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Date of Update: August 11, 2011

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Linda Olivia Nichols

BIRTHDATE: June 15, 1950

BIRTHPLACE: Memphis, Tennessee

WORK ADDRESS: Education Service (11H)Veterans Affairs Medical Center1030 Jefferson AvenueMemphis, TN 38104(901) 523-8990, x 5082(901) 577-7439 (fax)linda.nichols@va.gov

EDUCATION:

Undergraduate: Memphis State University, 1969-1972, B.A.,Anthropology, magna cum laude, 1972.

Graduate School: Louisiana State University, 1972-1974, M.A.,Anthropology, 1976. Thesis: Status and biology:a nonmetric osteological analysis.

Washington University, St. Louis, 1974-1979, Ph.D.,Anthropology, 1982. Dissertation: Community andthe elderly: an urban example.

Certified Trainer: Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication, 1996-Present

Clinician-Patient CommunicationDifficult Clinician-Patient RelationshipsChoices and Changes: Clinician Influence and

Patient Action

Creating Integrated Care and Healthier Communities: AMicroworld Experience, VA System

HONORS:

1993 President Clinton’s Health Care Reform Task Force1993 Certification of Appreciation, Health Care Reform, Hillary Rodham Clinton1993 Department of Veterans Affairs, Commendation, White House Health

Reform Care Task Force1993-1994 National Veterans Affairs Health Care Reform Program, one of three field

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staff detailed to Washington, D.C1994 Department of Veterans Affairs, Certificate of Appreciation, National

Health Care Reform1994 Federal Executive Association, Professional/Scientific Employee of the

Year, Memphis-Metropolitan Area1992, 1993 VA Memphis, Special Contribution Award,1993 Department of Veterans Affairs, Special Contribution Award, Medical Care

Cost Recovery1994 United Tennessee Veterans Association, Professional Employee of the

Year2000 Commendation, Department of Veterans Affairs2001 Employee Education System, Department of Veterans Affairs, Excellence

Award2002 National Academies of Practice Interdisciplinary Creativity in Practice and

Education Award for book Team Performance in Health Care: Assessmentand Development (Contributor)

2005 Special Contribution Award, MidSouth Health Care Network (VeteransIntegrated Service Network 9), 2005

2008 Federal Executive Association, Executive/Managerial Employee of theYear, Memphis VAMC

2008 Featured in VA Research Currents: Research News from the U.S.Department of Veterans Affairs, March 2008

2008 Rosalynn Carter Leadership in Caregiving Award2008 Special Aging Award for REACH VA project by U.S. Senate Special

Committee on Aging, published in the Recognition of Excellence in AgingResearch committee report under the Department of Veterans Affairs andNational Institute on Aging (NIA)/National Institutes of Health (NIH).

2009 Federal Executive Association, Professional/Scientific Employee of theYear, Memphis VAMC

2009 Mayor’s Honor Award for Visionary Leadership, Memphis VAMC2011 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Health Care Innovations

Exchange invited profile: “Individual and Group Support SessionsEnhance Skills and Knowledge, Reduce Burden and Depression forCaregivers of Dementia Patients”.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

Gerontological Society of America

Society for Applied Anthropology, Fellow

Mid-South Association of Professional Anthropologists, Vice-President, 1983, President1987-1989.

Memphis-Shelby County Council on Aging, First Vice-President, 1985-1986; President,1986-1987; Board, 1987-1988, 1990-1991, 1993-1994.

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UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS:

Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine,University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (2005-present)

Associate Professor (1996-2005), Department of Preventive Medicine, University ofTennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, Instructor 1984-1987,Assistant Professor 1988-1996

Associate Professor (1996-Present), Department of Internal Medicine, University ofTennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, Instructor 1984-1988,Assistant Professor 1988-1996

Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis, 1984- Present.

Instructor, Division of Geriatrics-Gerontology, Department of Medicine, SUNY-Buffalo,School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York, 1980-1983, freshman and junior geriatricmedicine courses.

Project Director, Department of Community Medicine, St. Louis University, School ofMedicine, St. Louis, 1978, health needs assessment of Hyde Park neighborhood,directing medical student projects.

Instructor, General Studies and University College, Washington, University, St. Louis,1977, anthropology of contemporary America and medical anthropology.

Instructor, University School for Continuing Education, University City, Missouri, 1977,physical anthropology.

Instructor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Louis University, St. Louis,1977, introductory anthropology.

Head teaching assistant, Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis,1976.

Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Memphis State University, Memphis,Tennessee, 1974-1975, physical and cultural anthropology.

HOSPITAL/OTHER APPOINTMENTS:

Health Services Researcher. 2008-Present.

Interim Associate Chief of Staff/Education. 2007. Responsibility for VA Memphisemployee, trainee, and graduate medical education.

Chief, Employee Education. 1997 – 2007. Responsibility for VA Memphis employeeeducation.

Researcher, Health Services Research and Development Field Project, MemphisVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 1983-present, research in

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geriatrics and health care delivery.

Director, Interprofessional Team Training & Development Program (ITT&D, formerlyITTP), Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 1983-present,national and local program to train staff and students in team process and geriatrics.

Coordinator, Division of Geriatrics-Gerontology, Department of Medicine, SUNY-Buffalo,and Geriatrics Service, Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1980-1983, geriatricsprogram development and evaluation, grant writing and management, coordination ofuniversity, hospital and community research, education and clinical services,coordinator for student and continuing education courses.

Evaluator, Network in Aging of Western New York, Inc., 1981-1983, program analysis.

Assistant, Research and Evaluation, Whitehaven Southwest Mental Health Center,Memphis, Tennessee, 1975, program evaluation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Aging Commission of the MidSouth (formerly Delta Area Agency on Aging, AdvisoryCouncil), 1988-2003

Chair, 1992-1999; Vice-Chair, 1990-1991; Planning and Research Committee1984-1999; Chair, 1988-1991; Public Awareness Committee, 1987-1991

Board of Directors, H.W. Durham Foundation, 1989-Present

Co-Developer and Evaluator, Senior Leaders, Inc., Leadership for an IndependentFuture through Empowerment (LIFE), empowerment training program for older persons,1991-Present. Faculty Senior Leaders Leadership Training Institute, October, 1998

Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training (GITT) National Program Evaluation, 1997-present, with UCLA Department of Medicine, evaluation of 8 Hartford Foundationfunded geriatric interdisciplinary training programs

Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning, Alzheimer's Association, Memphis Chapter,11/99-6/00

Facilitator, The Co-Op (community non-profit devoted to turf free collaboration), helpingcommunity groups come to consensus around problems, 1997-1998

Christmas charity agencies, agencies providing AIDS housing, Memphis andShelby County Crime Commission

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Health Risk Behaviors in Primary Care, Part ofworking group called together to discuss how to implement primary care screening formultiple health risk factors, 6/03

Consultant, Strategic planning,Neshoba Unitarian Church, Homebuilders Association of Memphis, CrippledChildren’s Foundation

Steering Committee, Georgia REACH project funded by Administration on Aging to theRosalynn Carter Institute, 2008-Present.

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Reviewer, Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, abstracts, 1990-2010.

Reviewer, Administration on Aging Alzheimer’s Evidence Based Grants to States,February, 2009.

