Curriculum Vitae

Margret Maria Baltes

March 8, 1939         January 28, 1999

 

 
Personal
Born in Dillingen (Saar) on March 8, 1939 as daughter of Maria and Ludwig Labouvie
Married Paul B. Baltes on May 2, 1963
Boris B. Baltes born on November 10, 1965
Anushka M. Baltes born on February 1, 1971
 
Career and Education
1958-63 Studies of psychology at the University of Freiburg (1958-59) and the University of Saarbrücken, Germany (1959-63). Primary mentor: Ernst E. Boesch
1963 Diploma in Psychology (M.A.), University of Saarbrücken
1964-6 Clinical Psychologist, Child Guidance Clinic, Homburg/Saar
1966-67 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Saarbrücken
1969-72 Graduate studies in experimental psychology, West Virginia University
1973 Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, West Virginia University. Primary mentors: John D.Cone and Hayne W. Reese
1973­78 Assistant Professor, College of Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University
1978-80 Associate Professor, College of Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University
Summer 1980 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
1980-84 Visiting Professor, Department of Gerontopsychiatry, Free University of Berlin
Since 1984 Professor of Psychological Gerontology, Free University of Berlin, Department of Gerontopsychiatry and Department of Psychology, Head of Research Unit for Psychological Gerontology
1990-91 Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
Summer 1994 Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
1997-98 Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
 
Funded Research
1974-75 Control of littering behavior in adults, funded by the College of Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University.
1974-75 Postponement of own death: Fact or myth? funded by the College of Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University.
1976-77 Loss of independent functions in nursing home residents, Research Initiation Grant (with R. L. Burgess), funded by The Pennsylvania State University (Principal investigator, PI).
1977-79 Living skills in the elderly nursing home resident, funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW; PI).
1982-87 Analysis of dependency in the elderly: The role of the social environment, funded by the Stiftung Volkswagenwerk (DM 519 000; PI).
1988-91 Maintenance and rehabilitation of independence: An intervention program for staff (with E.-M. Neumann), funded by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (BMFT; DM 596 650; PI).
1989-94 Early diagnosis of Alzheimer: A testing-the-limits approach (with K.-P. Kühl and H. Gutzmann), funded by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (BMFT; DM 1 702 060; PI).
1989-97 Everyday competence in the very old: Subproject of the Berlin Aging Study, funded by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (BMFT) and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Family, and Youth.
1992-95 Study of a cognitive intervention program (with S. Kwon), funded by Berlin-Forschung (DM 94 135).
1992-95 Early recognition of dementias (with K. M. Neher), funded by Berlin-Forschung (DM 94 940).
1994-95 Influence of living environment and individual resources on the maintenance of intellectual functioning in old age (with D. Sowarka), funded by MSD Sharp & Dohme (DM 75 000).
1994-98 Everyday competence and successful aging funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG; DM 694 500; PI).
1994-96 Yesterday interview as a screening instrument for pathological aging (with H.-U. Wilms and S. Kanowski), funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Family, and Youth (BMFSFJ; DM 855 000).
1996-99 Successful aging: Testing the meta-model „Selective optimization with compensation" (with F. R. Lang), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG; DM 680 000; PI).
1998- Graduiertenkolleg „Psychiatry and Psychology of Aging" funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG; DM 801 100; PI with H. Helmchen)
   
Fellow Status
  American Psychological Association
  Gerontological Society of America
 
Honors and Awards
1982-97 Honorary Professorship from the University of Trier
1987 Charlotte Towle Research Award for Gerontological Research, University of Chicago
1990/91 Akademiestipendium (research grant), Volkswagen Stiftung (sabbatical leave at Stanford University)
1994 "Dr. Günther-Buch-Preis für gerontologische Forschung" der Johanna und Fritz Buch Gedächtnisstiftung
1994 Distinguished Mentorship Award, Behavioral and Social Science Section of the Gerontological Society of America
Summer 1994 Sabbatical research grant, German Research Foundation (DFG), Stanford University
2000 IPSEN Foundation Longevity Award together with Paul B. Baltes
 
Membership in Professional Associations
  American Psychological Association (APA)
  Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT)
  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geriatrie und Gerontologie (DGGG)
  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Psychologie (DGMP)
  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGP)
  American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
  Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
  International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD)
   
Editorial Positions (Scientific Journals)
1981-83 Associate Editor, International Journal of Behavioral Geriatrics
1986-90 Associate Editor, International Journal of Behavioral Development
1987-91; 
1991-96
Editorial Board, Journals of Gerontology, Psychological Sciences
1988- Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für Gerontopsychologie und -geriatrie
1990- Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für Verhaltenstherapie
1991- Editorial Board, Psychology and Aging
1998- Editorial Board, Gerontology
1998- Editorial Board, International Journal of Behavioral Development
 
Committees
1986-88 Chairperson of the Social Sciences Section of the German Society of Gerontology
1986-95 University Ethics Committee, Medical School, Free University of Berlin
1987-93 Review Board, Biological Health and Aging, German Ministry of Research and Technology
1988-91 ERASMUS Planning Committee: Gerontology in Medical Curricula
1990-96 Review Committee, Research Program on Health Research, German Ministry for Research and Technology
1990-95 Review Committee, Research Program on Degenerative Diseases of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System at the University of Leipzig, Federal Ministry for Research and Technology
1992- Gerontological Working Committee, MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH
1993-97 Scientific Board, ADIA-Foundation
1994-96 Commission on Demographic Change, Social Democratic Party of Germany
1994- Expert Committee on Policy for the Elderly with Dementia, German Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, & Youth
1994- Review Board, Hirnliga e.V.
1997- European Regional Committee of the Novartis Foundation for Gerontological Research (NFGR)
1998- Expert Commission on Aging for the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, & Youth
1998- Chairperson of the External Research Advisory Group "The Ageing Population" of the European Union

 
 
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