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Education:
B.A.,
1977:
Psychology, Penn. State Univ.,
University Park, PA.
M.S.,
1980: Psychology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Ph.D., 1982: Psychology, Tulane University, New
Orleans, LA.
Fellowship, 1983-85: Ophthalmology, Mt. Sinai School
of Medicine, New York, NY.
Research
and Professional Experience:
1990 - present.
Senior
Research Associate, Research Institute of the Hebrew
Home of Greater
Washington. Rockville, MD
1987 - 1990 Research
Associate, Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of
Greater Washington.
Rockville, MD
1985-1987.
Assistant
Professor of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of
Medicine of the City
University of NewYork, NY,
1981-1983.
Test
Supervisor, Test & Counseling Center of Tulane
University, New Orleans, LA,
1980-1983.
Research
Assistant, The Louisiana State University Eye Center.
Clinical
Electrophysiology and Psychophysics Unit, New Orleans,
LA
Grant
Experience:
2004-2007
Project director on a grant from the National
Institute on Aging (“Engagement
of persons with
dementia”, Principal investigator:
Dr. Jiska
Cohen-Mansfield)
2003-2006
Principal investigator of a grant from a
private donor (“Innovative
intergenerational
programming”)
2001-2002
Principal investigator of a Montgomery County
Empowerment Grant (“Enhancing community empowerment through an
intergenerational email pen-pal program”)
2001-2002 Project director on a professional service
contract from the National Institute on Aging
(“Follow-up status evaluation of functional
limitations
of an
at-risk cohort aged 75-85”, Principal investigator:
Dr. Jack Guralnik)
2000
Project director on a grant from the
Alzheimer’s Association (“Individualizing
self-care
activities for older persons with dementia”,
Principal investigator:
Dr. Jiska
Cohen-Mansfield)
1999-2000
Project director on a professional service
contract from the National Institute on Aging
(“Pilot study to evaluate limitations to
participating in an exercise program in functionally
impaired but mobile persons age 75 - 85”, Principal
investigator: Dr. Jack Guralnik)
1989-1990 Principal investigator of a grant from the
Alzheimer’s Association
(“Functional
outcome of cataract surgery in nursing home residents
suffering
from dementia”)
1989-1991 Project director on a grant from the National
Institute on Aging
(“Mental
health agitation in elderly persons”, Principal
investigator:
Dr. Jiska
Cohen-Mansfield)
1988-1989 Principal investigator of a grant from the
Radcliffe Morris and Marion W.
Urquhart Memorial Foundation (“Vision in the nursing
home”)
1987-1988 Project director on a grant from the National
Institute of Mental Health
(“Mental
health agitation in the nursing home elderly”,
Principal
investigator:
Dr. Jiska Cohen-Mansfield)
1986-1987
Research associate on a grant from the National
Eye Institute ( “Parallel pathways in human
vision”, Principal investigator: Dr. Ivan
Bodis-Wollner)
1985-1986
Principal investigator of a grant from the
National Society to Prevent
Blindness,
Inc., New York, NY (“ The pattern ERG in the
glaucomatous
monkey eye”)
Selected
Publications:
Ghilardi,
M. F., Marx, M. S., Bodis-Wollner, I., Onofrj, M.,
& Glover, A. (1987).
Primary and cognitive evoked potentials are differentially
affected by dopamine deficiency in the monkey.
In C.
Barber & T. Blum (Eds.), Evoked Potentials III.
Butterworth Press, 413-419.
Bodis-Wollner,
I., Marx, M. S., Mitra, S., Bobak, P., Mylin, L.,
& Yahr, M. (1987).
Visual
dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: Loss in spatio-temporal
contrast sensitivity.
Brain, 110, 69-92.
Marx,
M. S., Bodis-Wollner, I., Lustgarten, J. S., &
Podos, S. M. (1988). Electrophysiological
evidence
that early glaucoma affects foveal vision.
Documenta Ophthalmologica, 67, 281-301.
Bobak,
P., Bodis-Wollner, I., & Marx, M. S. (1988).
Cortical contrast gain control in human
spatial
vision. Journal
of Physiology (London), 405, 421-437.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., & Marx, M. S. (1988).
The relationship between depression and
agitation in
nursing home residents.
Comprehensive Gerontology, 2, 141-146.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M. S., & Rosenthal, A. S. (1989).
A description of agitation in a nursing
home.
Journal of Gerontology, 44, M77-M84.
Ghilardi,
M. F., Marx, M. S., Bodis-Wollner, I., Camras, C.,
& Glover, A. (1989).
The effect of
intraocular 6-hydroxydopamine on
retinal processing in primates. Annals of Neurology,
25, 357-364
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., & Marx, M. S. (1989).
Do past experiences predict agitation in
nursing home residents?
International Journal of Aging and Human
Development, 28, 285-294.
Marx,
M. S., Werner, P., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1989).
Agitation and touch in the nursing home.
Psychological Reports, 64, 1019-1026.
Marx,
M. S., Werner, P., Fridman, P., & Cohen-Mansfield,
J. (1989). Visual
acuity estimates in the aged. Clinical Vision Sciences,
4, 179-182
Bodis-Wollner,
I., Marx, M. S., & Ghilardi, M. F. (1989).
Systemic haloperidol administration increases
the amplitude of the light- and dark-adapted ERG in
the monkey. Clinical
Vision Sciences, 4, 19-26.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M. S., & Werner, P. (1989).
Full moon: Does it influence agitated nursing
home residents? Journal
of Clinical Psychology, 45, 611-614.
Werner,
P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Braun, J. & Marx, M. S.
(1989). Physical
restraints and agitation in nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
37, 1122-1126.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Werner, P. & Marx, M. S. (1989).