Reviewer, Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program, 2009-2011.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of Tennessee Students

Students (Medicine Year 2), Introduction to Clinical Skills class, lecture and smallgroup discussions, 1997-1999

Physician-Patient CommunicationCommunicating Non-DefensivelyGender DifferencesProfessional BehaviorDiversity in Care

Students (Medicine Year 2), Intercultural Medicine, small group facilitator, 2000Medical Residents, "Economics and Health Care Practice", yearly lectureGeriatric Rotation, “Health Care Reform”, “Interdisciplinary Practice”, 1-2

residents/month, 1986-1998VA Ambulatory Care Medicine Residents, 1996, Principles and Practices ofManaged CareStudents (Dental Year 4), "Attitudes toward aging" and "InterdisciplinaryPractice," lecturesMedical Residents, “Communicating Effectively”, 1996, 2000

VA Students

Yearly VA student training in geriatrics and interdisciplinary practice throughfunded stipends (Nursing, Social Work MSW, Pharmacy Pharm.D., PsychologyPh.D., Occupational Therapy BA, Audiology MA, Speech Pathology MA) -approximately 20 trainees for 1 1/2 hours/week/6 months, 1985-2000.

VISN 9 Leadership Institute (Tennessee – Memphis, Murfreesboro, Mt. Home,Nashville; Kentucky – Lexington, Louisville; West Virginia – Huntington)

Team Training, 2000-2009Working with the Generations, 2000-2009Change Receptivity, 2000-2009Coping with Stress and Recognizing Stress in the Workplace, 2000-2009MicroWorld computer simulation, VISN 9 Leadership Institute, 2002-2009

VAMC Memphis staff, LEAP Program, 2007-present.

VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS AND INVITED LECTURES:

Directors, Nursing Home Care Units, 3 VA Regions (approximately 120), Atlanta, GA,April 23, 1985

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Nutrition Support Teams - 7 regional Training teams plus Regional Training, all VAnutrition teams, 1988 - 1991

Using Teamwork to Make Things Happen: An Ambulatory Care Team Program, 43Region 2 Medical Centers, 1991 - 1993

Teamwork. Blood Borne Pathogens in Health Care Settings, 172 VA facilities, 1991 -1992

Medical Care Cost Recovery: The Team Approach - all 172 VA facilities, 1991

Teamwork. Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service Leadership Conference - servicechiefs, all 172 VA facilities, 1992

Teamwork. Drug Use Evaluation National Training Program - all 172 VA facilities,1992- 1993

Teamwork. Nurse Locality Pay System Training - all 172 VA facilities, 1993

Teamwork. Clinical Managers Institute, 1993 - new service chiefs, system wide

Ambulatory Care: Managing the Transition to Primary Care - all 172 VA facilities, 1993-1994

Teamwork. Mental Health in Long Term Care National Training Program - 40 VAfacilities, 1993 - 1994, 1996

Teamwork. Clinical Indicators Symposium, 1993, all 172 VA facilities

Strategies for Competing under Health Care Reform, 43 VA Medical Centers, 1994

Teamwork. Fire and Safety Program, Region 3 (approximately 40 VA facilities), 1994

Integrating Primary Care into the Interdisciplinary Team and Ethical Dilemmas:Interdisciplinary Conflict, VA Staff, San Antonio, TX, 1995

Teamwork. Nursing Quality and the Agenda for Change, Nursing Quality ManagementCoordinators, Northport, NY, 1995

Change in the Health Care Environment, National Ambulatory Surgery VA Staff, 1996

Working Together: Succeeding in the New Health Care Environment, Family PracticePhysicians, Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA, 1996

Teamwork. Ambulatory Care Data Capture Conference, 600 VA Staff, 1996

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, The Importance of Physician-PatientCommunication, University of Tennessee, June 12, 1996

Becoming a Consultant, Medical Care Cost Recovery, Overland Park, KS, 5/16/97

Facilitator, VISN9 Strategic Planning Consensus Conference, 6/97

Communication and Conflict. Leadership VA Alumni, San Diego, 250 staff, 10/97

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Team Building Retreat, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the AssistantSecretary for Management, 10/97

Facilitator, Journey of Change, VA Senior Leadership Conference, 12/97

Faculty, Integration Management Retreat, North Florida-South Georgia HealthcareSystem, 7/98

Elder Care Symposium, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Permanente MedicalGroup, Workshop - Developing Criteria for Selecting Patients for Team Care, 3/19/99

Elder Care Symposium, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Permanente MedicalGroup, Keynote - Evaluating Team Effectiveness, 3/19/99

Pediatrics Bioethics Rounds, UT, Communication, 1/5/00

Thirty-third annual review course for the family physician, Communication, 3/14/00

Alzheimer's Seminar Series, The Dementia Center and Department of Geriatrics, LittleRock, AR. Nichols, L., & Martindale-Adams, J. (2000, April). Primary Care andAlzheimer's Disease: The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregivers HealthProject.

Bay Pines VAMC, Clinician Patient Communication, 10/4-5/00

Leadership VA, Leadership and personal style, 4/15/02, 4/15/03, 4/9/04

VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) conference, Columbus,Ohio, Team building, 4/17/02

Alzheimer’s Network of Memphis, Training, dementia caregiving and research, 6/20/02

UT Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities, Leadership and Supervision in theField of Human Services: Building a committed team, 11/7/02

Working with Others – Women in Medicine Leadership Conference, 9/27/03

Facilitator, The Rocky Road to Recovery: Public Policy Options to Enhance Recoveryfrom Mental Illness and Substance Abuse – UT Center for Health Services Research/Robert Wood Johnson Tennessee State Forums Partnership, Nashville, 11/3/03

The Patient’s Perspective. Making the Connection: The Link between MalpracticeLiability and Improved Health – UT Center for Health Services Research /Robert WoodJohnson Tennessee State Forums Partnership, Nashville, 2/10/04

Tennessee Association for Quality, Working with the Generations, Memphis, 6/8/04

Team Building – Train the Trainer for Chancellor’s Hours – interdisciplinary activity forUT students, 7/22/04, 7/28/04

UT Center for Health Services Research /Robert Wood Johnson Tennessee StateForums Partnership: Creating Choices: Serving Older Adults and Other Adults with

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Disabilities in Tennessee, Speaker, Nashville, 2/9/05

VA National Nursing Home Summit, San Antonio, Team building – three sessions forteams from all VA facilities, 4/13/05

VHA Care Coordination & the Caregiver Forum, Washington, D.C., Low TechTelehealth Interventions for Caregivers, 1/17/-19/2007.

VA National Home Care Conference: Collaborations in Home and Community-BasedCare, Minneapolis, Caregiver Support/Issues, 5/14/08.

Nichols, LO. The REACH VA Dementia Caregiving Project. Rosalynn Carter InstituteAnnual Caregiving Summit, October 24, 2008.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J. REACH VA: Translation of a Research Program.Administration on Aging Alzheimer’s Disease Supportive Services Program (ADSSP)Evidence-Based REACH cluster grantees, including North Carolina, Florida, Georgia,and Arizona, 2/09.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J. Implementation in Health Care and Social ServiceSystems: REACH VA. Symposium hosted by The Rosalynn Carter Institute forCaregiving entitled Evidence-Based Programs for Caregivers: Yes You Can! 2009American Society on Aging/National Council on Aging, March 19, 2009.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J, Miller P, McDevitt-Murphy M, Thompson K, GraneyMJ, Burns R, Riviere L, Wright KM. Spouse BATTLEMIND Telephone Support Groups.Military Health Research Forum (MHRF), August 31- September 3, 2009.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J, Miller P, McDevitt-Murphy M, Thompson K, GraneyMJ, Burns R, Riviere L, Wright KM. Reintegration: The Role of Spouse TelephoneBATTLEMIND Pilot Project. Military Health Research Forum (MHRF), August 31-September 3, 2009.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J, Bursi C, Higgins B & Zuber J. Real WorldImplementation: Facilitation vs. Command and Control. Rosalynn Carter InstituteAnnual Caregiving Summit, October 22, 2009.

Nichols, LO. New Initiatives to Support Caregivers from the Department of VeteransAffairs. Rosalynn Carter Institute Annual Caregiving Summit, October 23, 2009.

Nichols, LO. Families of rural OEF/OIF Veterans with TBI: Concerns and issues. TheSecond Annual Trauma Spectrum Disorders Conference: A Scientific Conference onthe Impact of Military Service on Families and Caregivers. December 10, 2009, NIH,Bethesda, MD.

Nichols, LO. Working with and Caring for the Generations. Joint Defense and VeteransAudiology Conference, February 23, 2010.

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Measuring Quality Caregiving. HSR&D Field-Based Meeting for Long-Term Care,Canandaigua/Rochester VA Medical Center, June 9, 2010

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J. REACH VA: Findings and Lessons Learned from aNational Clinical Translation, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA,June 20, 2010

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J. Translating Research into Practice: The REACH VADementia Caregiving Project, 2010 VA Conference Supporting Veterans At Home:Caring for Those Who Care, Arlington, VA, July 14, 2010

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J. Spouse READI Telephone Support (ResilienceEducation and Deployment Information), U.S. ARMY MOMRP Meeting, Frederick, MD,July 21, 2010

Nichols, L, Martindale-Adams, J. VA Caregiving Research. University of TennesseeHealth Science Center, Preventive Medicine Faculty Seminar, 11/18/10.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J, Burns R, and Graney MJ. Translating Research intoPractice in a Health Care System: REACH VA. Paper in Symposium: TranslatingProven Caregiver Programs into Practice: Challenges, Opportunities and Next Steps.Gerontological Society of American Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11/22/10.

Miller, P, Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams, J. New Initiatives to Support DementiaCaregivers from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Geriatric Research, Education, andClinical Center (GRECC) Conference on Dementia, Orlando, FL, March 11, 2011.

Nichols, LO. New Initiatives to Support Dementia Caregivers from the Department ofVeterans Affairs. VHA Dementia Steering Committee. March 23, 2011.

Higgins, B, Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams, J. New Initiatives to Support DementiaCaregivers from the Department of Veterans Affairs. National Geriatrics and ExtendedCare Leads Conference. Nashville, TN, April 28, 2011

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams, J. Issues in Going to Scale: Evidence. Insymposium: Rosalynn Carter Institute: Going to Scale in Provision of Quality CaregiverSupports. Sponsored by Rosalynn Carter Institute at American Society on Aging AnnualMeeting, April 26, 2011.

Martindale-Adams J, Nichols, LO. Resources for Enhancing All Caregivers’ Health:REACH VA – Dementia, Dementia Conference San Pedro, CA 90731, April 28, 2011.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J. Update: Spouse READI Telephone Support(Resilience Education and Deployment Information), U.S. ARMY MOMRP Meeting,Frederick, MD, July 21, 2011

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams, J. Caregiver Center, Resources for Enhancing AllCaregivers’ Health: REACH VA. The National Caregiver Support Conference, Caringfor those Who Care for Our Veterans, August 2, 2011 and August 3, 2011.

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Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams, J. Reintegration: Support for Spouses PostDeployment. 2011 International Research Symposium on Military Families. MilitaryFamily Research Institute at Purdue University and the Center for DeploymentPsychology, Indianapolis, IN, September 27-28, 2011.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams, J. Supporting Caregivers: The REACH Intervention.Rosalynn Carter Institute, Americus, GA. October 5, 2011.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams, J. Marketing and Recruitment of Effective CaregiverSupport Programs. Rosalynn Carter Institute, Americus, GA. October 7, 2011.

COMMITTEES AND OFFICES HELD:

University

Geriatric Education Committee, Division of Geriatrics, University of Tennessee, 1984-1987

Facilitator, University of Tennessee/University of Memphis Public Health PlanningGroup, 1998

1999-present, Member, University of Tennessee, Committee on the Status of Women,Facilitator, Mentoring Committee

2003-present, Member, Planning Committee, University of Tennessee, Center forHealth Services Research and Robert Wood Johnson - Tennessee State ForumsPartnership, program to get research results to legislators

2005, Member, University Medical Center Alliance mandatory training task force

Local VA Medical Center

Patient Education Committee, Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1983

Geriatric Education Committee, Division of Geriatrics, University of Tennessee, 1984-1987

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CO-OP Team, Chair, 1988-1989

Chair, Orientation Committee, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1990-1991.

Ethics Committee, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1991.

Chair, 70th Birthday Celebration, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Special ContributionAward, 1992

Surgical Service Committee, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1992.

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Chair, Interdisciplinary Activities Coordinating Committee, Veterans Affairs MedicalCenter, 1992-1993

Member, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Federal Women's Program SteeringCommittee, 1993-1995

Chair, JCAHO Competency Committee, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1995-1996,Member, 1997-1998.

Chair, Performance Appraisal Redesign, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1996-2000

Chair, Employee Competency Process Action Team, Memphis VAMC, 1999

Member, Pain Management Task Force, Memphis, VAMC, 1999

Chair, Employee Training and Development Committee, 1994-2007.

Chair, All Employee Survey Task Group, 2002-2005, Co-Chair – 2006-2008.

Member, Performance Measure Committee, 2003-2007.

Organizer and faculty, New Supervisor Training, 46 hours of training, 2004-2007/

Chair and faculty, Memphis Mentoring Program for GS 10 and below (or equivalent)employees, 2005

Member, Advance Clinic Access Steering Committee, 2005 – 2006.

2005 – 2008, Member , Systems Redesign Steering Committee

2007, Member, Resident Supervision Committee

Presenter, New Employee Orientation, bi-monthly - Traditions (history and organizationof VA), 1997-present

LEAD training – Presenter, Four Style Model, January, 2011

Member, Research and Development Committee, 2008-Present

Regional VA

Steering Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs, Southern Region Health ServicesResearch and Development Field Program, 1985-1989

Strategic Planning Committee/MEDIPP Planning Board, Memphis Veterans AffairsMedical Center, 1987-1989

VISN 9 Strategic Planning Initiative Research and Education Assessment Team, 1996-

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1997

Member, VISN 9 Network Learning Council, 1997-2008

Member, VISN 9 Strategic Planning Implementation Data Training Task Force, 1997-1998

Member, VISN 9 Leadership Institute Planning Committee and faculty, 1999-2009

Member, VISN 9 New Service Chief Training Planning Committee, 2002-2003, 2005

Member, VISN 9 New Employee Orientation Planning Committee, 2002-2005

Member, VISN 9 Executive Career Field Preceptor Board, 2003 -2005

Member, VISN 9 Return on Investment (ROI) Committee 2003-2006

Member, VISN 9 Academic Affairs Council, 2004-2008

National VA

Clinical Nutrition Advisory Group, Department of Veterans Affairs, system-wide, 1987

Department of Veterans Affairs, Primary Care/Managed Care Planning Committee,1994-2002

Planning Committee: National VA Primary Care Staff Development Module, 1995

Employee Education System, Managed Care Steering Group, 1996-Present

Employee Education System, 360 Degree Performance Appraisal Task Force, 1997

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Dementia Education and Training (DET)Committee, 2009-present

Education Workgroup, Veterans Health Administration Care Management and SocialWork Service, Clinical Workgroup, 2010

Supporting Veterans at Home: Caring for Those Who Care National Conference,Planning Committee Member, Chair, Research Track, 2010

Member, Patient Care Services, Office of Home and Community Care, Home BasedPrimary Care Quality Improvement Project, 2010-present.

