1985Co-Principal Investigator, "Reducing Unnecessary Hospital Re admissions of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure." Funded by Charles H. Farnsworth Trust
1988-1989Mary E. Switzer Distinguished Research Fellowship, National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research
1989-1992Co-Investigator, "Blood Pressure Control in the Elderly: Evaluation of a Telephone Linked Computer System." NIH/NHLBI
1989-1992Principal Investigator, "Oral Health of Older Adults”, NIH/NIA
1989-1990Co-Investigator, "Assessment of Automotive Driving Skills in the Elderly." Funded by Charles H. Farnsworth Trust
1990-1992Co-Investigator, "Validation of an Age Specific Physical Activity Questionnaire for the Elderly",NIH/NIA
1990Principal Investigator, "An Automated Medical Record System for Post-Acute Care". SBIR grant, NIH/NIA
1990Principal Investigator, "Development and Testing of an Epidemiological Instrument to Measure Oral Health". SBIR grant, NIH/NIDR
1991-1995Principal Investigator, "Development of an Exercise Video for the Elderly". SBIR grant, NIH/NIA
1990-1991Co-investigator, Analysis of Risk Factors for Nursing Home Admission. Funded by the Carter Center of Emory University
1991-1994Principal Investigator, "Quality Review for the Home Health Agency Prospective Payment Demonstration." Health
Care Financing Administration
1991-1993Co-Director, "National Educational Resource Center for Outcome Assessment in Allied Health Professions" - Bureau of Health Professions, U.S. Public Health Service
1992-1993Principal Investigator, "Risk Factors for Transmenopausal Bone Loss", NIH/NIA
1993-1994Principal Investigator, Development of a National Database for Physical Therapy Outcomes, FOTO
1992-1996Co-Investigator, “Cultural differences in disability and care giving”, NIH/NIA
1994-1997Co-Investigator, “Development of an instrument to assess satisfaction with community long term care services”NIH/NIA
1994-1996Co-Principal Investigator, "Training physicians to conduct physical activity counseling with older persons," NIH/NIA
1994-1995Project Leader, “Multi-center Pilot Study of MK-0677 in the musculoskeletally-impaired elderly, MERCK Research Laboratories
1995-1996Project Leader, “Multi-center Pilot Study of MK-0677 in elderly post hip fracture, MERCK Research Laboratories
1995-1996Co-Principal Investigator. “Using a Telephone-Linked Computer system to enhance physical activity”. NIH/NHLBI
1993-2003Principal Investigator, "Edward R. Roybal Center on Applied Research in Gerontology", NIH/NIA
1999-2004Principal Investigator, Rehabilitation Health Services Research Post Doctoral Fellowship Program, NIDRR, Depart. of Education.
1999-2005Principal Investigator, Rehabilitation Research & Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes, NIDRR, Department of Education
2002Principal Investigator, Computer Adaptive Testing for Rehabilitation Outcome
Assessment, RO1, NIH,NICHD
2002-2003Principal Investigator, Dissemination of the Strong for Life strength training program in the Faith in Action volunteer network, Robert Wood Johnson Fdn.
2004-2005Investigator, Physical Exercise to Prevent Disability Multi-Center Pilot Study, NIA, NIH
2003-2005Co-Investigator, How Access Affects Outcomes of Rehabilitation Services, RO1, NIH/NICHD/Iezzoni-BIDMC
2004- 2007Principal Investigator, Computer Adaptive Testing for OA Clinical Trials. RO1, NIH/NIAMS
2005-2010Principal Investigator, Rehabilitation Outcomes Post Doctoral Research Fellowship Program. NIDRR, US Department of Education
2005-2006Principal Investigator, Pilot Study, Post Hip Fracture Recovery Intervention Study, Merck Pharmaceuticals
2005Principal Investigator, An Outpatient Clinical Outcomes Monitoring System. Health South Outpatient Division
2006Principal Investigator, Pilot Study of a Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinical Outcomes Monitoring System, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California
2006-2009Co-investigator, Measurement System for Major Neurological DiseaseThe scope of work of this subcontract with ENH is to assist with the development of the activity Item pools for Neuro-QOL team.
