"Margie Lachman presently working as Professor of Psycology at Brandeis University.She completed her B.A. from Boston University,Masters (M.S) and Ph.D from Pennsylvania State University." Expertise Life-span development; midlife; aging; sense of control; adult personality; memory; health-promoting behaviors; intervention research to improve cognitive and physical functioning and health. Awards and Honors Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Gerontological Society of America (2015) Bronfman Philanthropies Brandeis-Israel Collaborative Research Grant (2014 - 2015) Residential Fellowship (2009-2010), Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2009 - 2010) American Psychological Association, Division 20-Adult Development and Aging, Distringuished Research Achievement Award (2003) Editor, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences (2000 - 2003) Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation, American Public Health Association (1998) Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division on Adult Development and Aging (1994) Fellow, Gerontological Society of America (1992) Member, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development (1989 - 2000)

Life-span development; midlife; aging; sense of control; adult personality; memory; health-promoting behaviors; intervention research to improve cognitive and physical functioning and health