The MCI & Prevention Laboratory currently contains seven graduate students from the Doctoral Program in Clinical and Health Psychology, as well as four undergraduate students.
If you’d like to learn more about our lab or are interested in joining our team, please email us at gesmithlab@ufl.edu.

Director
Glenn E Smith Ph.D., ABPP-cn
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PO BOX 100165
UF DEPT OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
GAINESVILLE FL 326100165
Dr. Glenn E. Smith is a Professor in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida. He served as department chair from 2015-2021. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. A board-certified neuropsychologist, Dr. Smith has been a practicing clinician for over 30 years and has authored or co-authored almost 250 original articles, 14 book chapters, and 2 books on the neuropsychology of cognitive aging and dementia.
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Distinguished Neuropsychologist Award2016 · American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
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Psychology Teacher of the Year Award2011 · Mayo Clinic
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President2008-2009 · APA Society of Clinical Neuropsychology
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Psycholoogy Teacher of the Year Award2007 · Mayo Clinic
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President2005-2007 · American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology
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Clinical NeuropsychologyAmerican Board of Professional Psychology
- Psychology
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Aging changes in the nervous system
- Alzheimer disease
- Memory loss
- Neurocognitive disorder
- Parkinson disease
Dr. Smith’s research focuses on the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases. He has been studying mild cognitive impairment for 25+ years. He also studies methods to prevent or delay the development of dementia, especially behavioral interventions intended to enhance resilience, reserve, or to mitigate neurodegenerative disease.
- Behavioral intervention
- Dementia
- Detection of neurodegenerative diseases
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Prevention
- 2022 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
- 2022 Patient education and counseling
- 2022 Clinical gerontologist
- 2021 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
- 2021 Brain Sciences
- 2021 Critical care explorations
- 2021 Neuropsychological rehabilitation
- 2021 Neuropsychology review
- 2021 Neuropsychological rehabilitation
- 2021 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
- 2021 Alzheimer disease and associated disorders
- 2020 Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
- 2019 Neurology. Clinical practice
- 2019 Journal of Alzheimers Disease
- 2019 Handbook of clinical neurology
- 2019 JAMA network open
- 2019 Clinical gerontologist
- 2019 Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
- 2018 Trials
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2018
Repetition priming in mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: Impact of educational attainment.Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology
- 2018 Trials
- 2018 Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
- 2018 NPJ Parkinson's disease
- 2018 Journal of gerontological nursing
- 2017 International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- 2017 International journal of geriatric psychiatry
- 2017 JMIR Research Protocols
- 2017
- 2017 Brain sciences
- 2016 Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
- 2016 Neurology. Genetics
- 2016 Neurology and Therapy
- 2016 Alzheimers & Dementia
- 2016 Neurology
- 2016 Neuropsychology Review
- 2016 Neurology
- 2016 The American psychologist
- 2016 Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
- 2015 Parkinsonism & related disorders
- 2015 Neurobiology of aging
- 2015 Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging
- 2015 Neurobiology of aging
- 2015 Neurobiology of aging
- 2014 Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- 2014 Acta neuropathologica
- 2014 Neurobiology of aging
- 2014 Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
- 2014 Neurology
- 2014 Alzheimer's research & therapy
- 2014 The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease
- 2014 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2013 Neurology
- 2013 Neurology
- 2013 Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
- 2013 Neurology
- 2013 The neurologist
- 2013 Neuropsychology
- 2012 International psychogeriatrics
- 2012 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2012 Brain : a journal of neurology
- 2012 Annals of neurology
- 2012 Neurology
- 2012 Neurobiology of aging
- 2012 Neurobiology of aging
- 2012 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- 2011 Neurology
- 2011
- 2011 Sleep medicine
- 2011 The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
- 2011 Brain : a journal of neurology
- 2011 Nature reviews. Neurology
- 2011 The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
- 2011 International psychogeriatrics
- 2011 Neuropsychology
- 2011 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- 2011 Neurology
- 2011 Brain : a journal of neurology
- 2011 The primary care companion for CNS disorders
- 2011 Nature genetics
- 2010 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2010 Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists
- 2010 Brain
- 2010 Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver
- 2010 Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology
- 2010 The Journal of clinical psychiatry
- 2010 Journal of neurolinguistics
- 2010 Archives of neurology
- 2009 Neuropsychology
- 2009 Neurobiology of aging