Supporting Veterans at Home: Caring for Those Who Care National Conference,Planning Committee Member, Chair, Research Track, 2010

Member, Advisory Group for VHA Polytrauma System of Care Family CenteredPractices Collaborative, 2010-present

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Professional

Advisory Committee, Coordinated Care Management Corporation, Buffalo, 1982

Senior Expo Community Conference, Council on Aging: Chair, ProfessionalConference Committee, 1985; Chair, Program Committee, 1986; Chair, VolunteerCommittee, 1988; Chair, Evaluation and Hospitality Committee, 1989, Chair, SeniorExpo '91, Chair, Consumer Fair, 1992-94

Steering Committee, Human Services CO-OP, Memphis State University, 1985-1991

Advisory Council, The Co-Op (community non-profit, devoted to turf free collaboration)1991-1997

Evaluation Committee, The Co-Op, 1997-2000

Shelby County Mayor's Task Force on the Elderly, Co-Chair, Empowerment Committee,1992

Chair, Entertainment Committee, Southeast Area Agency on Aging Conference, 1995

Member, Steering Committee, Georgia REACH project funded by Administration onAging to the Rosalynn Carter Institute, 2008-Present.

Consultant, Administration on Aging Alzheimer’s Disease Supportive Services Program(ADSSP) Program Director, and Shannon Andrzejewski, Program Coordinator. Use ofREACH VA as a template for dementia caregiving evidence based grants and on datameasures to be used across sites, February 2009.

Member, Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial Memory and Cognition INDecreased Hypertension (SPRINT-MIND) Steering Committee, 2009-present

Member, US Administration on Aging 2011 Health and Dementia Grantee PlanningGroup.

GRADUATE/MEDICAL STUDENTS SUPERVISION:

Core faculty and evaluator, Geriatric Fellowship Program, Division of Geriatrics-Gerontology, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980-1983

University of Tennessee, Memphis

Geriatric Fellowship Program faculty, 1986-1998 (program discontinued)University of Memphis

NIH Medical Student Research Fellowship Award, University of Tennessee, Memphis:

1995 Perceptions of Terminally Ill Older Adults. Johnetta Prather.1996 Physician Knowledge of Preventive Health Care Treatment and

Screening. David Buchalter.1998 Relationship Between Caregiver Stress and Blood Pressure. Jill Fichtel

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Doctoral Students:

1985 Mary Obear, State University of New York at Buffalo, Anthropology.Dissertation: Nutritional Status of a Group of Elderly InstitutionalizedWomen: Relationship to Stress and Support

1990 Christine Gilmore, Memphis State University, Audiology. Dissertation:Effects of Changes in SSPL90 on Hearing Aid Performance

1993 Jennifer Martindale. University of Memphis Counseling and PersonnelServices. Dissertation: The effect of outpatient geriatric evaluation andmanagement treatment on caregiver perception of burden

1996 Ann Schaefer, University of Memphis. Psychology, Dissertation: TheAssociation of the Cantril Self-Anchoring Scale with the Screen forCaregiver Burden in Measuring Perceived Burden of Caregivers.

2002 Allan Lummus, University of Oregon. Sociology, Dissertation: DefiningEnvironmental Justice: Race, Movement and the Civil Rights Legacy.

2005 Catina Bradley, George Washington University, School of Business.Dissertation: Determinants of Medicare Service Use and Expenditures forPatients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders.

Master Level Students:

1996 Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis, 1 student.1997 Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, 2 students.1997 Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis, 1 student.2003 College of Social Work, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 1

student.2008 Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis, 1 student2009 Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis, 1 student2010 Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis, 2 students.2010 Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, 1 student.2011 Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, 1 student.

RESEARCH AND OTHER EXTERNAL SUPPORT:

Grants:

Co-author with Evan Calkins, M.D., Interdisciplinary Team Training in GeriatricsProgram, Veterans Affairs Central Office funding to Buffalo VAMC, 1982, approximately$75,000-90,000 per year, ongoing.

Interdisciplinary Team Training Program, Veterans Affairs Central Office funding toMemphis VAMC, 1983-1999, approximately $75,000-90,000 per year.

Research Development Funds. J Feather, L Nichols, State University of New York atBuffalo, 1981 and 1982 awards, $5,000.

Moir-Tanner Foundation, Buffalo. J Feather, L Nichols, 1982-1983, Discharge planning,$3,000.

VA Southeastern Regional Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Field

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Program. Service utilization in rural and urban elderly veterans, L Nichols, M Ochs,1983, $5,000.

VA Southeastern Regional HSR&D Field Program. Evaluation of a standard dementiawork-up in elderly patients: retrospective study, 1984, W Applegate, M Ochs, L Nichols,$5,000.

VA Southeastern Regional HSR&D Field Program. Interface of the VA with communityorganizations: a pilot project, 1984, L Nichols, F Blow, $5,000.

VA HSR&D Service. Risk factors for increased length of stay for hospitalized elderly. LNichols, F Blow, W Applegate, M Ochs, 10/1/85-12/30/87, $225,981.

VA HSR&D Service. Hospital readmissions - a predictive model. L Nichols, R Burns,6/1/87-9/30/87, $6,000.

Regional Medical Center, University of Tennessee and VA Medical Center Memphis.Patient management protocols. R Burns, L Nichols, 7/89-11/90, $178,773.

VA Region 3 Director, Impact of economic transfers. R Burns, L Nichols, 1990,$25,000.

VA HSR&D Service. Adjustment of hospital mortality rates for severity of illness. RBurns, L Nichols, 7/89-10/90, $138,338.

VA HSR&D Service. Team Managed Home Based Primary Care, L Nichols, R Burns,12/96-9/98, $212,530.

NIA/NINR. Resources Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregivers Health (REACH I), R Burns,L. Nichols. 9/95-8/01, $1.9 million.

NIA/NINR Providers and Alzheimer’s Caregivers Together: A Home Care Intervention(PACT), L. Nichols. 9/00-8/03, $1.2 million.

NIA/NINR. Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregivers Health (REACH II), RBurns, L. Nichols. 9/01-8/04, $1.2 million.

VA HSR&D Service. CONNECT PROJECT: Testing the Effectiveness of TelephoneSupport for Dementia Caregivers. L Nichols, 10/04-9/07, $1.1 Million.

VA Patient Care Services. REACH – VA. Clinical translation of the NIA/NINRResources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregivers Health study. L Nichols, 10/07-9/09,$351,100.

VA National Planning Committee, Cooperative Studies Program #574, Safety andEfficacy of Low-Dose Methylprednisolone Infusion in Severe Community AcquiredPneumonia. Gianfranco Umberto Meduri, MD, Principal Investigator.

VA Health Services Research and Development Quality Enhancement ResearchInitiative (QUERI). Team Based Initiative: Support. L Nichols, 10/01/08-03/31/09,$50,000.

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VA Clinical Network (26 sites), NHLBI SPRINT-MIND. Systolic Blood PressureIntervention Trial Memory and Cognition IN Decreased Hypertension Substudy. L.Nichols, SPRINT-MIND Principal Investigator; William Cushman, MD, SPRINT PrincipalInvestigator.

Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program.Reintegration: The Role of Spouse Telephone BATTLEMIND. L. Nichols, 09/15/08-09/14/11, $600,000.

Department of Defense US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command(USAMRMC). READI (Resilience Education and Deployment Information):Randomized Clinical Trial. L. Nichols, 09/30/09 - 06/30/13, $1,072,618.

VHA Patient Care Services. Caregiver Center: REACH VA and Spouse TelephoneSupport, as part of VHA Caregiver Support Program. L. Nichols and J. Martindale-Adams. 02/01/11 - 9/31/13, $1,772,036.

Department of Defense - Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP).Telephone Support During Deployment for OEF/OIF Spouses. L. Nichols, 4/01/11-9/30/14, $1,016,828.

VHA HSR&D QUERI. Cross Cutting Caregiver Research: Building an Agenda, Tools &Resources. Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Consultant. PI - J. Griffin, 09/2009 –12/2010.

VHA Patient Care Services. Intel HBPC Ethnographic Study, Co-Investigator, .2010-2011.

VHA QUERI. Family-Centered Care across the Polytrauma System of Care. FromMinneapolis VA Medical Center. Co-Investigator, PI – Carmen Hall. 07/11- 7/12,$96,825

Evidence-Based Practice and Patient-Centered Care: Doing Both Well. From VABoston Health Care System, Center for Organization, Leadership and ManagementResearch (COLMR). Local Site PI, PI – Mark Meterko,

Implementation Projects:

Community

Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving at Georgia Southwestern State University toimplement the Resources to Enhance Alzheimer Caregiver Health (REACH) program insouth central Georgia (Georgia REACH), Administration on Aging DemonstrationGrant, 01/09 – 12/11, $55,745.

Aging Care Connections, LaGrange, Illinois, Resources to Enhance AlzheimerCaregiver Health (REACH) program in south central Georgia (REACH Community),01/09 – present, $10,000.

Kentuckiana Regional Planning & Development Agency, Louisville, KY, Resources toEnhance Alzheimer Caregiver Health (REACH) program in south central Georgia

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(REACH Community), 6/10 – present, $10,000.

Greater Lynn Senior Services, Inc. , Lynn, MA. (GLSS), Resources to EnhanceAlzheimer Caregiver Health (REACH) program in south central Georgia (REACHCommunity), 01/10 – present, $1,000.

Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving at Georgia Southwestern State University toimplement the Resources to Enhance Alzheimer Caregiver Health (REACH) program incostal Georgia (Georgia REACH – Costal , Administration on Aging DemonstrationGrant, 01/11 – 12/14, $10,000.

National – Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Patient CareServices

VHA Patient Care Services. Caregiver Center: REACH VA and Spouse TelephoneSupport, as part of VHA Caregiver Support Program. L. Nichols and J. Martindale-Adams. 02/01/11 - 9/31/13, $1,772,036.

REACH VA: Dementia Program – National Rollout - February 2011

REACH VA: SCI Program – National Rollout - Pilot September 2011

Spouse Telephone Support Program – National Rollout - Pilot October 2011

PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS):

Judge J., Nichols L., Calkins E. Community-university resource exchange: the Networkin Aging of Western New York, Inc., Manpower Report, University of Rhode Island,1982.

Hospital discharge planning for continuity of care: the national perspective. In HartiganEG, Brown DJ, eds, Discharge planning for continuity of care. Pub. No. 20-1977,National League for Nursing. New York, 1985.

Hamaoui E, Nichols L. The nutrition support team: organization and dynamics. InRombeau JL, Caldwell MD (eds.). Clinical Nutrition, Vol 2:Parenteral Nutrition.Saunders:Philadelphia, PA, 1993.

Nichols, L.O., Malone, C., Tarlow, B., & Loewenstein, D. The pragmatics ofimplementing intervention studies in the community. In: Schulz et al., Handbook ofdementia caregiving intervention research, pp. 127-150. NY: Springer, 2000.

Ciaramitaro, B, Nichols, L, Gravatti, L, Baugus, H. "Stand By Me: West TennesseeAlzheimer's Needs Assessment" for the West Tennessee Alzheimer’s Association.

Nichols LO, DeFriese A, Malone C. Team Process. In Heinemann, G, Zeiss, A (Eds).,Assessing team performance in health care, pp. 71-88. NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum,2002.

Waite, M., and Nichols, LO. Broad-spectrum instruments. In Heinemann, G, Zeiss, A(Eds)., Assessing team performance in health care, pp. 209-298. NY: Kluwer

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Academic/Plenum, 2002.

Burns, R., Nichols, L., Martindale-Adams, J., Coon, D., Maslow, K. Interventions inPrimary Care: Partnering With Health Care Providers. In Innovative Interventions toReduce Caregiver Stress: A Source Book and Clinical Guide, eds. Gallagher-Thompson, D., Thompson, L., Coon, D. pp, 161-188. NY: Springer, 2003.

Nichols LO, Martindale-Adams J, Graney MJ, Zuber J, Miller PE, & Brown D. Feasibilityof Telephone Support Groups for Spouses of Returning Iraq and Afghanistan ServiceMembers. Chapter in Edited Volume for the Military Family Research Institute. NY:Springer.

PUBLICATIONS (JOURNALS):

Nichols L., Feather J. Factors influencing discharge planning effectiveness and jobsatisfaction. The Coordinator 3(4):43-45, 1984.

Nichols L., Feather J. Discharge planning. Homecare 6(4):80-84, 1984.

Nichols L., Feather J. Hospital discharge planning: the other side of continuity of care.Caring III(9):37-38, 1984.

Nichols L., Blow F., Burns R. Should health care professionals wear campaign buttons?[Letter] New England Journal of Medicine 311:1705, 1984.

Beresford T., Blow F., Nichols L., Hall R., Langston J. Focal signs and brain CT scanuse for psychiatric inpatients. [Letter] New England Journal of Medicine, 313:388, 1985.

Feather J., Nichols L. From "Boundary Spanner" to "Service Coordinator:" dischargeplanning in the vertically integrated hospital. The Next Step 3(1), 1985.

Feather J, Nichols L. Working with discharge planning in a post DRG-world. CaringIV(11):52-53, 1985.

Beresford T., Blow F., Hall R., Nichols L., Langston J. CT scanning in psychiatricinpatients: Clinical yield and natural history of use. Psychosomatics 27:105-112, 1986.

Burns R., Nichols L., et. al. Nutritional assessment of community living well elderly.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 34:781-786, 1986.

Mirvis D., Nichols L. Pacemaker therapy for academic medicine. Journal ofElectrocardiology, 22(2):99-103, 1989.

