Andrew Futterman

Andrew Futterman, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology
Chair, Health Professions Advisory Committee
College of the Holy Cross

Education

Stanford University, Stanford, CA., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism, School of Medicine, 1988-89.
Stanford University, Stanford, CA., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, 1986-88.
Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Syracuse, NY., American Psychological Association / National Institute of Mental Health Clinical/Aging Internship, 1981-82.
Washington University, St. Louis, MO., Ph.D., Clinical Psychology and Aging and Development, 1987.
Washington University, St. Louis, MO., M.A., Clinical Psychology and Aging and Development, 1983.
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT., B.A., 1978.

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

Principal Investigator, National Institute of Aging/ National Institutes of Health, Grant, #AG11438-01S, “Religiosity in Worcester’s Black Elderly”. Funding period 7/1/94-8/31/96. NIH Initiative for Underrepresented Minorities in Biomedical Medical Research.
Principal Investigator, National Institute of Aging/ National Institutes of Health, Grant #AG11438-01, "Religiosity, social support, and response to stress in later life", Funding period 6/1/93-8/31/96.
National Institute of Mental Health Trainee in Pharmacology and Aging 1986-89.
National Institute of Mental Health Trainee in Clinical Psychology and Aging, Washington University, 1979-81, 1982-84.

Courses Taught at Holy Cross (2007-2010)

Psychology and Aging (Fall ’07; Spring ’10)
Clinical Psychology (Fall ’08; Fall ’09)
Research Methods (Spring ’08)
Psychodiagnosis (Fall ’08)
CISS: Medicine and Health Care (Spring ’09)
Montserrat: Contexts of Care (Fall ’09)

Selected Publications (in chronological order)

Storandt, M. and Futterman, A. (1982) The influence of stimulus size on performance on two subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale by younger and older adults. Journal of Gerontology, 37, 602-605.
Allen, G.E. and Futterman, A. (1986). The philosophy of dialectical materialism in biology. Quarterly Review of Biology, 61, 3, 387-92.
Thompson, L.W., Futterman, A. and Gallagher, D. (1988). Assessment of late-life depression. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 24, 577-587.
Futterman, A., Gallagher, D. Thompson, L.W., Lovett, S. and Gilewski, M. (1990). Retrospective marital assessment and depression during the first two years of spousal bereavement. Psychology and Aging, 5, 274-282.
Rivera, P., Rose, J., Futterman, A., and Gallagher, D. (1991). Perceptions of social support in depressed and non-depressed female caregivers. Psychology and Aging, 6, 232-238.
Thompson, L.W., Gallagher, D., Futterman, A., Gilewski, M., Peterson, J.A. (1991). The effect of spousal bereavement over a thirty month period. Psychology and Aging, 6, 434-442.
Wolfson, A., Lacks, P., and Futterman, A. (1992). The effects of parent training on infant sleeping patterns, parents' hassles, and sense of self-efficacy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 41-48.
Gallagher, D., Futterman, A., Zeiss, A., Hanley-Peterson, P., Thompson, L.W., and Ironson, G. (1992). Endogenous depression in the elderly: Prevalence and agreement among measures. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 300-303.
Skinner, M., Futterman, A., Morrissette, D., Thompson, L., Hoffman, B., and Blaschke, T. (1992). Atenolol vs. nifedipine: Effect on cognitive function and mood in elderly hypertensive patients. Annals of Internal Medicine, 116, 8, 615-623.
Gallagher, D., Futterman, A., Farbarow, N., Thompson, L.W., and Peterson, J.A. (1993). The impact of spousal bereavement on older widows and widowers. In M. Stroebe and W. Stroebe (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement: Theory, research, and intervention (pp. 227-240). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Thompson, E., Futterman, A., Gallagher, D., Thompson, L.W., Rose, J. and Lovett, S. (1993). Social support and caregiver burden in family caregivers of frail elders. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 48, S245-254.
Futterman, A., Gallagher, D., and Thompson, L.W. (1995). Depression in later life: Epidemiology, assessment, etiology, and treatment. In E.E. Beckham and W.R. Leber (Eds.), Handbook of depression, Second edition (pp. 494-525). New York: Guilford Press.
Futterman, A., and Koenig, H. (1996). Measuring religiosity in later life: What can gerontology learn from the psychology and sociology of religion. In Methodological approaches to the study of religion, health, and aging. Washington, D.C.: Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging.
Koenig, H., and Futterman, A. (1996). Religion and health outcomes: A review and synthesis of the literature. In Methodological approaches to the study of religion, health, and aging. Washington, D.C.: Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging.
Futterman, A., Dillon, J., Haugh, J., and Garand, F. (1997). Religion as a quest and the search for meaning in later life. In Thomas, E. and Eisenhandler, S (Eds.). Religion, belief, and spirituality in later life (pp. 153-177). New York: Springer.
Steffen, A., Futterman, A., and Gallagher-Thompson, D. (1998). Comparative outcomes of two interventions for depressed caregivers. Clinical Gerontologist, 19(4), 3-15.
Dillon, J. and Futterman, A. (1999). Faith, doubt, and well-being in later life. Journal of Aging and Identity. 3, 153-169.
Gallagher-Thompson, D, Lovett, S., Rose, J., McKibbin, C., Coon, D., Futterman, A., and and Thompson, L.W. (2000), Impact of psychoeducational interventions on distressed family caregivers. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 6, 91-110.
Powers, D., Thompson. , L, Futterman, A., and Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2002). Depression in later life: Epidemiology, assessment, impact, and treatment. In Gotlib, I. and Hammen, C. (Ed.), The Handbook of depression, Third edition. New York: Guilford Press.
Futterman, A., Holland, J.M., Brown, P.J., Thompson, L.W., and Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2010). Factorial validity of the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief – Present Scale among bereaved older adults. Psychological Assessment, 22, 675-687.
Holland, J.M., Futterman, A., Thompson, L.W., Moran, C., and Gallagher-Thompson, D. (in press). Difficulties accepting the loss of a spouse: A precursor for intensified grieving among widowed older adults. Death Studies.