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Darby Morhardt, PhD, LCSW is Associate Professor in the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She directs the Mesulam Center’s Outreach, Recruitment and Education Core, the Miller Family Quality of Life Enrichment Programs, in addition to clinical social work services for the Northwestern Medicine Neurobehavior and Memory Clinic. The focus of Dr. Morhardt’s work has been on the impact of cognitive impairment on the individual, family and their social networks. Areas of clinical research include the experience of families living with dementia; the process of tailoring care to specific needs and symptoms; and the development and evaluation of quality-of-life enrichment programs, support groups and other therapeutic interventions. These interventions include the award-winning Buddy Program, a unique experience that pairs persons with dementia as mentors to first year medical students and is offered in other universities through the United States and Italy. Dr. Morhardt is responsible for organizing the Mesulam Center’s community engagement to increase dementia education, awareness, research participation and quality of life enhancing programs throughout Chicago especially in underrepresented groups. She is a leader in the Illinois Cognitive Resources Network, she has been involved in coordinating efforts of dementia friendly communities, particularly the collaborative initiative to position the Carter G Woodson library on Chicago’s far south side as the city’s first dementia friendly library. Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | 300 E Superior, Tarry Building, 8-719 | Chicago, IL 60611 | 312-908-9432 | [email protected] | www.brain.northwestern.edu
Education/Academic qualification
Social Work, PhD, Loyola University Chicago
… → 2013
Social Work, MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago
… → 1984
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ASYMMETRIC NEURODEGENERATION AND LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA
Mesulam, M.-M. (PD/PI), Mesulam, M.-M. (PD/PI), Rogalski, E. (PD/PI), Rogalski, E. (PD/PI), Barbieri, E. (Co-Investigator), Bonakdarpour, B. (Co-Investigator), Bonakdarpour, B. (Co-Investigator), Braga, R. M. (Co-Investigator), Braga, R. M. (Co-Investigator), Castellani, R. (Co-Investigator), Gate, D. (Co-Investigator), Geula, C. (Co-Investigator), Geula, C. (Co-Investigator), Jamshidi, P. (Co-Investigator), Martersteck, A. (Co-Investigator), Martersteck, A. (Co-Investigator), Morhardt, D. J. (Co-Investigator), Morhardt, D. J. (Co-Investigator), Parrish, T. B. (Co-Investigator), Thompson, C. K. (Co-Investigator), Thompson, C. K. (Co-Investigator), Weintraub, S. (Co-Investigator), Weintraub, S. (Co-Investigator), Zhang, H. (Co-Investigator), Zhang, H. (Co-Investigator) & Zhang, H. (Co-Investigator)
6/15/22 → 3/31/27
Project: Research project
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Northwestern Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Vassar, R. J. (PD/PI), Vassar, R. J. (PD/PI), Avery, R. J. (Co-Investigator), Avery, R. J. (Co-Investigator), Besson, P. A. (Co-Investigator), Castellani, R. (Co-Investigator), Disterhoft, J. F. (Co-Investigator), Disterhoft, J. F. (Co-Investigator), Flanagan, M. E. (Co-Investigator), Flanagan, M. E. (Co-Investigator), Gate, D. (Co-Investigator), Gefen, T. D. (Co-Investigator), Gefen, T. D. (Co-Investigator), Geula, C. (Co-Investigator), Geula, C. (Co-Investigator), Kiskinis, E. (Co-Investigator), Kurani, A. (Co-Investigator), Mao, Q. (Co-Investigator), Mao, Q. (Co-Investigator), Martersteck, A. (Co-Investigator), Mesulam, M.-M. (Co-Investigator), Mesulam, M.-M. (Co-Investigator), Morhardt, D. J. (Co-Investigator), Morhardt, D. J. (Co-Investigator), Parrish, T. B. (Co-Investigator), Parrish, T. B. (Co-Investigator), Rogalski, E. (Co-Investigator), Rogalski, E. (Co-Investigator), Rogalski, E. (Co-Investigator), Wang, L. (Co-Investigator), Wang, L. (Co-Investigator), Wehbe, F. (Co-Investigator), Wehbe, F. (Co-Investigator), Weintraub, S. (Co-Investigator), Weintraub, S. (Co-Investigator), Zhang, H. (Co-Investigator), Zhang, H. (Co-Investigator), Bonakdarpour, B. (Other), Bonakdarpour, B. (Other), Grant, I. M. (Other) & Grant, I. M. (Other)
8/15/21 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
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Morhardt - Core E
Morhardt, D. J. (PD/PI) & Morhardt, D. J. (Co-Investigator)
8/15/21 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
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Geula - Core F
Geula, C. (PD/PI), Geula, C. (Co-Investigator) & Morhardt, D. J. (Co-Investigator)
8/15/21 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
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Communication Bridge: A person-centered Internet-based intervention for individuals with primary progressive aphasia
Roberts, A. (PD/PI), Rogalski, E. (PD/PI), Mesulam, M.-M. (Co-Investigator), Morhardt, D. J. (Co-Investigator), Scholtens, D. M. (Co-Investigator) & Weintraub, S. (Co-Investigator)
9/30/22 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
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Gaps in clinical research in frontotemporal dementia: A call for diversity and disparities–focused research
Franzen, S., Nuytemans, K., Bourdage, R., Caramelli, P., Ellajosyula, R., Finger, E., Illán-Gala, I., Loi, S. M., Morhardt, D., Pijnenburg, Y., Rascovsky, K., Williams, M. M., Yokoyama, J. S., Alladi, S., Ayhan, Y., Broce, I., Castro-Suarez, S., Coleman, K., de Souza, L. C. & Dacks, P. A. & 23 others, , Dec 2023, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 19, 12, p. 5817-5836 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Process Evaluation of Developing Older Adult Research Advisory Boards in Long-term Care Settings
Berman, R. L. H., Abbott, K. M., Cohen, M. A., Yoshizaki-Gibbons, H. M., McGaffigan, E., Morhardt, D. J., Straker, J. K., Eisenstein, A. R. & Lessem, R., Sep 1 2022, In: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 16, 3, p. 393-400 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Communication Bridge™-2 (CB2): an NIH Stage 2 randomized control trial of a speech-language intervention for communication impairments in individuals with mild to moderate primary progressive aphasia
Roberts, A. C., Rademaker, A. W., Salley, E. A., Mooney, A., Morhardt, D., Fried-Oken, M., Weintraub, S., Mesulam, M. & Rogalski, E., Dec 2022, In: Trials. 23, 1, 487.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access9 Scopus citations -
PPA Tele-Savvy: Piloting an Online Intervention with Care Partners of Persons Living with Primary Progressive Aphasia
Morhardt, D., Dyslin-Kman, D. N., Maley, K., Roberts, A. C. & Weintraub, S., Dec 2022, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 18, S8, e067972.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Results of a Randomized Trial Testing the Efficacy of Tele-Savvy, an Online Synchronous/Asynchronous Psychoeducation Program for Family Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia
Hepburn, K., Nocera, J., Higgins, M., Epps, F., Brewster, G. S., Lindauer, A., Morhardt, D., Shah, R., Bonds, K., Nash, R. & Griffiths, P. C., May 1 2022, In: Gerontologist. 62, 4, p. 616-628 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access37 Scopus citations