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Faculty Detail    
Name MICHAEL CROWE
 
Campus Address HMB 111 Zip 2100
Phone  (205) 934-0231
E-mail  mgcrowe@uab.edu
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Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Psychology  Psychology Professor
Secondary  Neurobiology  Neurobiology Professor
Center  Alzheimer's Disease Center  Alzheimer's Disease Center Professor
Center  Civitan International Research Center  Civitan International Research Center Professor
Center  Comprehensive Diabetes Center  Comprehensive Diabetes Center Professor
Center  Comprehensive Neuroscience Center  Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Professor
Center  Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute  Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute Professor
Center  Integrative Center for Aging Research  Integrative Center for Aging Research Professor
Center  Minority Health & Research Center  Minority Health & Research Center Professor

Biographical Sketch 
B.S., University of Illinois, 1998 (Psychology) Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2004 (Clinical Psychology)

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
American Psychological Association
Gerontological Society of America
International Neuropsychological Society
 
   



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Description
Risk factors for cognitive impairment and dementia

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Crowe, M., Clay, O. J., Sawyer, P., Crowther, M. R., & Allman, R. M. (in press). Education and reading ability in relation to differences in cognitive screening between African American and Caucasian older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.   
Crowe, M., Andel, R., Pedersen, N. L., & Gatz, M. (in press). Do work-related stress and reactivity to stress predict dementia 30 years later? Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders.    
Wadley, V. G., Crowe, M., Marsiske, M., Cook, S. E., Unverzagt, F. W., Rosenberg, A. L., & Rexroth, D. (in press). Changes in everyday function among individuals with psychometrically defined Mild Cognitive Impairment in the ACTIVE Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.    
Andel, R., Crowe, M., Pedersen, N. L., Fratiglioni, L., Johansson, B., & Gatz, M. (in press). Physical exercise at midlife and risk of dementia three decades later: A population-based study of Swedish twins. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.    
Okonkwo, O. C., Crowe, M., Wadley, V. G., & Ball, K. (in press). Visual attention and self-regulation of driving among older adults. International Psychogeriatrics.   
Gatz, M., Mortimer, J. A., Fratiglioni, L., Johansson, B., Stig, B., Andel, R., Crowe, M., Fiske, A., Reynolds, C. A., & Pedersen, N. L. (in press). Accounting for the relationship between low education and dementia: A twin study. Physiology & Behavior.   
Crowe, M., Andel, R., Pedersen, N. L., Fratiglioni, L., & Gatz, M. (2006). Personality and risk of cognitive impairment 25 years later. Psychology and Aging, 21, 573-580.   
Vance, D. E. & Crowe, M. (2006). A proposed model of neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve in older adults. Activities, Adaptation & Aging, 30, 61-79.   
Edwards, J. D., Ross, L. A., Clay, O. C., Wadley, V. G., Crowe, M., Roenker, D. L. & Ball, K. K. (2006). The Useful Field of View test: Normative data. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 275-286.   
Crowe, M., Andel, R., Wadley, V., Cook, S., Unverzagt, F., Marsiske, M., & Ball, K. (2006). Subjective cognitive function and decline among older adults with psychometrically defined amnestic MCI. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21, 1187-1192.    
Andel, R., Crowe, M., Pedersen, N. L., Mortimer, J. A., Crimmins, E. M., Johansson, B., & Gatz, M. (2005). Complexity of work and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: A population-based study of Swedish twins. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B, P251-P258.   
Andel, R., Hughes, T. F., & Crowe, M. (2005). Strategies to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Aging Health, 1, 107-116.   
Crowe, M., Andel, R., Pedersen, N. L., Johansson, B., & Gatz, M. (2003). Does participation in leisure activities lead to reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease? A prospective study of Swedish twins. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 58B, P249-P255.   
Reynolds, C. A., & Crowe, M. (2003). Alzheimer disease. In D. Cooper (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the human genome. New York: Nature Publishing Group.   

Keywords
Neuropsychology, aging, dementia