Burns R, Nichols L., Graney M. Predictors of outcome: In-hospital CPR. Archives ofInternal Medicine, 149:1318-1321, 1989.

Wilderom C., Press E., Perkins D., Tebes J., Nichols, L., et. al. Correlates of enteringmedical students' attitudes toward geriatrics. Educational Gerontology, 16:429-446,1990.

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Burns R., Nichols L. Factors predicting readmission of older general medicine patients.Journal of General Internal Medicine. 6:389-393, 1991.

Nichols L. Delta roots: rediscovering anthropology. Practicing Anthropology 13(3):17-19, 1991. Special Issue: Practicing anthropology in the Lower Mississippi Delta.

Burns R, Nichols L, Graney, M, Applegate W. Mortality in a public and a private hospitalcompared: The severity of antecedent disorders. American Journal of Public Health7:966-971, 1993.

Nichols L. Responding to health care reform - The real crisis of the decade. TheAgenda, Newsletter of the Midwest Council for Social Research on Aging. Volume11(3), Fall, 1994.

Mirvis D., Nichols L., Cloar T., & Galloway S. Institutional influences on physicians in anacademic department of veterans affairs medical center: A conjoint model of physicianbehavior. Journal of Health Human Resource Administration, 17(1):103-114, 1994.

Burns R., Nichols L., Graney M., & Cloar T. Impact of continued geriatric outpatientmanagement on health outcomes of older veterans. Archives of Internal Medicine,155:1313-1318, 1995.

Nichols L., Huller MS., Morris G. Preparing for the new world order: An interdisciplinarymodel for training primary care teams. The Journal of Continuing Education in theHealth Professions, 15(3):181-189, 1995.

Nichols L, Mirvis D. Physician-patient communication: Does it matter? TennesseeMedicine 91(3):94-96, 1998.

Burns R., Nichols L., Martindale-Adams J., Graney M. Interdisciplinary geriatric primarycare evaluation and management: Two year outcomes. Journal of The AmericanGeriatrics Society, 48:1-6, 2000.

Burgio, L., Corcoran, M., Lichstein, K., Nichols, L., Czaja, S., Gallagher-Thompson, D.,Bourgeois, M., Stevens, A., Ory, M. for the REACH Investigators, Judging Outcomes inPsychosocial Interventions for Dementia Caregivers: The Problem of TreatmentImplementation, Gerontologist, 41:481-489, 2001. Reprinted in S. Andrieu and J.Aquino (Eds.), Family and Professional Cares: Findings Lead to Action, Paris, France:Serdi Publisher (2002).

Martindale, J; Nichols, L; Burns, R; Malone, C. Telephone support groups: A lifeline forisolated Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers. Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, 3(2), 2002.

Burns R, Nichols L, Martindale-Adams J, Graney, M. Primary Care Interventions forDementia Caregivers: Two Year Outcomes from the REACH Study., The Gerontologist.2003 43: 547-555.

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Cole K, Waite M, Nichols L. Organizational Structure, Team Process, and FutureDirections of Interprofessional Health Care Teams. Geriatrics and GerontologyEducation 2004 24(2):35-50.

Reuben D, Yee M, Cole K, Waite M, Nichols L, Benjamin B, Zellman G, Frank J.Organizational Issues in Establishing Geriatrics Interdisciplinary Team Training.Geriatrics and Gerontology Education 2004 24(2):13-34.

Nichols, L; Martindale, J; Burns, R; Coon, D, Ory, M, Mahoney, D, Tarlow, B, Burgio, L,Gallagher-Thompson, D, Guy, D, Arguelles, T, Winter, L. A Social Marketing Approachto Recruitment: The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH)Study. Journal of Aging and Health 2004 16(5)Supplement:157S-176S.

Reuben D, Levy-Storms, L, Yee M, Lee M, Cole K, Waite M, Nichols L. DisciplinarySplit: A Threat to Geriatrics Interdisciplinary Team Training. Journal of the AmericanGeriatrics Society 2004 52, (6):1000-6.

Roff L, Burgio L, Gitlin L, Nichols L, Chaplin W, Hardin JM. Positive Aspects ofAlzheimer’s Caregiving: The Role of Race. Journal of Gerontology: PsychologicalSciences. 2004. 59B (4):P185-190.

Harrow B, Mahoney D, Mendelsohn A, Ory M, Coon D, Belle S, Nichols L. Thevariation in cost of informal caregiving and formal service use for people withAlzheimer's disease. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias.2004. 19(5):299-308.

Gitlin L, Roth, D, Burgio, L, Loewenstein D, Winter L, Nichols L, Argüelles S, CorcoranM, Burns R, Martindale J. Caregiver Appraisals of Functional Dependence in Individualswith Dementia and Associated Caregiver Upset: Psychometric Properties of a NewScale and Response Patterns by Caregiver-Care Recipient Characteristics. Journal ofAging and Health 2005 Apr 17(2):148-171.

Burns R, Nichols L, Martindale-Adams J, Graney, M, Lummus A. (2006). CognitiveAbilities of Alzheimer’s Patients: Perceptions of Black and White Caregivers.International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 62(3):209-219.

Nichols L, Martindale-Adams, J. (2006). The Decisive Moment: Caregivers’ Acceptanceof the Dementia Diagnosis. Clinical Gerontologist 30(1):39-52.

Belle S, Burgio L, Burns R, Coon D, Czaja S, Gallagher-Thompson D, Gitlin L, Klinger J,Koepke K, Lee C, Martindale-Adams J, Nichols L, Schulz R, Stahl S, Stevens A, Winter,L, & Zhang S for the REACH II Investigators. (2006). Enhancing the Quality of Life ofHispanic/Latino, Black/African American, and White/Caucasian Dementia Caregivers:The REACH II Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine, 145:727-738.

Schulz R, Hebert R, , Dew M, Brown S, Scheier M, Beach S, Czaja S, Martire L, CoonD, Langa K, Gitlin L, Stevens A, Nichols L. (2007). Perceived Patient Suffering and

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Caregiver Compassion: New Opportunities for Research, Practice, and Policy. TheGerontologist, 47 (1):4-13.

Burns, R., Graney, M., Lummus, A., Nichols, L., & Martindale-Adams, J. (2007).Differences of Self Reported Osteoarthritis Disability and Race. Journal of the NationalMedical Association, 99: 1046-51.

Nichols, LO, Chang C, Lummus A, Burns R, Martindale-Adams J, Graney MJ, CoonDW, & Czaja S. (2008) The Cost Effectiveness of a Behavior Intervention withCaregivers of Alzheimer's Patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56:413–420.

Nichols L. Finding Better Ways to Support Family Caregivers. Invited article: HSR&DFORUM, April 2008. National VHA Health Services Research & Developmentpublication.

Nichols, L, Martindale, J, Greene, WA, Burns, Graney, M. (2009). Dementia CaregiversMost Pressing Concerns. Clinical Gerontologist, 32:1–14, 2009.

Czaja SJ, Gitlin LN, Schulz R, Zhang S, Burgio LD, Stevens AB, Nichols LO, Gallagher-Thompson D. (2009). Development of the Risk Appraisal Measure (RAM): A BriefScreen to Identify Risk Areas and Guide Interventions for Dementia Caregivers.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 57(6):1064-1072.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J, Burns R, Graney MJ, & Zuber, J. (2011). Typical andAtypical Dementia Family Caregivers: Systematic and Objective Comparisons.International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 72(1):27-43.

