Robert L Glueckauf Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine
Biosketch
Dr. Glueckauf received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Florida State University (FSU). Prior to returning to FSU, he served as Professor and Director of the Center for Research on Telehealth and Healthcare Communications at the University of Florida. Earlier in his career, he was Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at the Purdue School of Science at Indianapolis. Dr. Glueckauf is also former President of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has written more than 100 empirical and theoretical articles, books and chapters in the fields of telehealth and rehabilitation psychology. He has had continuous federal grant funding since 1992 from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Glueckauf's current interests lie in the development and evaluation of eHealth and community-based interventions for individuals with dementia and their family caregivers, outcomes measurement, and spirituality and health.
Education
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Minor in Applied Statistics
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1981 |
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla M.S., Clinical Psychology
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1979 |
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. B.A., Psychology (with highest honors)
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1975 |
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL(S)
Florida Licensed Psychologist Health Service Provider PY 6272 2000 - Present
Service
Vice-Chair, Florida State University, Institutional Review Board
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2008 - Present |
Member, Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Priority Area 1 Workgroup | 2023 - Present |
Member, State of Florida Alzheimer's Disease Advocacy Committee | 2019 - 2021 |
Chair, Interdivisional Healthcare Committee, American Psychological Association |
1996 - 2023 |
Research Grant Reviewer, National Institutes of Health |
1998 - Present |
Consulting Editor, TelehealthNews |
1997 - 2007 |
Associate Editor, Rehabilitation Psychology |
1996 - 2004 |
Consulting Editor, Rehabilitation Psychology |
2005 - 2016 |
President, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, American Psychological Association |
1993 - 1994 |
Honors/Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Psychological Association, Society of Health Psychology | 2023 |
Carl and Sarah Zimet Memorial Lectureship, University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry | 2022 |
Community Advocacy Award, Today's Caregiver Magazine | 2019 |
Legacy Award, Rosalinde Gilbert/Family Caregiver Alliance Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease | 2017 |
Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher, Florida State University, Collge of Medicine |
2008 |
Fellow, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, American Psychological Association |
2000 |
Distinguished Service Award, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, American Psychological Association |
1998 |
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society |
1974 |
Memberships
American Psychological Association
Courses
Year 1 Clinical Skills, Independent Study in Family Caregiving and Chronic Illness, 4th Year Elective in Family Caregiving and Chronic Illness
Research Focus
- Intervention Research Assessing the Impact of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Rural and Ethnic Minority Populations
- Research on the Efficacy and Cost Utility of Alternative Health Delivery Systems
- Generalizability and Ecological Validity of Health Care and Rehabilitation Interventions
Publications
Intervention Research Assessing the Impact of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Rural and Ethnic Minority Populations
Glueckauf, R. L., Kazmer, M. M., Nowakowski, A. C. H., Wang, Y., Thelusma, N., Williams, McGill-Scarlett, Lampe, N. M., Norton-Brown, T., Davis, W. S., Sharma, D. & Willis., F. B. (2022). African-American Alzheimer’s Caregiver Training and Support Project 2 (ACTS2) Pilot Study: Outcomes Analysis, Rehabilitation Psychology, 67, 437-448.
Lampe, N. M., Desai, N., Norton-Brown, T., Nowakowski, A. C. M., & Glueckauf, R. L. (2022). African-American lay pastoral care facilitators' perspectives on dementia caregiver education and training. The Qualitative Review, 27, 324-339.
Terracciano, A, Artese, A, Yeh, J, Edgerton, L, Granville, L, Aschwanden, D, Luchetti, M., Glueckauf, R. L., Stephan, Y., Sutin, AR, & Katz P. (2020). Effectiveness of Powerful Tools for Caregivers on caregiver burden and on care recipient behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of American Medical Directors Association, 1121-1127.
Kazmer, M. M., Glueckauf, R. L., Schettini, G., Ma, J., & Silva, M. (2018). Qualitative analysis of faith community nurse–led cognitive-behavioral and spiritual counseling for dementia caregivers. Qualitative Health Research, 28(4), 633–647.
Wells, B. A., Glueckauf, R. L., Bernable, D., Kazmer, M. A., Schettini, G., Springer, J., Sharma, D., Meng, H., Willis, F. B., & Graff-Radford, N. (2017). African American Dementia Caregiver Problem Inventory: Descriptive Analysis and Initial Psychometric Evaluation. Rehabilitation Psychology, 62, 25-35.
Kazmer, M. M., Glueckauf, R. L., Ma, J., & Burnett, K. (2013). Information use environments of African-American dementia caregivers over the course of cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. Library & Information Science Research, 35, 191-199.
Research on the Efficacy and Cost Utility of Alternative Health Delivery Systems
Spaccavento S., Caliendo S., Galetta, R., Picciola, E., Losavio, E., & Glueckauf R. (2024) Pragmatic communication deficit and functional outcome in patients with right- and left-brain damage: A pilot study. Brain Science, 14(4), 387-401.
