Philip Mccallion

Biography

Philip McCallion, director of UAlbany's Center for Excellence in Aging and Community Wellness, is an expert on the Medicare D program, on which he conducts educational programs for seniors in upstate New York in conjunction with state providers and the Elder Network of the Capital Region. His research and program development activities include evaluating the effectiveness of interventions for persons with dementia, the development of outreach strategies and interventions, and the assisting of agencies with direct care workforce development. McCallion is a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar. He graduated from Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and received his doctorate from UAlbany (1993).

Research Interest

Professor McCallion's research began with randomized control trials of psychosocial interventions for people with dementia and their caregivers. Over time his interests moved in a translational research direction and have extended to: System design work on creating aging prepared communities and on embedding evidence-based health promotion, care transitions strategies and participant-directed practices in aging services delivery. Evaluation of the implementation of non-pharmacological interventions for persons with dementia and of psycho-educational interventions for family caregivers. Development of innovative demonstration projects designed to maintain aging persons with intellectual disabilities in the community. Increasing the reach of palliative care programs. As part of these agendas, Professor McCallion has a strong emphasis on standing up widespread use of evidence-based interventions, collaboration with state and local agencies, building community capacity and realizing effective, sustainable community-clinical linkages. He is also Co-PI for the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging