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Jeanine
Marie
Parisi
,
PhD

Vice Dean for Education
Teaching Professor

Jeanine Parisi, PhD, MA, studies how lifestyle activities may promote cognitive, physical, and mental health across the lifespan.

Contact Info

615 N. Wolfe St., Wolfe W1513D
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US        
410-955-9088

Research Interests

Adult development and aging; cognition; intellectual and social engagement; personality; prevention and intervention; program evaluation

Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
2007
MA
Ball State University
2000
Overview

My interest in aging research has been largely shaped by my personal belief that learning is a lifelong process that occurs through life experiences and activities in which we engage. As many activities continue into the later half of life, I am particularly interested in the relationship between intellectual and social engagement and cognitive performance in an adult population. Additionally, my interests are concerned with the identification of lifestyle factors (e.g., education, personality) that may serve as risk/protective mechanisms on cognition in adulthood; and determining how interventions may be designed, implemented, and improved in order to promote cognitive, physical, and mental health across the lifespan.

Honors & Awards

Advising, Mentoring, and Teaching Recognition Award (AMTRA), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023

Fellowship, Gerontological Society of America, 2017

Fellowship, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, 2007

American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award, 2006

Bureau of Education Dissertation Research Award, University of Illinois, 2006

William Chandler Bagley Doctoral Scholarship, University of Illinois, 2006

 

Select Publications

Selected Publications

  • Rebok, G. W., Huang, A., Smail, E., Brichko, R., Parisi, J. M., Marsiske, M., Roth, D. L., Thorpe, R. J., Felix, C., Jones, R. N., & Willis, S. L. (2022). Long-term effects of cognitive training on all-cause mortality in US older adults. Journal of Aging and Health, 34(6-8), 1135-1143.

  • Rieger, N., Parisi, J. M., Perrin, N., & Gitlin, L. N. (2022). Engagement in favorite activity and implications for cognition, mental health, and function in persons living with and without dementia. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(2), 441-449.

  • Rebok, G. W., Tzuang, M., & Parisi, J. M. (2020). Comparing web-based and classroom-based memory training for older adults: The ACTIVE Memory WorksTM study. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 75(6), 1132-1143.

  • Jackson, J. J., Hill, P. L., Payne, B. R., Parisi, J. M., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. L. (2020). Linking openness to cognitive ability in older adulthood: The role of activity diversity. Aging and Mental Health, 24(7), 1079-1087.

  • Parisi, J. M., Gross, A. L., Marsiske, M., Willis, S. L., & Rebok, G. W. (2017). Control beliefs and cognition over a 10-year period: Findings from the ACTIVE trial. Psychology and Aging, 32, 69-75.

  • Parisi, J. M., Roberts, L., Szanton, S. L., Hodgson, N. A., & Gitlin, L. N. (2017). Valued activities among individuals with and without cognitive impairments: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends study (NHATS). The Gerontologist, 57, 309-318.