Sara J. Czaja
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Sara J. Czaja is a Professor of Gerontology and the Director of the Center on Aging and Behavioral Research in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is also the Director of the NIH multi-site Center on Aging at the University of Miami and the Director of the Center on Research and Education for Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE). The focus of CREATE is on making technology more accessible, useful, and usable for older adult populations.
Dr. Czaja research interests include: aging and cognition, aging and social isolation, aging and healthcare access, family caregiving, aging and technology, and functional assessment. She has received continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health, Administration on Aging, National Science Foundation, the Markle and Langeloth Foundations to support her research for the past 35 years. She is currently the Principal Investigator of an NIH funded Program Project (CREATE), 3 NIH funded RO1s and a CO-I of an NIH funded SBIR. Dr. Czaja is very well published in the field of aging and has written numerous books, book chapters and scientific articles. Her contributions to the literature span Gerontology, Psychology, Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction, and Medicine.
She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Gerontological Society of America. She served as a member of the Board on Human Systems Integration for the National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine for two terms. She served on the NASEM committee on healthy cognitive aging and the NASEM committee on family caregivers for older adults. She has also received numerous awards for her research and scholarly activities.
Dr. Czaja is very active professionally. For example, she served as the President of Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and as a member of the Executive Council of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society. In addition, she is on the editorial board of several high impact journals (e.g., Innovations in Aging, Human Factors, The Gerontologist) and is a frequent member of study sections for the NIH.
Adapting the structural family systems rating to assess the patterns of interaction in families of dementia caregivers.
The Gerontologist Aug, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16051907
Data and safety monitoring in social behavioral intervention trials: the REACH II experience.
Clinical trials (London, England) , 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16773953
A multilevel modeling approach to examining individual differences in skill acquisition for a computer-based task.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences Jun, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17565169
Cognitive abilities that predict success in a computer-based training program.
The Gerontologist Apr, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18483429
Dementia patient suffering and caregiver depression.
Alzheimer disease and associated disorders Apr-Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18525290
Usability of the Medicare health web site.
JAMA Aug, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18714058
Development of the risk appraisal measure: a brief screen to identify risk areas and guide interventions for dementia caregivers.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Jun, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19453305
Improving the quality of life of caregivers of persons with spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial.
Rehabilitation psychology Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19618698
Investigating the Roles of Knowledge and Cognitive Abilities in Older Adult Information Seeking on the Web.
ACM transactions on computer-human interaction : a publication of the Association for Computing Machinery , 2008 | Pubmed ID: 20011130
The moderating influence of demographic characteristics, social support, and religious coping on the effectiveness of a multicomponent psychosocial caregiver intervention in three racial ethnic groups.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20056684
The Employability of Older Workers as Teleworkers: An Appraisal of Issues and an Empirical Study.
Human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing , 2009 | Pubmed ID: 20090856
TRAINING OLDER WORKERS FOR TECHNOLOGY-BASED EMPLOYMENT.
Educational gerontology Jan, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 20351795
Baseline differences and trajectories of change for deceased, placed, and community residing Alzheimer disease patients.
Alzheimer disease and associated disorders Apr-Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20505432
Older Adults Talk Technology: Technology Usage and Attitudes.
Computers in human behavior Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20967133
Partnerships for the Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Effectiveness, and Implementation Research: Experiences of the Prevention Science and Methodology Group.
Administration and policy in mental health Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22160786
OASIS connections: results from an evaluation study.
The Gerontologist Oct, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22403164
Factors influencing use of an e-health website in a community sample of older adults.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA Mar-Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 22802269
Hospitalization and psychosis: influences on the course of cognition and everyday functioning in people with schizophrenia.
Neurobiology of disease May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23123218
The convergence between self-reports and observer ratings of financial skills and direct assessment of financial capabilities in patients with schizophrenia: more detail is not always better.
Schizophrenia research Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23537475
A Videophone Psychosocial Intervention for Dementia Caregivers.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23831174
Computer proficiency questionnaire: assessing low and high computer proficient seniors.
The Gerontologist Jun, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 24107443
Tailored Information and Automated Reminding to Improve Medication Adherence in Spanish- and English-Speaking Elders Treated for Memory Impairment.
Clinical gerontologist May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 24244067
The personal importance of being independent: associations with changes in disability and depressive symptoms.
Rehabilitation psychology Feb, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24320943
Factors affecting usage of a personal health record (PHR) to manage health.
Psychology and aging Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24364414
The impact of numeracy ability and technology skills on older adults' performance of health management tasks using a patient portal.
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24781964
Use of a telehealth system by older adults with hypertension.
Journal of telemedicine and telecare Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24803275
The personalized reminder information and social management system (PRISM) trial: rationale, methods and baseline characteristics.
Contemporary clinical trials Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25460342
The usability of electronic personal health record systems for an underserved adult population.
Human factors May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25875437
Perceived Fatigue Interference and Depressed Mood: Comparison of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Patients with Fatigued Breast Cancer Survivors.
Fatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior , 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26180660
Concerns about aging and caregiving among middle-aged and older lesbian and gay adults.
Aging & mental health 11, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26247917
Long-term care services and support systems for older adults: The role of technology.
The American psychologist May-Jun, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27159436
Assessing functional performance using computer-based simulations of everyday activities.
Schizophrenia research 05, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27913159
Improving Social Support for Older Adults Through Technology: Findings From the PRISM Randomized Controlled Trial.
The Gerontologist 05, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 28201730
A Novel Method for Direct Assessment of Everyday Competence Among Older Adults.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD , 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28304300
Depressive Symptoms as a Predictor of Memory Complaints in the PRISM Sample.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 01, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 28575476
Family Caregiving: A Vision for the Future.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Mar, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 28774786
Community REACH: An Implementation of an Evidence-Based Caregiver Program.
The Gerontologist 03, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29562361
Attitudes Toward Computers Across Adulthood From 1994 to 2013.
The Gerontologist 01, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 29982458
Measuring instrumental activities of daily living in non-demented elderly: a comparison of the new performance-based Harvard Automated Phone Task with other functional assessments.
Alzheimer's research & therapy 01, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30630529
Predicting Older Adults' Perceptions about a Computer System Designed for Seniors.
Universal access in the information society Jun, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 31186624
Post-exertional malaise is associated with greater symptom burden and psychological distress in patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Journal of psychosomatic research Feb, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31884303
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