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Jeanine Marie Parisi, PhD, MA, serves as Vice Dean for Education and Teaching Professor in the Department of Mental Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her work is deeply connected to the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center and Minority Aging Research initiatives, reflecting her commitment to addressing health disparities in aging populations.
Dr. Parisi's educational background includes a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2007) and an MA from Ball State University (2000). Her research focuses on how lifestyle activities promote cognitive, physical, and mental health across the lifespan, with particular emphasis on intellectual and social engagement's relationship to cognitive performance in adulthood.
Her research interests span adult development and aging, cognition, intellectual and social engagement, personality, prevention and intervention strategies, and program evaluation. Dr. Parisi's work often examines how interventions can be designed, implemented, and improved to promote cognitive, physical, and mental health throughout life, informed by her belief that learning is a lifelong process.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on cognitive training, aging, mental health, and the relationship between lifestyle factors and cognitive outcomes. Her work increasingly incorporates longitudinal perspectives, examining how cognitive abilities change over time and their relationship to health outcomes including mortality. The ACTIVE trial has been a significant focus of her research, allowing for examination of cognitive interventions over extended periods.
- Advising, Mentoring, and Teaching Recognition Award (AMTRA), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2011, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023)
- Fellowship, Gerontological Society of America (2017)
- Fellowship, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois (2007)
- American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award (2006)
- Bureau of Education Dissertation Research Award, University of Illinois (2006)
- William Chandler Bagley Doctoral Scholarship, University of Illinois (2006)
Dr. Parisi has been instrumental in mentoring students and early-career researchers, as evidenced by her multiple teaching awards. Her grant activity appears substantial, supporting her extensive publication record of 72 research outputs as noted in her profile. Her work often involves interdisciplinary collaboration across gerontology, psychology, epidemiology, and public health fields, with particular attention to minority aging and health disparities.
She directs and contributes to several research initiatives related to cognitive aging and intervention, working closely with the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center. Her current projects appear to focus on optimizing cognitive interventions for real-world function, examining the relationship between cognitive changes and mortality, and investigating how factors like physical activity, sleep, and social engagement impact mental health in aging populations.