2006-2010Principal Investigator, Advanced Rehabilitation Research & Training Grant, Rehabilitation Outcomes & Effectiveness Research Post Doctoral Fellowship Program NIDRR, US Department of Education
2006-2011Research Director, New England Regional Spinal Cord Models System Center, Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston Medical Center, NIDRR, US Department of Education
2006-2011Principal Investigator, Development of a CAT Functional Outcomes Instrument for Spinal Cord Injury Patients, NIDRR, US Department of Education
2006-2011Co-investigator, Telephone-linked computer system clinical trial for patients with spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis, CDC
2007-2008Principal Investigator, Development of a CAT version of the Late Life Function and Disability Instrument, Phase 1 STTR, NIA/NIH
2007-2013 Principal Investigator,"Efficacy of Post Rehabilitation Exercise Trial”
NINR/NIH
2007-2010Co-Principal Investigator, Development of a CAT-based
dyspnea outcome instrument, NHLBI/NIH
2007-2009Co-investigator,Pilot study to develop an outcomes monitoring system across post-acute care settings, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California. Contract from the Intramural Branch of NIH, Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine
2007-2015Co-Principal Investigator, Yale Subcontract - U18HS09205 – Consortium Agreement AHRQ “CAHPS II” and "CAHPS III"(Latham, PI) The intent of this research is to develop a health plan survey adapted for persons with mobility impairments
2007-2012 Principal Investigator,Subcontract from Northwestern University. Measurement system for major neurologic diseases, NINDS/NIH
2008-2013Co-Director,Pepper Center - Boston OAIC - A Translational Approach to Function Promoting Anabolic Therapies. HDRI Dev.Proj. 1: Comparison of Live and Interactive Voice Response Administration of the Late Life Function and Disability Instrument (LLFDI).
2008-2013Principal Investigator,Subcontract from RTI, on RTOP No. CMS-07-033. Developing Outpatient Therapy Payment Alternatives, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
2008-2010Principal Investigator, Development of a CAT version of the Late Life Function and Disability Instrument, Phase 2 STTR, NIA/NIH.
2008-2010Principal Investigator, Development project to develop a CAT-based version of the Late-Life Function & Disability Instrument, Boston Pepper Center, NIA/NIH
2009-2011Principal Investigator,Subcontract from Brown University. Development of a community reintegration instrument for soldiers, Veterans Administration
2009-2012Co-Principal Investigator,Development of the Kaiser Permanente Functional Outcomes System, NINDS/NIH. American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
2012-2013Principal Investigator, Subcontract from RTI. Development of Outpatient Therapy Payment Alternatives, Phase II, APP # 121471, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
2008-2014Associate Director, Leadership Core Member, Boston Pepper Center for the Function Promoting Therapies, NIA/NIH
2009-2014Principal Investigator, Subcontract from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Rehabilitation impairment study of the elderly (RISE), NIA/NIH
2009-2014Co-Principal Investigator, PROMIS Research Site 2: PROs for children and adolescents with disabilities, NIH
2010-2015Co-Investigator, Enhancing Activity and Participation for Persons with Arthritis, (ENACT) NIDRR/Dept. of Education
2011-2015Director, Boston Rehabilitation Outcomes Measurement Center, NCMRR/NIH
2009-2016PrincipalInvestigator,Subcontract from NIH Intramural Branch. Improving the SSA Disability Determination process,IAA-SSA – NIH
2012-2016Principal Investigator and Research Director, New England Regional Spinal Cord Models System Center, Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston Medical Center, NIDRR, US Department of Education
2012-2016Principal Investigator, Advanced Rehabilitation Research & Training Grant, Rehabilitation Outcomes & Effectiveness Research Post Doctoral Fellowship Program NIDRR, US Department of Education.
Awards and Honors:
1973B.S. in Physical Therapy, Cum Laude
1982Scholarship Award for Research in Rheumatology by an Arthritis Foundation Fellow. Presented by the AHP Association of the National Arthritis Foundation
1990Research Award from the Section on Geriatrics, APTA.
1991Research Award from the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association
1992Fellow,The Gerontological Society of America
1993Marian Williams Awardfor Research in Physical Therapy. Presented by the APTA, June, 1993
1993Rose Lecturer at Washington University Department of Physical Therapy
1994Ionta Lecturer at Massachusetts General Hospital
1994Kirscht Lecturer at the University of Michigan School of Public Health
1995Opponent, Doctoral Thesis at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Uppsala
1995Scully Lecturer at University of Pittsburgh School of Rehabilitation Sciences.
1995Zausmer Lecturer at Boston’s Children’s Hospital
1997Recipient (along with Renee Lawrence) of the 1997 Sage Publications Editor's Award for the best peer-reviewed publication on aging in the social and behavioral sciences in 1996.
1997Robert Bartlett Recognition Award, Foundation for Physical Therapy.
1998Barbara C. White Award & commencement speaker, University of Florida Department of Physical Therapy.
1998Commencement Speaker, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago.
1998Rose Excellence in Research Award for Excellence in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Research from the Orthopedic Section, APTA (with D. Jette).
