Research Series Robert P. (Bob) Schwartz, M.D. "YMCA Healthy, Fit and Strong Program" and "BMI Squared: Brief Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Child Body Mass Index"
B.A., Wayne State University, Honors Psychology, 1973
M.A., The University of Michigan, Social Psychology, 1975
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, Social Psychology, 1979
Post-doctoral Training, University of California, Irvine & Los Angeles, Environmental and Health Psychology
Hedwig van Amerigen Fellow, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program for Women, 1997-1998
RESEARCH:
Dr. Shumaker's primary areas of research include: women's health, psychosocial factors in chronic diseases,
social resources, adherence/retention, health-related quality of life, aging (cognitive decline, dementia,
disability) , and, hormone therapy (CVD, menopause). In addition, she conducts national training programs in
conflict management, mediation and communication. She has been a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal
Investigator on a number of grants and contracts with the NIH, foundations and Industry. Currently, Dr.
Shumaker is: PI on the Clinical Facilitation Center for the Women's Health Initiative, and Chair of the WHI
Performance Monitoring Committee; PI on the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS); PI on the
Women's Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging; PI on the Cognitive Study of Roloxafene and
Tomoxifene (Co-STAR); and Co-PI on the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.
Dr. Shumaker is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Psychological
Society, and the Society for Behavioral Medicine, as well as a member of a number of other professional
organizations. In addition, she is past-president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues,
and a past member of the APA Council of Representatives. She has over 150 publications in the areas of
older women's health, dementia, health-related quality of life, adherence, and psychosocial factors in disease
history and progression, and has given invited addresses on these topics throughout the world.
