Vascular disease and cognitive decline in the elderly
Decisional capacity and ability to provide informed consent among vulnerable populations
Post-stroke changes in cognition and mood
Creativity
Eating disorders
Pathological gambling
Recent Publications:
Moser DJ, Reese RL, Hey CT, Schultz SK, Arndt S, Beglinger LJ, Duff KM, & Andreasen NC. (2006). Using a brief intervention to improve decisional capacity in schizophrenia research. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 32(1), 116-20.
Moser DJ, Reese RL, Schultz SK, Benjamin ML, Arndt S, Fleming FW, & Andreasen NC. Informed consent in medication-free schizophrenia research. (2005). American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 1209-1211.
Moser DJ, Arndt S, Kanz JE, Benjamin ML, Bayless JD, Reese RL, Paulsen JS, & Flaum MA. (2004). Coercion and informed consent in research involving prisoners. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 45 (1), 1-9.
Moser DJ, Hoth KF, Robinson RG, Paulsen JS, Sinkey CA, Benjamin ML, Schultz SK, Haynes WG. (2004). Blood vessel function and cognition in elderly patients with atherosclerosis. Stroke, 35, e369-372.
Moser DJ, Benjamin ML, Bayless JD, McDowell BD, Paulsen JS, Bowers WA, Arndt S, & Andersen AE. (2003). Neuropsychological functioning pretreatment and posttreatment in an inpatient eating disorders program. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 33 (1), 64-70.
Moser DJ, Schultz SK, Arndt S, Benjamin ML, Fleming FW, Brems CS, Paulsen JS, Appelbaum PS, & Andreasen NC. (2002). Capacity to provide informed consent for participation in schizophrenia and HIV research. American Journal of Psychiatry, 159 (7), 1201-1207.
Current Projects
Current projects involve physiological, neuropsychological and neuroanatomical changes in older patients with vascular disease
Decisional capacity
Post-stroke changes in cognition and mood
Various other projects involving neuropsychological functioning in other conditions.
Current Grant Support
Aging, Vascular Disease and Cognition
NIA (1 K23 AG020649-01A1)
$872,228
2003-2008
Principal Investigator: David J. Moser, Ph.D.
Capacity to Provide Informed Consent for Participation in MCI Research
NIA (R03)
2006-2008
Principal Investigator: Angela Jefferson, Ph.D.
Role: Consultant
Neuropsychological Correlates of Pathological Gambling
National Center for Responsible Gaming
2006-2008
Principal Investigator: Donald Black, M.D.
Role: Co-Investigator
Clinical Neuropsychologist, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Contact
University of Iowa
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Program in Bioethics and Humanities
500 Newton Road, 1-106 MEB
Iowa City, IA, 52242
Phone: 319-335-6706
Fax: 319-335-8515