Name: Daniel Owen Clark, Ph.D.
Phone Number: (317) 423-5600
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Secretary Name: Sharon Hopwood
Secretary Phone Number: (317) 423-5600
Fax: (317) 423-5695
 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Clark evaluates how preventive health interventions can be applied to elderly, vulnerable populations. His primary research interests are in the identification and modification of risk factors for chronic disease and physical impairment among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults.

POSITION/TITLE

Associate Professor of Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING
Institution and Location  Degree  Year Field of Study
Whitworth College, Spokane WA  B.A. 1987 Sociology
Duke University, Durham NC M.A. 1989 Sociology
Duke University, Durham NC Ph.D. 1991 Sociology

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1989 - 1991 National Institute on Aging Predoctoral Trainee, Medical Demography and Social Epidemiology, Center for Demographic Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC
1991 - 1992 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
1992 - 1994 Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA
1994 - 2000 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
1994 - Present Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis, IN
1996 - Present Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1997 - Present Associate Director for Behavioral Sciences, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN
2000 - Present Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

CURRENT AND RECENT FUNDING

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Maddox GL, Clark DO. Trajectories of functional dependence in late life. J Health Soc Behav 1992;33:114-125.
  2. Clark DO, Maddox GL. Social context and personal expenditures for health care. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 1992;4:3-4.
  3. Clark DO, Maddox GL. Racial and social correlates of age-related changes in disability. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences 1992;47:S222-S232.
  4. Clark DO. Residence differences in formal and informal long term care. The Gerontologist, 1992;32:227-233.
  5. Clark DO, Maddox GL, Steinhauser K. Race, aging, and functional health. Journal of Aging and Health 1993;5:537-554.
  6. Clark DO. Volume and distribution of AAA sponsored services and service use among disabled older adults. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 1993;14:175-198.
  7. Clark DO. (Book Review). Health Services for Rural Elders, Coward RT, Bull CN, Kukulka G, Galliher JM (eds). Contemporary Gerontology 1994;4:142-143.
  8. Clark DO, LaCroix A. (Book Review). The Oldest Old, Suzman R, Willis D, Manton K (eds). Am J Epidemiol 1994;139.
  9. Clark DO, Chumbler N, Nadzam W. Resource dependency and discharge planning in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan hospitals. Journal of Applied Gerontology 1994;13:267-281.
  10. Maddox GL, Clark DO, Steinhauser K. Dynamics of functional impairment in late adulthood. Soc Sci Med 1994;38:925-936.
  11. Wolinsky FD, Stump TE, Clark DO. Antecedents and consequences of physical activity and exercise among older adults. The Gerontologist 1995;35:451-462.
  12. Clark DO, Patrick D, Grembowski D, Durham M. Socioeconomic status and exercise self-efficacy in late life. J Behav Med 1995;18:355-376.
  13. Clark DO. Racial and educational differences in physical activity among older adults. The Gerontologist 1995;35:472-480.
  14. Clark DO, Von Korff M, Saunder K. A chronic disease score with empirically derived weights. Med Care 1995;783-795.
  15. Clark DO, Callahan CM, Mungai SM, Wolinsky FD. Physical function among retirement-aged black males and females. The Gerontologist 1996;36:322-31.
  16. Clark DO. Age, socioeconomic status, and exercise self-efficacy. The Gerontologist 1996;36:157-164.
  17. Clark DO. The effect of walking on lower-body disability among older blacks and whites. Am J of Public Health, 1996;86:57-61.
  18. Stump TE, Clark DO, Johnson RJ, Wolinsky FD. The structure of health status among older blacks, hispanics, and whites. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 1997;52B:49-60.
  19. Clark DO. Physical activity efficacy and effectiveness among older adults and minorities. Diabetes Care 1997;20:1176-1182.
  20. Clark DO, Mungai SM, Stump TE, Wolinsky FD. Prevalence and impact of risk factors for lower body difficulty. Journals of Gerontology: Medical Science 1997;52A:M97-M105.
  21. Clark DO, Mungai SM. Distribution and association of chronic disease and mobility difficulty across four BMI categories of African-American women. Am J Epidemiol 1997;145:865-875.
  22. Clark DO. US Trends in disability and institutionalization among older blacks and whites. Am J of Public Health 1997;87:438-440.
  23. Clark DO, Stump TE, Wolinsky FD. A race- and gender-specific replication of the dimensions of disability and activities of daily living. Journal of Aging and Health 1997;9:28-42.
  24. Clark DO, Stump TE, Wolinsky FD.  Predictors of onset and recovery from mobility difficulty among adults aged 51-61 years.  Am J Epidemiol 1998 Jul 1;148(1):63-71.
  25. Clark, DO, Hays LM.  Integrating Community and Individual Levels to Improve the Effectiveness of Physical Activity Promotion.  Letter to the editor, Diabetes Care 1998;21:195-196.
  26. Clark, DO, Stump TE, Hui S, FD Wolinsky.  Predictors of mobility and basic ADL difficulty among adults aged 70 years and over. Journal of Aging and Health 1998;10(4):422-440.
  27. Clark, DO. Physical activity and its correlates among urban primary care patients aged 55 years or over. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 1999;54B(1):S41-S48.
