Amanda Leggett (hm6696)

Psychology

Maccabees Building, Suite 8405.7

Dr. Amanda Leggett an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Gerontology and Department of Psychology at Wayne State University and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University and is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.

Her research program focuses on the dementia caregiver stress process and mental health in late-life. She completed a K01 career development award from the National Institute on Aging and currently has associated funding from the Alzheimer’s Association to develop of a taxonomy of dementia care management styles and aims to determine how classifying one’s caregiving style might be used to target interventions and optimize care.

She also has an R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging exploring dementia caregiving networks and associations with care outcomes. She serves as Associate Editor of Dementia and Caregiving for the journal Innovation in Aging and on the editorial boards for the journals the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Research on Aging and is a ten-year Hospice volunteer.

• Dementia family caregiving
• Aging and mental health

•  NIA R01 AG079097
  “Characterizing Dementia Caregiving Networks and Associations with Persons Living with Dementia’s Well-Being and Potentially Inappropriate Healthcare Utilization”
  9/1/2022-8/31/2026
  Role: Principal Investigator
• NIA R01 AG082856
  “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care and Challenges in Insurance Plan Choices among Older People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia: A Mixed Methods Study of Medicare Options”
  Principal Investigator: Elham Mahmoudi, University of Michigan
  08/2023-04/2028
  Role: Co-Investigator
• NIA R01 AG083030
  “Capturing the complexities of informal caregiver networks: New measures to improve outcomes for informal care partners of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD)”
  Principal Investigator: Noelle Carlozzi, University of Michigan
  09/2023-08/2026
  Role: Co-Investigator
• NIA R01AG071511-02 Administrative Supplement
  “Chronic pain self-management for older adults with cognitive impairment: A randomized pilot trial”
  Principal Investigator: Mary Janevic and Donovan Maust, University of Michigan
  3/15/2023-8/31/2023
  Role: Consultant
• NIA R01 AG080583
  “The Effects of COVID-19 on Long Term Care for High-Need Older Adults with and without Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias”
  Principal Investigator: Yulya Truskinovsky, Wayne State University
  2/1/2023-1/31/2028
  Role: Co-Investigator
• Alzheimer’s Association & LINC-AD
  Advancing Research on Care and Outcome Measurement (ARCOM) Program
  ARCOM-22-876659
  “Measuring dementia caregiving styles to improve intervention tailoring”
  10/01/2021-12/31/2024
  Role: Principal Investigator
• NIA P30 AG
  “Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center”
  Principal Investigator: Hank Paulson
  4/1/2022-3/31/26
  Role: Clinical Core and Leadership Initiative 

• Created Equal: The risks and benefits of aging in place
• Whitmer seeks $5,000 tax credit for Michigan caregivers. How much will it help?

Dr. Amanda Leggett an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Gerontology and Department of Psychology at Wayne State University and an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She received her M.S. and PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University and is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. Her research program focuses on the dementia caregiver stress process and mental health in late-life. She completed a K01 career development award from the National Institute on Aging and currently has associated funding from the Alzheimer’s Association to develop of a taxonomy of dementia care management styles and aims to determine how classifying one’s caregiving style might be used to target interventions and optimize care. She also has an R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging exploring dementia caregiving networks and associations with care outcomes. She serves as Associate Editor for Dementia and Caregiving for the journal Innovation in Aging and on the editorial boards for the journals the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Research on Aging and is a ten-year Hospice volunteer.

VISIT LAB WEBPAGE

B.A. Queens University of Charlotte, Psychology

M.S. The Pennsylvania State University, Human Development and Family Studies

PhD The Pennsylvania State University, Human Development and Family Studies

• Dementia family caregiving (particular foci on dementia care management styles and caregiver networks)
• Aging and mental health

 233 Knapp Building

• Family caregiving
• Late-life mental health and well-being

 NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship, The University of Michigan, Psychiatry

 PSY 2410 Health Psychology

 NIA R01 AG079097
“Characterizing Dementia Caregiving Networks and Associations with Persons Living with Dementia’s Well-Being and Potentially Inappropriate Healthcare Utilization”
9/1/2022-8/31/2026
Role: Principal Investigator

NIA R01 AG082856
“Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care and Challenges in Insurance Plan Choices among Older People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia: A Mixed Methods Study of Medicare Options”
Principal Investigator: Elham Mahmoudi, University of Michigan
08/2023-04/2028
Role: Co-Investigator

NIA R01 AG083030
“Capturing the complexities of informal caregiver networks: New measures to improve outcomes for informal care partners of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD)”
Principal Investigator: Noelle Carlozzi, University of Michigan
09/2023-08/2026
Role: Co-Investigator

NIA R01AG071511-02 Administrative Supplement
“Chronic pain self-management for older adults with cognitive impairment: A randomized pilot trial”
Principal Investigator: Mary Janevic and Donovan Maust, University of Michigan
3/15/2023-8/31/2023
Role: Consultant

NIA R01 AG080583
“The Effects of COVID-19 on Long Term Care for High-Need Older Adults with and without Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias”
Principal Investigator: Yulya Truskinovsky, Wayne State University
2/1/2023-1/31/2028
Role: Co-Investigator

Alzheimer’s Association & LINC-AD
Advancing Research on Care and Outcome Measurement (ARCOM) Program
ARCOM-22-876659
“Measuring dementia caregiving styles to improve intervention tailoring”
10/01/2021-12/31/2024
Role: Principal Investigator

NIA P30 AG
“Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center”
Principal Investigator: Hank Paulson
4/1/2022-3/31/26
Role: Clinical Core and Leadership Initiative