Amanda Leggett
Department
Psychology
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 recently 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 a new R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging exploring dementia caregiving networks and associations with care outcomes. She serves on the editorial board for the journals Innovation in Aging and Research on Aging and is a seven-year Hospice volunteer.
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
- Dementia family caregiving
- Aging and mental health
Education
- B.A., Psychology, Queens University of Charlotte
- M.S., Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
- Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
Awards and grants
NIA R01 AG
“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
NIH/NIA/IMPACT Collaboratory Pilot Grant Program
“Deprescribing CNS-active polypharmacy in older adults with dementia”
Principal Investigator: Donovan Maust
9/1/2022-8/31/2023
Role: Co-Investigator
NIH/PennAITech
“Conversational Care Technologies”
Principal Investigator: Robin Brewer
08/2022-07/2023
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”
10/01/2021-9/30/2023
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