- 2009 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2009 Archives of neurology
- 2009 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2009 Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- 2009 Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology
- 2009 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- 2009 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2008 Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
- 2008 Neurology
- 2008 Archives of general psychiatry
- 2008 Parkinsonism & related disorders
- 2008 Archives of neurology
- 2008 The journal of ECT
- 2008 Neurology
- 2008 Journal of the neurological sciences
- 2008 Neurology
- 2008 American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
- 2008 Archives of neurology
- 2007 Neurocase
- 2007 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2007 Archives of neurology
- 2007 Nature clinical practice. Gastroenterology & hepatology
- 2007 Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- 2007 Neurobiology of aging
- 2007 Brain : a journal of neurology
- 2007 Neurology
- 2007 Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists
- 2007 The journal of ECT
- 2007 Archives of neurology
- 2007 Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition
- 2007
- 2007 Neurobiology of aging
- 2007 American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
- 2006
- 2006 Archives of neurology
- 2006 Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
- 2006 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2006 Archives of neurology
- 2006 Brain : a journal of neurology
- 2006 Neurology
- 2006 The New England journal of medicine
- 2006 Archives of neurology
- 2006 Archives of General Psychiatry
- 2006
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2005 The American Journal of Psychiatry
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2005 Brain : a journal of neurology
- 2005 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2005 Neurology
- 2005 Neurology
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2005
Atypical progressive supranuclear palsy underlie progressive apraxia of speech and nonfluent aphasiaNeurocase
- 2005 Annals of neurology
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2005 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2004 Resuscitation
- 2004 Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
- 2004 Neurology
- 2004 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2004 Neurology
- 2004 Neurology
- 2004 International psychogeriatrics
- 2003 AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
- 2003 Journal of Clinical Psychology
- 2003 Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
- 2003 Neurology
- 2003 Neurology
- 2003 Archives of neurology
- 2003 Neurology
- 2003 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2003 The American journal of psychiatry
- 2003 Neuroscience letters
- 2002 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2002 Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
- 2002 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
- 2002 The Clinical neuropsychologist
- 2002 Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology
- 2002 Neuropsychology
- 2002 Neurology
- 2001 The Clinical Neuropsychologist
- 2001 Radiology
- 2001 Neurology
- 2001 The American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry
- 2000 Neurology
- 2000 Neurology
- 2000 Neurology
- 2000 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- 2000 Neuropsychology
- 2000 Neuropsychology
- 2000 Neuropsychology
- 2000 Neurology
- 1999 Archives of neurology
- 1999 Mayo Clinic proceedings (Online)
- 1999 Neurology
- 1999 Neurology
- 1999 Neuropsychology
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1999
Testing normal older people three or four times at 1- to 2-year intervals: Defining normal variance.Neuropsychology
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1999
Testing normal older people three or four times at 1- to 2-year intervals: Defining normal variance.Neuropsychology
- 1998 Neurology
- 1998 Neurology
- 1998 Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology
- 1998 Neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, and behavioral neurology
- 1998 Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- 1998 Annals of Neurology
- 1998 Neurology
- 1997 International psychogeriatrics
- 1997 The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
- 1997 Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- 1997
- 1997 Assessment
- 1997 Neurology
- 1997 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
- 1996 Mayo Clinic proceedings (Online)
- 1996 Psychology and Aging
- 1996 Psychology and Aging
- 1996 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- 1996 Psychology and Aging
- 1996 Neuropsychology
- 1996 Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition
- 1996 Neuropsychology
- 1996 Annals of epidemiology
- 1996 The Clinical Neuropsychologist
- 1995 American Journal of Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias
- 1995 Mayo Clinic proceedings (Online)
- 1995
- 1995 Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association
- 1995
- 1995 Psychological Assessment
- 1994
- 1994 Neuropsychology
- 1994 Neurology
- 1994 Journal of Neuropsychology
- 1994 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- 1994 Assessment
- 1993 Psychological Assessment
- 1993 Journal of Clinical Psychology
- 1992 The Clinical Neuropsychologist
- 1992 The Clinical Neuropsychologist
- 1992 The Clinical Neuropsychologist
- 1992 Psychological Assessment
- 1992 Psychological Assessment
- 1992 Journal of the Neurological Sciences
- 1992 Neurology
- 1992 Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- 1992 Psychological Assessment
- 1992 The Clinical Neuropsychologist
- 1991 Psychology and Aging
- 1991 Archives of Neurology
- 1991 Psychological Assessment
- 1983 American journal of orthopsychiatry.