Nichols, LO, Martindale-Adams J, Burns R, Graney MJ, & Zuber, J. (2011). Translationof a Dementia Caregiver Support Program in a Health Care System: REACH VA.Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(4):353-359.

PUBLICATIONS (INTERACTIVE VIDEOS AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE):

Nichols L. The impact of DRGs on discharge planning. Teleconference -Multidisciplinary Discharge Planning in the ERA of DRGs. North Central RegionalMedical Education Center, May, 1985.

Nichols, L. DRG’s: A Strategic Management System. Teleconference - SoutheasternRegional Medical Education Center, January, 1986.

Nichols L, Erickson B, Gebhart R, Neeley F. VA Care: Managing care into the future.Script for video distributed to all VA facilities, 8/98.

Nichols L, Holst R. Team Issues in the Development and Implementation of ClinicalPathways. VA Interactive Audio-Conference, 3/30/98

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BOOK REVIEWS:

Nichols L. Book review. Dimensions: Aging, Culture and Health, C. Fry, ed., Praeger,Brooklyn. Medical Anthropology Newsletter, 1982.

ABSTRACTS PRESENTED AND PUBLISHED:

Nichols L. Parallel roles for the anthropologist in rural and urban health care. AnnualMeeting, American Anthropological Association, Los Angeles, 1978.

Nichols L., Tebes J., Calkins E. The importance of environment and role models ingeriatric education. Annual Meeting, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education,Washington, D.C., 1982.

Kermis M., Calkins E., Illig R., Judge J., Nichols L. Creating a regional geriatricsnetwork. Annual Meeting, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education,Washington, D.C., 1982.

Judge J., Nichols L., Savasta J., Illig R. The creation of a community-university basedresource exchange network. Annual Meeting, Northeastern Gerontological Society,Albany, 1982.

Nichols L., Tebes J., Calkins E. Geriatric medicine in the university: knowledge andattitudes. Annual Meeting, New York State Association of Gerontological Educators,Grossingers, 1982.

Nichols L. Symposium participant: Geriatric medicine. Annual Meeting, Association forBehavioral Science in Medical Education, Rensaellerville, NY, 1982.

Burns R., Nichols L., Calkins E., Blackwell S., Pragay D. Assessment of nutritionalparameters in the elderly. Annual Department of Medicine Research Conference,Buffalo, NY, 1983.

Nichols L., McKinney W. Changing the system - a team care example. Symposium"Anthropological research on the organization and delivery of care to the aged." AnnualMeeting, American Anthropological Association, Chicago, 1983.

Ochs M., Hill P., Nichols L., Applegate W. Nursing home care - a rehabilitation focus.Annual Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, 1983. Abstract -The Gerontologist 23 (Special Issue):268, 1983.

McKinney W., Nichols L. Intra-system conflict in interdisciplinary health care teams.Annual Meeting Southern Anthropological Society, April, 1984.

Nichols L. Internal role stresses in interdisciplinary teams. Proceedings 6th AnnualConference on Interdisciplinary Health Team. Storrs, CT, September, 1984

Ochs M., Applegate W., Boyd D., Blow F., Nichols L. Evaluation of dementia in theacute medical setting. Annual Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, SanAntonio, 1984. Abstract - Gerontologist 24 (Special Issue):87, 1984.

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Nichols L., Newman J., Cole K., Ziess A. ITTG research directions: present and futuretrends. Symposium (Chair) "Education, care and research in aging in the VeteransAdministration: The Interdisciplinary Team Training in Geriatrics model." AnnualMeeting, Gerontological Society of America, San Antonio, 1984. Abstract -Gerontologist 24 (Special Issue):306, 1984.

Beresford T., Hall R., Blow F., Nichols L., Langston J. Brain CT scans in psychiatricinpatients. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Psychsomatic Medicine, Philadelphia,1984.

Nichols L. Paper - Interdisciplinary team training in geriatrics: A focus for cooperation.Symposium (Co-chair) "The Veterans Administration - catalyst for coalition." AnnualMeeting, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Washington, 1985.

Nichols L. Catalyst for coalition linking the VA and the long term care. Proceedings 11thAnnual AGHE Network Meeting, Washington, D.C., February, 1985.

Beresford T., Hall R., Blow F., Nichols L., Langston J. Brain CT scans in psychiatricinpatients. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, 1985. Abstract -Program and Papers on new research, p. 30.

Blow F., Beresford T., Hall R., Nichols L. Relationship of age to CT scan outcome inpsychiatric inpatients. Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, San Francisco, 1985.

Beresford T., Blow F., Hall R., Nichols L. Alcohol related CT findings among psychiatricinpatients. Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, San Francisco, 1985.

Blow F., Peiper S., Ochs M., Nichols L. The provision of radiation oncology treatment:an analysis of cost and effectiveness. American Public Health Association,Washington, 1985.

Nichols L., Feather J. Discharge planning after DRGS: Implications for care of theelderly. Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Meeting. New Orleans LA.September, 1985.

Burns R., Nichols L. Nutritional assessment parameters of community living wellelderly. Nutrition and Aging Conference. Little Rock, AR. September 1985.

Nichols L. Role conflict and negotiation: Non-traditional roles and settings.Symposium. Proceedings Seventh Annual Conference on Interdisciplinary HealthTeam Care. Chicago, IL. September, 1985.

Nichols L. Structural role stresses in interdisciplinary teams. Proceedings SeventhAnnual Conference on Interdisciplinary Health Team Care. Chicago, IL. September,1985.

Wilderom C., Calkins E., Cryns A., Nichols L., Perkins D., Schimpfhauser F., Tebes J.Antecedents of students' attitudes toward geriatrics: a survey at inception of medical

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training. Annual Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, 1986.

Burns R., Nichols L., Blow F. In-hospital CPR: Predictors of outcome. Presented atthe 39th Annual Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL, 1986.

Blow F., Barnes L., Nichols L., Ochs M. The influence of mental status and depressionof patient outcome. Annual Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, 1986.

Burns R, Nichols L. The medical gatekeepers: Protector of patient or society? 114thAnnual Meeting, American Public Health Association, Las Vegas, NV. September,1986.

Nichols L. Allocation of health care resources to the elderly. Ethical Issues in HealthCare for the Elderly: A National Interdisciplinary Conference, University of TN HealthScience Center, Memphis, TN, April, 1986.

Nichols L. The plural provider: Internal stress and the success of the system. AnnualMeeting American Public Health Association, Las Vegas, NV, September, 1986.

Nichols L., Barnes L., et. al. Risk factors for length of stay in hospitalized elderly.Annual Health Services Research and Development Director's Meeting, Chicago, 1987,and Regions 3 and 7 Annual Meeting, Little Rock, 1987.

Nichols L. Barnes L., et. al. Leisure activities and hospital outcome. Annual Meeting,Gerontological Society of America, Washington, 1987.

Barnes L., Nichols L., et. al. Social support and length of stay. Annual Meeting.Gerontological Society of America, Washington, 1987.

Nichols L., Barnes L., Burns R. Limitations in the use of severity measures. Invited VAHSR&D Session, American Public Health Association, Boston, 1988.

