Jason Newsom, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Institute on Aging
Office: 470P URBN
Phone: 503-725-5136
Fax: 503-725-5100
E-mail: newsomj@pdx.edu
Web Site: www.upa.pdx.edu/IOA/newsom
Dr. Newsom, Associate Professor of Community Health, is a social psychologist whose interests include social relationships among older adults, caregiving, health behaviors, applied statistics, and research methodology. He has particular interest in negative social interactions among older adults and their effects on mental and physical health. Dr. Newsom received is Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Arizona State University in 1993. After three years of postdoctoral work at University of Pittsburgh, he came to Portland State University in 1996. Since that time, he has served as a principal or co-investigator for research projects focusing on social exchanges, health behavior, and healthcare funded by the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Agency or Healthcare Quality and research.