Spaccavento, S., Falcone, R., Cellamare, F., Picciola, E., & Glueckauf, R. L. (2021). Effects of computer-based therapy versus therapist-mediated therapy in stroke-related aphasia: Pilot non-inferiority study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 94, 1-12.
Meng, H., Marino, V., Connor, K., Sharma, D., Davis, S., & Glueckauf, R. (2019). Cost of in-person versus and tele-cognitive behavioral therapy for African-American dementia caregivers with depressive symptoms. Ethnicity and Health, 1-14.
Glueckauf, R., Maheu, M. M., Drude, K. P., Wells, B. A., Wang, Y., Gustafson, D. J., & Nelson, E. (2018). Survey of psychologists' telebehavioral health practices: Technology use, ethical issues, and training needs. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 49, 205–219.
Marhefka, S., Buhi, E., Baldwin, J., Chen, H., Johnson, A., Lynn, V., & Glueckauf, R. L. (2014). Effectiveness of a videoconferencing group intervention for women living with HIV: Preliminary findings from a randomized controlled trial. Telemedicine and e-Health, 20, 128-134.
Generalizability and Ecological Validity of Health Care and Rehabilitation Interventions
Mueller, K., Bruns, D., Glueckauf, R. L., & Gillaspy, S. R. (2023, March). The Use of fPROMS in Clinical Practice and Impairment Rating: Reconsiderations for the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition (2021-2023) and Future Versions. Guides Newsletter, 28(2), 39-50.
Graven, L. J., Glueckauf, R. L., Regal, R. A., Merbitz, M. K., Lustria, M. L. A., & James, B. A. (2021). Telehealth Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons with Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications, 2021, 1-45.
Spaccavento, M., Cafforio, E., Cellamare, F., Colluci, A., Di Palma, A., Falcone, R., Craca, A., Loverre, A., Nardulli, R., & Glueckauf, R. L. (2017). Italian Adaptation of the Functional Outcome Questionnaire-Aphasia: Initial Psychometric Evaluation. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-6.
Noel, L. T., Glueckauf, R. L., & Deichen, M. (2015). Dementia caregiver depression: An analysis of meaning and symptom severity. Jacobs Journal of Gerontology, 1(3), 1-13.
Lustria, M. L. A., Noar, S. M., Cortese, J., Van Stee, S. K., Glueckauf, R. L., & Lee, J. A. (2013). A meta-analysis of web-delivered, tailored health behavior change interventions. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 18, 1039-1069.
Additional Information
Dr. Glueckauf received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Florida State University (FSU). Prior to returning to FSU, he served as Professor and Director of the Center for Research on Telehealth and Healthcare Communications at the University of Florida. Earlier in his career, he was Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at the Purdue School of Science at Indianapolis. Dr. Glueckauf is also former President of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has written more than 100 empirical and theoretical articles, books and chapters in the fields of telehealth and rehabilitation psychology. He has had continuous federal grant funding since 1992 from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Glueckauf's current interests lie in the development and evaluation of eHealth and community-based interventions for individuals with dementia and their family caregivers, outcomes measurement, and spirituality and health.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Minor in Applied Statistics
|
1981 |
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla M.S., Clinical Psychology
|
1979 |
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. B.A., Psychology (with highest honors)
|
1975 |
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL(S)
Florida Licensed Psychologist Health Service Provider PY 6272 2000 - Present
Vice-Chair, Florida State University, Institutional Review Board
|
2008 - Present |
Member, Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Priority Area 1 Workgroup | 2023 - Present |
Member, State of Florida Alzheimer's Disease Advocacy Committee | 2019 - 2021 |
Chair, Interdivisional Healthcare Committee, American Psychological Association |
1996 - 2023 |
Research Grant Reviewer, National Institutes of Health |
1998 - Present |
Consulting Editor, TelehealthNews |
1997 - 2007 |
Associate Editor, Rehabilitation Psychology |
1996 - 2004 |
Consulting Editor, Rehabilitation Psychology |
2005 - 2016 |
President, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, American Psychological Association |
1993 - 1994 |
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Psychological Association, Society of Health Psychology | 2023 |
Carl and Sarah Zimet Memorial Lectureship, University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry | 2022 |
Community Advocacy Award, Today's Caregiver Magazine | 2019 |
Legacy Award, Rosalinde Gilbert/Family Caregiver Alliance Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease | 2017 |
Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher, Florida State University, Collge of Medicine |
2008 |
Fellow, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, American Psychological Association |
2000 |
Distinguished Service Award, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, American Psychological Association |
1998 |
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society |
1974 |
American Psychological Association
Year 1 Clinical Skills, Independent Study in Family Caregiving and Chronic Illness, 4th Year Elective in Family Caregiving and Chronic Illness
- Intervention Research Assessing the Impact of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Rural and Ethnic Minority Populations
- Research on the Efficacy and Cost Utility of Alternative Health Delivery Systems
- Generalizability and Ecological Validity of Health Care and Rehabilitation Interventions
Intervention Research Assessing the Impact of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Rural and Ethnic Minority Populations
Glueckauf, R. L., Kazmer, M. M., Nowakowski, A. C. H., Wang, Y., Thelusma, N., Williams, McGill-Scarlett, Lampe, N. M., Norton-Brown, T., Davis, W. S., Sharma, D. & Willis., F. B. (2022). African-American Alzheimer’s Caregiver Training and Support Project 2 (ACTS2) Pilot Study: Outcomes Analysis, Rehabilitation Psychology, 67, 437-448.
