Work Address:Boston University School of Public Health

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