Leslie Curry, PhD, MPH 

Academic Title: Assistant Professor 

Department/Center: Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics (primary appointment) and Department of Community Medicine and Health Care (secondary) 

Education: PhD, University of Connecticut; MPH, University of Connecticut Health Center 

Research Interests: long term care organization, delivery and financing, consumer perceptions of quality, qualitative methods

Selected Recent Publications: 

Curry L, Schwartz H, Gruman C, Blank K.  (2000).  Physician’s voices on physician assisted suicide: Looking beyond the numbers, Ethics and Behavior, 10(4):337-361.

Curry L, Gruman C, Schwartz H, Blank K.  (2000).  Physician assisted suicide in  Connecticut: Physicians’ attitudes and experiences. Connecticut Medicine, 64(7):403-412.

Curry L Gruman C, Robison J.  (2001).  Medicaid estate planning: Public perceptions of morality and necessity.  The Gerontologist, 41(1):34-42.

Schwartz H, Curry L, Gruman C, Blank K.  (2001).  Physician assisted suicide or voluntary active euthanasia: A meaningless distinction for practicing physicians?  Journal of Clinical Ethics, 12(1):51-63.

Unson C, Dunbar N, Curry L, Kenyon L, Prestwood K.  (2001).  Factors affecting older women’s decisions to participate in a clinical trial on osteoporosis, Journal of National Medical Association, 93(10):392-404.

Bradley E, Curry L, van Doorn C, Fried T, Williams C, Fortinksky R, Glass T, Kasl S. (2002). Social support and social networks in the last year of life, Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 8(1):7-18.

Bradley E, McGraw S, Curry L, Buckser A, King K,  Kasl S, and Andersen R. (2002). Expanding the Andersen Model: The role of psychosocial factors in long-term care use Health Services Research, 37(5):1221-1242.

Curry L, Robison J, Gruman C.  (2002). Consumer and family views on assisted living: Implications for policy.  Southwest Journal on Aging,18: 43-50.

Curry L, Schwartz H, Gruman C, Blank K. (2002). Could palliative care obviate assisted suicide? Death Studies, 26:757-774.

Curry L, Jackson J. (2003).  The science of including older ethnic and racial group participants in health-related research. The Gerontologist 43(1):15-17.

Curry L, Bradley E, Robison J.  (2004). Individual decisions regarding financing nursing home care: Psychosocial considerations. Journal of Aging Studies 18(3), in press.

Bradley, E.H., Curry, L.A., McGraw, S.A., Webster, T.R., Kasl, S.V., Andersen, R. (2004). Intended Use of Informal Care for Long-term Care Needs:The Role of Race/Ethnicity, Ethnicity and Health, in press.

Robison J, Curry L, Gruman C, Covington T, Gaztambide S, Blank K. (2004). Depression in later-life Puerto Rican primary care patients: The role of illness, stress, social integration, and religiosity. International Psychogeriatrics, in press.

Walker (Curry) L, Bradley E, Wetle T (Eds.)  (1998).  Public and Private Responsibilities in Long Term Care: Finding the Balance, Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Curry L, Jackson J (Eds.)  (2003). Increasing Participation of Older Ethnic and Racial Minority Groups in Health Research, Washington, DC: The Gerontological Society of America.

Contact Information:    
E-mail: lesliecurry@ix.netcom.com