Lampe, N. M., Desai, N., Norton-Brown, T., Nowakowski, A. C. M., & Glueckauf, R. L. (2022). African-American lay pastoral care facilitators' perspectives on dementia caregiver education and training. The Qualitative Review, 27, 324-339.
Terracciano, A, Artese, A, Yeh, J, Edgerton, L, Granville, L, Aschwanden, D, Luchetti, M., Glueckauf, R. L., Stephan, Y., Sutin, AR, & Katz P. (2020). Effectiveness of Powerful Tools for Caregivers on caregiver burden and on care recipient behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of American Medical Directors Association, 1121-1127.
Kazmer, M. M., Glueckauf, R. L., Schettini, G., Ma, J., & Silva, M. (2018). Qualitative analysis of faith community nurse–led cognitive-behavioral and spiritual counseling for dementia caregivers. Qualitative Health Research, 28(4), 633–647.
Wells, B. A., Glueckauf, R. L., Bernable, D., Kazmer, M. A., Schettini, G., Springer, J., Sharma, D., Meng, H., Willis, F. B., & Graff-Radford, N. (2017). African American Dementia Caregiver Problem Inventory: Descriptive Analysis and Initial Psychometric Evaluation. Rehabilitation Psychology, 62, 25-35.
Kazmer, M. M., Glueckauf, R. L., Ma, J., & Burnett, K. (2013). Information use environments of African-American dementia caregivers over the course of cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. Library & Information Science Research, 35, 191-199.
Research on the Efficacy and Cost Utility of Alternative Health Delivery Systems
Spaccavento S., Caliendo S., Galetta, R., Picciola, E., Losavio, E., & Glueckauf R. (2024) Pragmatic communication deficit and functional outcome in patients with right- and left-brain damage: A pilot study. Brain Science, 14(4), 387-401.
Spaccavento, S., Falcone, R., Cellamare, F., Picciola, E., & Glueckauf, R. L. (2021). Effects of computer-based therapy versus therapist-mediated therapy in stroke-related aphasia: Pilot non-inferiority study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 94, 1-12.
Meng, H., Marino, V., Connor, K., Sharma, D., Davis, S., & Glueckauf, R. (2019). Cost of in-person versus and tele-cognitive behavioral therapy for African-American dementia caregivers with depressive symptoms. Ethnicity and Health, 1-14.
Glueckauf, R., Maheu, M. M., Drude, K. P., Wells, B. A., Wang, Y., Gustafson, D. J., & Nelson, E. (2018). Survey of psychologists' telebehavioral health practices: Technology use, ethical issues, and training needs. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 49, 205–219.
Marhefka, S., Buhi, E., Baldwin, J., Chen, H., Johnson, A., Lynn, V., & Glueckauf, R. L. (2014). Effectiveness of a videoconferencing group intervention for women living with HIV: Preliminary findings from a randomized controlled trial. Telemedicine and e-Health, 20, 128-134.
Generalizability and Ecological Validity of Health Care and Rehabilitation Interventions
Mueller, K., Bruns, D., Glueckauf, R. L., & Gillaspy, S. R. (2023, March). The Use of fPROMS in Clinical Practice and Impairment Rating: Reconsiderations for the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition (2021-2023) and Future Versions. Guides Newsletter, 28(2), 39-50.
Graven, L. J., Glueckauf, R. L., Regal, R. A., Merbitz, M. K., Lustria, M. L. A., & James, B. A. (2021). Telehealth Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons with Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications, 2021, 1-45.
Spaccavento, M., Cafforio, E., Cellamare, F., Colluci, A., Di Palma, A., Falcone, R., Craca, A., Loverre, A., Nardulli, R., & Glueckauf, R. L. (2017). Italian Adaptation of the Functional Outcome Questionnaire-Aphasia: Initial Psychometric Evaluation. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-6.
Noel, L. T., Glueckauf, R. L., & Deichen, M. (2015). Dementia caregiver depression: An analysis of meaning and symptom severity. Jacobs Journal of Gerontology, 1(3), 1-13.
Lustria, M. L. A., Noar, S. M., Cortese, J., Van Stee, S. K., Glueckauf, R. L., & Lee, J. A. (2013). A meta-analysis of web-delivered, tailored health behavior change interventions. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 18, 1039-1069.