Nichols L. The use of management strategies for change and evaluation in geriatricsettings. 35th Annual Meeting American Society on Aging, San Diego, March, 1988

Nichols L. The use of quality of work life to evaluate teams. 10th AnnualInterdisciplinary Health Care Team Conference, Toledo, September, 1988

Walls R., Nichols L., Barnes L. Risk factors for hospital length of stay. ProceedingsJoint Statistical Meetings. New Orleans. 1988.

Nichols L. Introduction - change and continuity in Memphis: The role of anthropology.24th Annual Meeting Southern Anthropological, Memphis, April, 1989

Burns R, Nichols L. The use of age to limit access to technology: The use of CPR.Gerontological Society of America, Minneapolis, November, 1989.

Nichols L., Burns R., Barnes L. Factors influencing hospital resource use for acute andchronic patients. Gerontological Society of America, Minneapolis, November, 1989.

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Sverha S, Peterson M, Craft C, Nichols L, Hamm R, Wear J, Durnan R, Illing L, LaxsonL, Reid M, McDonald L. Team training for protection of health care workers frombloodborn pathogens. 5th National Forum on AIDS, Hepatitis, and Other Blood-BorneDiseases, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 1992.

Ciaramitaro B, Nichols L, McFalls R. Empowering Seniors to Remain Independent:Barriers and Opportunities. Annual Meeting, Southeastern Association of AreaAgencies on Aging, Savannah, GA, September 1999.

Nichols L. Working in a multicultural team. Proceedings, Fourteenth AnnualInterdisciplinary Health Care Team Conference, 1992. Bowling Green, OH:BowlingGreen State University, pp. 14-21, 1993.

Burns R, Nichols L. Impact of an outpatient GEM on health outcomes of older veterans.Presented at the AGS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. November, 1993. PlenarySession Paper.

Nichols L. Health care teams and organizational change: positive or negative rolemodels. Proceedings, 16th Annual Interdisciplinary Health Care Team Conference.1995.

Nichols L. Interdisciplinary teams in a changing health care system: Implementing anintegrated care model. Proceedings 17th Annual Interdisciplinary Health Care TeamConference 1996.

Burns, R., Nichols, L., Graney, M.J., Martindale-Adams, J. (1996, May). Two yearoutcomes of older veterans after outpatient geriatric assessment and management.Presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Chicago, IL.

Burns R, Nichols L, Graney MJ, Martindale-Adams J. Two year outcomes of olderveterans after outpatient geriatric assessment and management. Presented at the AGSAnnual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May, 1996.

Nichols L. Measuring team productivity. Presented at the 19th Interdisciplinary HealthCare Team Conference for the United States, London, UK, July, 1997

Nichols L, Gitlin L, Burns R. Interdisciplinary approaches to Alzheimer’s disease:Collaboration with caregivers and patients. Presented at the 19th InterdisciplinaryHealth Care Team Conference for the United States, London, UK, July, 1997

Cole K, Waite M, and Nichols L. Teams Don’t Lie”: Qualitative vs. QuantitativeObservations of Interdisciplinary Team Performance. Annual Meeting. GerontologicalSociety of America, San Francisco, 1999

Burns, R., Nichols, L., Martindale-Adams, J., & Lummus, A. (2000, November).Cognitive abilities of Alzheimer’s patients: Perceptions of Black and White caregivers.Presented at the 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society ofAmerica, Washington, DC.

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Burns, R., Nichols, L., Martindale-Adams, J., Lummus, A. (2001, May). Stages ofreadiness for dementia caregivers. Presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of theAmerican Geriatrics Society, Chicago, IL.

Martindale-Adams, J., Nichols, L., Burns, R., & Lummus, A. (2001, November).Evaluation of telephone support groups for Alzheimer’s caregivers. Presented at the54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL.

Burns, R., Martindale-Adams, J., Lummus, A., Graney, M., & Nichols, L. (2001,November). Psychotropic drug use by dementia caregivers. Presented at the 54thAnnual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL.

Burns, R., Nichols, L., Martindale-Adams, J., & Lummus, A. (2001, November). Stagesof change of dementia caregivers. Presented at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting ofthe Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL. And the University of TennesseeHealth Services Research Day (2002).

Burns, R., Nichols, L., Martindale-Adams, J., Graney, M., & Lummus, A. (2003,November). Primary Care Interventions for Dementia caregivers: Two Year Outcomesfrom the REACH Study. Presented at the 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of theGerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

Burns, R., Martindale-Adams, J., Lummus, A., Graney, M., & Nichols, L. (2003,November). Dementia caregivers use of psychotropic drugs. Presented at the 56thAnnual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA andVA Memphis Research Day (2004).

Martindale-Adams, J., Nichols, L., Burns, R., Lummus, A., & Graney, M. (2003,November). The decisive moment: Caregivers’ final acceptance of the dementiadiagnosis. Presented at the 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Societyof America, San Diego, CA and UT Health Services Research Day (October, 2004).

Nichols, L., Martindale-Adams, J., Burns, R., Lummus, A., Graney, M., & Greene, W.(2003, November). What do dementia caregivers need? Caregivers most pressingconcerns Presented at the 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Societyof America, San Diego, CA and UT Health Services Research Day (October, 2004).

Burns, R., Nichols, L., Martindale-Adams, J., Lummus, A., & Graney, M. (2005, May)Cognitive Screening in the Community: Characteristics of Participants and Outcomes ofScreening. Presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society,Orlando. FL.

Gallagher-Thompson, D, Gitlin, L, Schulz, R, Nichols, L, Burgio, L, Zhang, S. (2005,November) Development of a Brief Risk Screen. Presented at the 58th AnnualScientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando. FL.

Nichols, L., Martindale-Adams, J., Burns, R., Higgins, B., Graney, M., Lummus, A., &Bradham, D. (2006, January) CONNECT PROJECT: Testing the Effectiveness of

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Telephone Support for Dementia Caregivers. Presented at the Veterans HealthAdministration Care Coordination & the Caregiver Forum, Bethesda, Maryland and UTHealth Services Research Day (March, 2006).

Nichols L, Martindale-Adams J, Burns R, Lummus, A, Graney, M. 2006. IncreasingDementia Caregivers Time for Self: The REACH II Intervention. Gerontological Societyof America paper presentation, Dallas, TX.

Lummus, A, Burns, R, Nichols, L, Graney M, and Martindale-Adams, J 2006. TheRelationship between Caregiver Depression and Care Recipient Mood. GerontologicalSociety of America poster presentation, Dallas, TX.

Bradley C, Nichols L, Infeld D, Graney M, Martindale-Adams M, Lummus A. 2006.Determinants of Formal Health Care Service Use and Payments for Dementia Patientsby Racial and Ethnic Groups. Gerontological Society of America poster presentation,Dallas, TX.

Nichols, L. REACH VA. Memphis VAMC Research Seminar Series, May, 2008.

Nichols, Linda. Translation of Dementia Caregiver Research: Examples from REACH.Organizer of Symposium. L.O. Nichols; J.L. Martindale-Adams; R. Burns; A. Lummus,M. Graney. Translation in a Health Care System: REACH VA. Gerontological Societyof America paper presentation, National Harbor, MD., November, 2008.

Nichols, LO. Finding the Unexpected: TBI and Dementia Caregiver Health ServicesResearch. May, 2009.