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November 17, 2012

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Judith A. LeFevre-Levy, Ph.D.

President

Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc.

Phone: 617-***-****

Email: *************-****@****.***

Professional Summary

Dr. Judith A. LeFevre-Levy has worked in the area of development and aging. She has

researched environmental and biological predictors of behavior and aging in both human and

animal populations. Dr. LeFevre-Levy has used an experience sampling technology to study

work experience, mood, and cognitive and social behavior in humans as they occur during

everyday life. She has also done clinical research on Alzheimer s patients and clinical work with

adolescent and geriatric populations in psychiatric outpatient clinics and a community -based

outreach program. Dr. LeFevre-Levy also carried out longitudinal investigations of biological

and behavioral changes in animals to identify environmental and behavioral predictors of

biological aging. Dr. LeFevre-Levy was on the faculty of the University of Southern California.

Education

Ph.D., Human Development, The University of Chicago

M.A., Human Development (with honors), The University of Chicago

B.A., Psychology, New College, Honors Division of the University of South Florida

Professional Experience

1988 1992 Assistant Professor of Psychology and Gerontology, University of

Southern California

1986 - 1987 Clinical Trainee, Adolescent Assessment and Treatment, Adolescent Clinic,

Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago,

Illinois

1985 1986 Co-Director, Research on the Roots of Success and Failure in Talented

Adolescents, The University of Chicago

1984 1985 Clinical Trainee, Geropsychiatric Assessment and Treatment,

Geropsychiatric Clinic, The University of Chicago

1984 1985 Co-leader, Family Group for Relatives of Patients with Alzheimer s

Disease, Geropsychiatric Clinic, Billings Hospital, University of Chicago

1982 1984 Clinical Trainee, Elderly Support Project, School for Social Service

Administration, The University of Chicago

1980 - 1981 Research Assistant, Clinical Trials of the Effect of Cholinergic Drugs in the

Treatment of Alzheimer-like Dementia, Illinois State Psychiatric Institute

Professional Honors

Brookdale Foundation National Fellowship, Brookdale National Foundation, New York,

New York, 1989 1992

National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellowship in Adolescence, 1986

1988

Robert J. Havighurst Prize for the outstanding dissertation in adult development and

aging, University of Chicago, 1986

Robert Kahn Memorial Fund Research Award, University of Chicago, 1986

National Institute on Aging Predoctoral Fellowship in Adult Development and Aging,

1978 1981, 1984 1985

National Institute of Mental Health Predoctoral Fellowship in Psychiatry, 1983 1984

Nominee, Searle Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1981

Morton-Murphy Award given for organization of a university-wide conference, Women

and the University, University of Chicago, 1981

Fellowship for the study of the biology of aging, University of Southern California, 1976

GRANTS

Sexual Arousal and Behavior in Couples During the Perimenopause. Biomedical

Research Support Grant, University of Southern California

Social and Endocrine Influences on Behavior of Couples During Menopause. Institute for

the Study of Women and Men Faculty Summer Grant, University of Southern California

Behavioral Reproductive Senescence in the Female Rat. Faculty Research and

Innovation Fund, University of Southern California

Publications

Hedricks, C., Ghiglieri, M., Church, R.B., LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1994 Hormonal

and Ecological Contributions Toward Interpersonal Intimacy in Couples. Annals of the

New York Academy of Sciences, 709: 207-209.

Church, R.B., C. Hedricks, LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1993 The Importance of

Environmental Context in Mood and Cognitive Changes During the Menstrual Cycle. In

D. Golgert (Ed.) Proceedings from the Ninth Conference of the Soci ety for Menstrual

Cycle Research. Mind-body Rhythmicity: A Menstrual Cycle Perspective, Seattle,

Washington: Hamilton and Cross, pp. 41-49.

LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1991 Social Modulation of Behavioral Reproductive

Senescence in Female Rats. Physiology and Behavior, 52: 603-608.

LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1991 Isolation Accelerates Reproductive Senescence in

Female Rats. Hormones and Behavior, 25: 258-272.