  28. Clark DO, Kroenke K, Callahan CM, McDonald CJ.  Validity and utility of patient-reported measures on hospital admission.  J Clin Epidemiol 1999; 52(1):65-71.
  29. Hays LM, Clark DO. Correlates of physical activity in a sample of older adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 1999;22(5):706-12.
  30. Clark DO.  Perceived barriers and facilitators to exercise among older low income adults.  Journal of Clinical Geropsychology 1998; 5(1):51-62.
  31. Williams LS, Weinberger M, Harris LE, Clark DO, Biller J. Development of a stroke-specific quality of life scale. Stroke 1999;30(7):1362-9.
  32. Clark DO, Nothwehr F. Exercise self-efficacy and its correlates among socioeconomically disadvantaged older adults. Health Educ Behav 1999;26(4):535-46.
  33. Kroenke K, Stump T, Clark DO, Callahan CM, McDonald CJ. Symptoms in hospitalized patients: outcome and satisfaction with care. Am J Med 1999;107(5):425-31.
  34. Clark DO. Issues of adherence, penetration, and measurement in physical activity effectiveness studies. Med Care 2001;39(5):409-12.
  35. Perkins AJ, Clark DO. Assessing the association of walking with health services use and costs among socioeconomically disadvantaged older adults. Prev Med 2001;32(6):492-501
  36. Oldridge NB, Stump TE, Nothwehr FK, Clark DO. Prevalence and outcomes of comorbid metabolic and cardiovascular conditions in middle- and older-age adults. J Clin Epidemiol 2001;54(9):928-34.
  37. Damush TM, Stump TE, Saporito A, Clark DO. Predictors of older primary care patients' participation in a submaximal exercise test and a supervised, low-impact exercise class. Prev Med 2001;33(5):485-494.
  38. Damush TM, Stump TE, Clark DO. Body-mass index and 4-year change in health-related quality of life. J Aging Health 2002;14(2):195-210.
  39. Damush TM, Weinberger M, Clark DO, Tierney WM, Rao JK, Perkins SM, Verel K. An acute low back pain self-management intervention for inner-city, primary care patients: Rationale, design, and predictors of participation. Arthritis Care and Research. 2002;47(4):372-9.
  40. Damush TM, Weinberger M, Perkins SM, Rao JK, Tierney WM, Qi R, Clark DO. Randomized trial of a self-management program for primary care patients with acute low back pain: Short-term effects. Arthritis Rheum 2003; 49(2):179-86.
  41. Clark DO, Stump TE, Damush TM. Outcomes of an exercise program for older women recruited through primary care. J Aging Health. 2003;15(3):567-85.
  42. Damush TM, Weinberger M, Perkins SM, Rao JK, Tierney WM, Qi R, Clark DO. The long-term effects of a self-management program for inner-city primary care patients with acute low back pain. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163(21):2632-8.
  43. Clark DO, Tu W, Weiner M, Murray MD. Correlates of health-related quality of life among lower-income, urban adults with congestive heart failure. Heart Lung. 2003;32(6):391-401
  44. Murray MD, Young JM, Morrow DG, Weiner M, Tu W, Hoke SC, Clark DO, Stroupe KT, Wu J, Deer MM, Bruner-England TE, Sowinski KM, Smith FE, Oldridge NB, Gradus-Pizlo I, Murray LL, Brater DC, Weinberger M. Methodology of an ongoing, randomized, controlled trial to improve drug use for elderly patients with chronic heart failure. Am J Geriatri Pharmacother 2004;2(1):53-65.
  45. Murray MD, Morrow DG, Weiner M, Clark DO, Tu W, Deer MM, Brater DC, Weinberger M. A conceptual framework to study medication adherence in older adults. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 2004;2(1):36-43.
  46. Tu W, Stump TE, Damush TM, Clark DO. The effects of health and environment (daily weather) on exercise class participation in older, urban women. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 2004 Oct:12(4):480-96.
  47. Hays LM, Damush TM, Clark DO. Relationships between exercise self-definitions and exercise participation among urban women in primary care. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2005 Jan-Feb;20(1):9-17.
  48. Clark DO, Callahan CM, Counsell SR. Reliability and validity of a steadiness score. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Sep;53(9):1582-6.
  49. Counsell SR, Callahan CM, Buttar AB, Clark DO, Frank KI. Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders (GRACE): a new model of primary care for low-income seniors. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Jul;54(7):1136-41.
  50. Morrow D, Clark D, Tu W, Wu J, Weiner M, Steinley D, Murray MD.  Correlates of health literacy in patients with chronic heart failure.  Gerontologist 2006 Oct;46(5):669-76.
  51. Murray MD, Young J, Hoke S, Tu W, Weiner M, Morrow D, Stroupe KT, Wu J, Clark D, Smith F, Gradus-Pizlo I, Weinberger M, Brater DC. Pharmacist intervention to improve medication adherence in heart failure: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2007 May 15;146(10):714-25.
  52. Clark DO, Stump TE, Miller DK, Long JS. Educational disparities in the prevalence and consequence of physical vulnerability. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2007 May;62(3):S193-7.
  53. Keith NR, Clark DO, Chrysler L. Patient Determinants of Prescription Orders to an On-Site Weight Management. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007 May;39(5 Suppl):S40.
  54. Counsell SR, Callahan CM, Clark DO, Tu W, Buttar AB, Stump TE, Ricketts GD. Geriatric care management for low-income seniors: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2007 Dec 12;298(22):2623-33.
  55. Clark DO, Keith N, Chrysler L, Perkins AJ, Willis D. Design and reach of a primary care weight management program. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2008 Feb;19(1):171-9.
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