1998Golden Pen Award for Distinguished Contribution to PHYSICAL THERAPY.
1999Helen J. Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to Professional Literature, APTA.
1999Switzer Lecturer, Annual Meeting of the Association for Allied Health Professions, Atlanta.
1999Distinguished Lecturer, Winter Series on Aging, Center on Aging, The University of Texas Medical Branch
1999Sidney and Elizabeth Licht Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine for the paper "Exercise Improves Gait Stability in Disabled Elders," (Krebs, D., Jette, A.M., & Assmann, S., Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 79, 1489-1495)
2000Roger C Lipitz Lecturer, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
2000Excellence in Research Award, Section on Geriatrics, American Physical Therapy Association
2000Jack Allison Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota.
2001Keynote Speaker, Annual Ceremony for Recognition of Clinical Specialists, American Physical Therapy Association, San Antonio, TX.
2001Margaret L. Moore Lecturer, Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill.
2002 Keynote Speaker, 7th Annual International Congress of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, Sydney, May.
2003Distinguished Lecturer: Gerontology Institute, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, CA.
2004Keynote speaker: The Annual Alumni Evening. MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, April
2004Opponent, Doctoral Thesis at the Medical Faculty, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
2004Keynote Address: The School of Public Health & Health Professions. University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, March
2005Gustave-Gingus Distinguished Lecturer: University of Montreal, May, 2005.
2005Sidney Katz Distinguished Lecturer, Brown University, Providence, RI., April
2005Catherine Worthingham Fellow, American Physical Therapy Association
2006Keynote Address: Nordic Conference on WHO/ICF Research, Helsinki, Finland, March
2006Sidney and Elizabeth Licht Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, for the paper, (Jette, A, Keysor J, Coster W, Haley S) Beyond Function: Predicting Participation Outcomes in a Rehabilitation Cohort. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2006Commencement Speaker, School of Public Health & Health Professions, University at Buffalo, May, 2006.
2007Featured Speaker, 24th Annual Eugene Michels Researchers’ Forum, CSM Meetings of the APTA, Boston, MA Feb, 17th.
2007Distinguished Lecturer, Annual J.F. Lehmann Day Symposium, Univ. of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, June 1.
2008Distinguished Lecturer, College of Public Health & Health Professions, University of Florida, November, 2008.
2009Goldsmith Award. National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
2009Visiting Professor & Distinguished Lecturer. Institute for Rehabilitation & Research, University of Pittsburgh, June.
2009Keynote Speaker, International symposium on Quality of Life Technology, University of Pittsburgh.
2010Opponent, Doctoral Thesis at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Umea, Sweden.
2010Distinguished Public Service Award, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Seattle, Wash, 2010.
2011Excellence in the Rehabilitation of Aging PersonsAward. Gerontological Society of America,November, Boston, MA
2012Mary McMillan Honorary LectureshipAward, American Physical Therapy Association, June, 2012, Tampa, FL.
2012Stephen M Haley Memorial Lecture & Award, Howard H Steel International Conference on Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury, Orlando, FL., Nov.30th.
2013Honorary Doctor of Science Degree. Jefferson School of Health Professions and Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University, Phil. PA
2013Distinguished Lecturer, Vivette R. Rifkin Memorial Lectureship. University of Illinois at Chicago
2013Noll Visiting Professorship, Cleveland Clinics, Cleveland, OH,April 24-25
2013Distinguished Lecturer. Health Sciences Today (HST) lecture at the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. May 24.
2013Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.
2014Recipient, John P Maley Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research. American Physical Therapy Association’s Section on Research, February
2014Recipient of the Charles M. Magistro Distinguished Service Award. Foundation for Physical Therapy, June 12.
Editorial Boards:
1981-1982Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology's Clinical Medicine Section
1982-1984Editorial Board, Clinical Rheumatology in Practice
1983-1988Editorial Board, Bulletin of Rheumatic Diseases
1985-1990Associate Editor, Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, Aspen Pub.,
1986-1989Member, Advisory Board, Clinical Rehabilitation, Edward Arnold Pub, London, England
1987- currentEditorial Board, Aging and Health, Sage Publications.
1988Member, Editorial Advisory Board for "Advances in Long-Term Care," Springer Publishing Co.
1989- 1992Member, Editorial Board, Gerontologist
1990- 1996Member, Editorial Board, PHYSICAL THERAPY
1991- 1996Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology, Social Sciences
1993-1996Deputy Editor, PHYSICAL THERAPY
1993-1994Special Issue Editor, PHYSICAL THERAPY, " Disability Research in Physical Therapy".