LeFevre, J., Hedricks, C., Church, R.B. & McClintock, M.K. 1990 Psychological State and

Social Behavior of Couples During a Menstrual Cycle: On -the-spot Sampling from

Everyday Life. In: A. Dan and L. Lewis (Eds.), Menstrual Cycle Health. Champaign:

University of Illinois Press, pp. 75-82.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. & LeFevre, J. 1989 Optimal Experience in Work and Leisure. The

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56: 815-822.

LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1988 Reproductive Senescence in Female Rats: A

Longitudinal Study of Individual Differences in Estrous Cycles and Behavior. The Biology

of Reproduction, 38:789-790.

LeFevre, J. 1988 Flow and the Quality of Experience During Work and Leisure. In: M.

Csikszentmihalyi and I. Selega Csikszentmihalyi (Eds.), Optimal Experience: Psychological

Studies of Flow in Consciousness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 307-318.

Church, R.B., Marquette, L.D, LeFevre, J., Hedricks, C. & McClintock M.K. 1986 Changes

in Psychological States During the Human Menstrual Cycle. In F. Massimini and P.

Inghilleri (Eds.), The Daily Experience Theory and Method of Analysis. Milano, Italy:

Franco Angeli s.r.l., pp. 359-368.

LeFevre, J. 1985 Caring for the Disabled Elderly: Alzheimer s Disease as a Prototype.

The Chicago Theological Seminary Register, 64(3): 28-36.

Papers and Presentations

LeFevre, J. 1991 Sexuality of Mid-life Women. Brookdale National Conference.

Garden City, New York.

Church, R.B., Hedricks, C., LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1991 The Importance of

Environmental Context in Mood and Cognitive Changes During the Menstrual Cycle.

Society of Menstrual Cycle Research, Seattle, Washington.

LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1989 Decline in the Temporal Coordination of Estrous

Cycle Components During Aging. The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological

Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

LeFevre, J. & Csikszentmihalyi, M. 1989 Play in Work: The Flow Experience. Human

Resource Management and Organization Behavior Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. & LeFevre, J. 1987 Optimal Experience in Work and Leisure. The

Fifth Canadian Research Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

LeFevre, J. & Csikzentmihalyi, M. 1986 The Effects of Environmental Structure on

Psychological Well-being. The 94th Annual Convention of the American Psychological

Association, Washington, D.C.

LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1986 A Longitudinal Study of Reproductive Behavior in

Female Rats: Grouping Delays Aging. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological

Society of America, Chicago, Illinois.

LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1986 Changes in Lordosis Reflex During the Lifespan of

Norway Rats. The Conference on Reproductive Behavior, Montreal, Canada.

Hedricks, C., Church B., LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1985 Changes in Psychological

States of Couples During a Menstrual Cycle: On-the-Spot Sampling From Everyday

Life. Conference on Reproductive Behavior. Asolimar, California.

LeFevre, J., Hedricks, C., Church, R. & McClintock, M.K. 1985 Psychological and Social

Behavior in Couples Over a Menstrual Cycle. The Sixth Conference of the Society for

Menstrual Cycle Research, Galveston, Texas.

LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1983 Predictors of the Pattern of Reproductive

Senescence in Female Rats. The 36th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of

America, San Francisco, California.

LeFevre, J. & McClintock, M.K. 1982 Individual and Social Predictors of the Longitudinal

Pattern of Reproductive Senescence in the Female Rat. The Eastern Board

Reproductive Conference, East Lansing, Michigan.

Professional Associations

President, LeFevre Family Association, Huguenot Historical Society, Ne w Paltz, New

York, 2007 current

Treasurer, Friends of Wayland Youth and Family Services, Wayland, Massachusetts,

2008 2009

President, Friends of Wayland Youth and Family Services, Wayland, Massachusetts,

2007 2008

Director, Older Girl Programming, Wayland Girl Scouts, Wayland, Massachusetts,

2004 2009

Service Team, Wayland Girl Scouts, Wayland, Massachusetts, 2004 - 2009

Troop leader, Girl Scout Troop 3166, Wayland, Massachusetts, 1997 -2009

Editor and Production Manager of Loker School Newspaper, Wayland, Massachusetts,

1996 -2000

Creative Writing Workshop Leader, Loker School, Wayland, Massachusetts, 1996 - 1998

ology of aging, University of Southern California, 1976

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