An observational study of agitation in agitated
nursing home residents.
International Psychogeriatrics, 1,
153-165.
Cohen‑Mansfield,
J., & Marx, M. S. (1989).
Do past experiences predict agitation in
nursing home residents? International Journal of
Aging and Human Development, 28(4),
285‑294. Also
abstracted in Abstracts in Social Gerontology, 33(1),
113, March 1990.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., & Marx, M. S. (1990).
The relationship between sleep disturbances and
agitation in a nursing home.
Journal of Aging and Health, 2, 42-57.
Marx,
M. S., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1990).
Agitation and falls in institutionalized
elderly persons.
Journal of Applied Gerontology, 9,
106-117.
Marx,
M. S., Werner, P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Hartmann,
E. E. (1990). Visual
acuity estimates in noncommunicative elderly persons. Investigative
Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 31, 593-596.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M. S., & Rosenthal, A. S. (1990).
Dementia and agitation in nursing home
residents: How
are they related?
Psychology and Aging, 5, 3-8.
Marx,
M.S., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1990).
A profile of the aggressive nursing home
resident. Behavior,
Health, and Aging, 1, 65-73.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Werner, P., & Marx, M. S.
(1990). Screaming in nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
38, 785-792.
Lustgarten,
J. S., Marx, M. S., Podos, S. M., Bodis-Wollner, I.,
Campeas, D., & Serle, J. (1990).
Contrast sensitivity and computerized perimetry
in early detection of glaucomatous change. Clinical
Vision Sciences, 5, 407-413.
Marx,
M.S., Wolf, D., Pheng, L., Walker, V., Elises, A.,
Feldman, R.C., Werner, P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., &
Lipson, S. (1991). Eye care in a nursing home. Journal
of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 85, 105-107.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Werner, P., & Marx, M. S. (1991). Two studies
of pacing in the nursing home.
Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences,
46(3), M77-83.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Rabinovich, B.A., Marx, M.S., Braun, J., &
Fleshner, E. (1991).
Nurses' and social workers' perceptions of the
well-being of elderly nursing home residents.
Gerontological Social Work, 16(3/4),
135-147.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M. S., & Werner, P. (1992).
Agitation in elderly persons: An integrative
report of findings in a nursing home.
International Psychogeriatrics, 4(Suppl.2),
221-240.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M. S., Werner, P., & Freedman, L.
(1992). Temporal
patterns of agitated nursing home residents.
International Psychogeriatrics, 4(No.2),
197-206.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Werner, P., & Marx, M. S. (1992).
The social environment of the agitated nursing
home resident. International
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7,
789-798.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M. S., & Werner, P. (1993).
Restraining cognitively impaired
nursing home residents.
Nursing Management, 24(9),
112Q-112W.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Werner, P., Marx, M. S., & Lipson, S. (1993).
Assessment and management of behavior problems
in the nursing home setting.
In L. Z. Rubenstein & D. Wieland (Eds.), Improving
Care in the Nursing Home (NH): Comprehensive Reviews
of Clinical Research, Chapter 11, pp. 275-313.
Sage Publications: Newbury Park, CA.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., & Marx, M. S. (1993). Pain
and depression in the nursing home: Corroborating
results. Journal
of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 48(2),
P96-P97.
Marx,
M.S., Werner, P., Feldman, R., & Cohen-Mansfield,
J. (1994). The
eye disorders of
residents of a nursing home.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness,
88(5), 462-468.
Marx,
M. S., Werner, P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Feldman,
R. (1992). The
relationship between low vision and performance of
activities of daily living in nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
40, 1018-1020.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Werner, P., & Marx, M.S. (1994).
The impact of infection on agitation: 3 case
studies in the nursing home.
Journal of Alzheimer's Care and Related
Disorders & Research, July/August, 30-34.
Marx,
M. S., Werner, P., Billig, N., Watson, V. J.,
Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Feldman, R. (1995).
Outcomes of cataract surgery in nursing home
residents. Psychosomatics,36(6),
254-261.
Marx,
M.S., Werner, P., Feldman, R.C., Cohen-Mansfield, J.
(1997). Progression
of Eye Disorders in a Nursing Home.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness.
Nov-Dec. 571-578.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M., Lipson, S., & Werner, P.(1999).
Predictors of mortality in nursing home residents. Journal
of Clinical Epidemiology 52:4,273-280.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M.S., Guralnik, J.M. (2003). Motivators and
barriers to exercise in an older community-dwelling
population. Journal of Aging and Physical
Activity, 11(2), 242-253.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M.S., Biddison, J.R., Guralnik, J.M. (2003).
Socio-environmental exercise preferences among older
adults. Preventive Medicine, 38, 804-811.
Marx,
M.S., Pannell, A.R., Parpura-Gill, A.,
Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2004). Direct observations of
children at risk for academic failure: Benefits of an
intergenerational visiting program. Educational
Gerontology, 30 (8), 663-675.
Marx,
M.S., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Renaudat, K., Libin, A.,
& Thein, K. (2005) Technology-mediated versus
face-to-face intergenerational programming. Journal
of Intergenerational Relationships, 3(3),
101-118.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Marx, M.S., & Guralnik, J.
(2006) Comparison of exercise models in an
elderly population. Aging: Clinical &
Experimental Research, 18(4):312-319.
Marx,
M.S., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (in press) Research
paradigms for measuring the effectiveness of
intergenerational caregiving programs. Rosalyn
Carter Institute: Caregiving Books Series.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., & Libin, A & Marx, M.S. (in press)
Non-pharmacological treatment of agitation: A
controlled trial of systematic individualized
intervention.
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