1996-currentMember, Editorial Board, Physiotherapy Research International
1999-2005Member, Editorial Board, Social Science & Medicine
2000-currentMember, Editorial Board, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
2004Member, Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Health & Aging.
2005Acting Editor-in-Chief, PHYSICAL THERAPY
2007-currentEditorial Board, Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
2007-2010Associate Editor, Frontera et al.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice" (5th edition), 2008
2012Co-Special Issue Editor, PHYSICAL THERAPY, "Current Advances in Disability Research".
MajorAdvisory & Community Service Roles:
1978Member, Executive Board of the Arthritis Health Professions Section of the National Arthritis Foundation
1979Member, Education Committee of the Arthritis Health Professions Section of the National Arthritis Foundation
1979-1980Member, Research Sub-Committee of the National Arthritis Foundation
1980-1982Member, Regional Advisory Council to the Medical Rehabilitation Research and Training Center Number Seven, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston
1981-1983Chairperson, Research Sub-Committee of the National Arthritis Foundation
1982-1983Member, Program Planning Committee of Gerontological Health Section of American Public Health Association
1982-1983Member, Task Force on Socioeconomic and Professional Status, Massachusetts Chapter of the APTA
1983Member, Site Visit Team for Multipurpose Arthritis Centers of the National Institute of Health
1983-1984Chairperson, Planning Committee for American Public Health Association's Gerontological Health Section's Annual Meeting
1984Consultant to RWJ Foundation's Hospital Initiatives in Long Term Care Demonstrations
1984-1985Member, Task Force on DRGs, American Physical Therapy Association
1985-1986Member, Governing Council, American Public Health Association
1986-1988Chairperson, Committee on Practice, American Physical Therapy Association
1987Member, Review Committee for Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
1987-1993Member, External Advisory Board, Post Acute Care Project, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
1988-1990Member, Clinical Research Grants Review Committee, National Arthritis Foundation
1988-1991Member, Task Force on Standards for Measurement in Physical Therapy, American Physical Therapy Association
1988- 1992Member, Advisory Panel on Medical Coverage for Physical Therapy Services for Nursing Home Patients in Connecticut
1988- 1995Member, External Advisory Board, Arthritis Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
1989-1990Member, Planning and Review Committee for the Physical Therapy Clinical Research Center Program, Physical Therapy Foundation
1989-1993Member, Committee on Research, Education & Practice, Gerontological Society of America
1990Member, Abstracts Review Committee, Social Research, Planning and Practice Section, Gerontological Society of America
1990Member, Review Committee for the Clinical Research Center Program in Physical Therapy
1990Co-Chairperson, Advisory Panel on Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Assessment in Rehabilitation.NIH/NICHD
1990Member, Rehabilitation panel, CDC National Agenda for Injury Control for the 1990s
1990-1991Member, Advisory Panel on Functional Capacity Index Study for Traumatic Injuries, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
1992-1997Member, Gerontology Council for Boston University Gerontology Center
1992-1998Member, Advisory Committee for the Pepper Center, Duke University
1993-1994Member, Advisory Committee for Medical Rehabilitation Payment Issues Study, National Rehabilitation Hospital .
1993-1997Member, Advisory Committee for Women's Health Study, Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute on Aging.
1993-1996Member, Board of Directors, Foundation for Physical Therapy Research.
1993-2001Member, Advisory Committee for the Pepper Center, Yale University
1994Chairperson, Project Focus '94: Consensus Conference on Physical Therapy Treatment Effectiveness in Older Persons, Foundation for Physical Therapy
1994Member, Planning Committee for Consensus Conference on Rehabilitation Outcomes Research. National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, NIH
1995-1998Member, Council for the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
1996-2004Member, External Advisory Board, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University
1997-1998Member, Planning Committee, National Congress on Improving Care for Low Back Pain, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
1998External Reviewer, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan
1998-1999Member, International Collaborative Effort on Aging & Disability, National Center for Health Statistics
1998- 2002Member, Institute of Medicine Committee to Review SSA’s Disability Decision Process Research
1999External Reviewer, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Toronto.
1999-2004Member, External Advisory Council, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
1999-2004Member, Advisory Committee, Boston University School of Public Health
2000External Reviewer, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Southern California
2000Chair, Data Safety Monitoring Board for Delitto et al: Lumbar Stenosis Trial, NIH/NIAMS
2000- 2001Member, International Advisory Panel on the evaluation of Swedish research on disability, Swedish Council for Social Research
2000-2002Member, Technical Expert Panel on Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System, RAND Corporation
2002-2004Consultant, PTClinResNet, University of Southern California
2004External Reviewer, Department of Movement Sciences, University of North Carolina
2004-2005Member, Planning Committee for Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity Foundation for PM&R