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Sep 2021
ACTIVE
Automated Contact Tracing System for Rapid High-Accuracy Assessment to Manage Dementia Patients and Staff Exposed to Infectious Diseases in Long-Term Care FacilitiesASTER LABS INC · Principal Investigator
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Apr 2021
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Advancing Drug Repositioning for Alzheimers Disease using Real-world DataNATL INST OF HLTH NIA · Co-Investigator
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Jun 2020
ACTIVE
1Florida Alzheimers Disease Research CenterNATL INST OF HLTH NIA · Co-Investigator
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May 2020
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Research Training in Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Cognition in Aging, MCI, and Alzheimer's DiseaseNATL INST OF HLTH NIA · Principal Investigator
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May 2019
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Aug 2021
Association of PET amyloid status with cognitive and functional outcomes of behavioral interventions in Mild Cognitive ImpairmentFL DEPT OF HLTH ED ETHEL MOORE ALZHEIMER · Principal Investigator
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Feb 2019
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Feb 2021
Utilizing Data from the Electronic Medical Record to Predict Alzheimers and Dementia RiskFL DEPT OF HLTH ED ETHEL MOORE ALZHEIMER · Principal Investigator
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Sep 2018
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May 2022
Planning an Adaptive Clinical Trial of Cognitive Training to Improve Function and Delay DementiaUNIV OF SOUTH FLORIDA · Co-Investigator
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Sep 2018
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Dec 2020
Using intuitive eLearning to Provide Personalized Training to Informal Caregivers of Patients with Dementia During the Discharge ProcessCENTRE FOR AGING AND BRAIN HEALTH INNOVA · Co-Investigator
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Aug 2018
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Aug 2021
Implicit Memory Functioning in amnestic MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease: Implications for Behavioral InterventionsALZHEIMER NEDERLAND · Other
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Sep 2017
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May 2022
Accurate WiFi-Based Localization of Dementia Patients For CaregiverASTER LABS INC · Principal Investigator
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Aug 2017
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Jul 2020
Engaging diverse populations in behavioral interventions for MCIALZHEIMERS ASSO · Other
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Feb 2017
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Mar 2019
Consortium Study of Neuroimaging Impact of Behavioral Interventions in Mild Cognitive ImpairmentFL DEPT OF HLTH ED ETHEL MOORE ALZHEIMER · Principal Investigator
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Oct 2015
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Sep 2018
Contract for funded patient powered research network project: Phase II (new pprn)MAYO CLINIC · Principal Investigator
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Sep 2015
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Aug 2017
Precise Automatic Nail Trimmer to Aid Foot Care of the ElderlyASTER LABS INC · Principal Investigator
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Sep 2015
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Mar 2017
IPA for Michael MarsiskeUS DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Principal Investigator
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Aug 2015
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Jun 2020
Comparative Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions to Prevent or Delay DementiaPATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RES INST · Principal Investigator
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Apr 2015
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Aug 2017
IPA for Molly SullanUS DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Principal Investigator
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1990-1993
Post Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical NeuropsychologyMayo Clinic
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1987-1988
Gero and Neuro Psychology InternshipUCLA
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1983-1988
Graduate School for Clinical PsychologyUniversity of Nebraska
Graduate Students
The graduate students that are part of the MCI & Dementia Prevention Laboratory are enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Clinical and Health Psychology.
If you are an applicant for the Doctoral Program in Clinical and Health Psychology interested in working in our lab, please send an email to gesmithlab@ufl.edu.
- Liselotte (Lise) De Witt, M.S.
- Andrea Mejia Kurasz, M.A.
- Brittany L DeFeis, M.S.
- Priscilla A. Amofa Sr., M.A.
- Gelan (Lana) Ying, M.A.
- Ambar R Perez Lao, B.S.
- Tamare V. Adrien, B.A.
Past Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students and Post Baccalaureate
We are always looking for motivated undergraduate student to be involved in our research and are interested in learning more about Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia prevention. If you are available to work with us for four hours a week (at minimum) and can commit to more than one semester of involvement, please send an email to gesmithlab@phhp.ufl.edu. Please include a one-page resume and a brief statement of interest in the body of your email.
Current Undergraduate Students and Research Volunteers:
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Arissa Adhikary |
Danielle Thompson |
Kelly Nguyen |
Arielle Germain |