Associate Professor

Office: Room 322B, Life Science Building
Phone: (502) 852-3280
Fax: (502) 852-8904
Email:b.mast@louisville.edu

 
Lab location: 123/113 Life Sciences Building
Lab phone: 852-3542
Lab website: Aging and Neuropsychology Lab

Education

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Wayne State University

B.A. Psychology, Calvin College

Research Interest

• Dementia, late life depression, geriatric assessment, Alzheimer's disease
  

Books

Mast, B.T. (2011). Whole Person Dementia Assessment.  Health Professions Press.  Baltimore, MD.

Selected Publications

Mast, B.T. (2012).  Methods for assessing the person with Alzheimer's disease: Integrating person-centered and diagnostic approaches to assessment.  Clinical Gerontologist, 35, 360-375.

Mast, B.T., Yochim, B., Carmasin, J., & Rowe, S.V. (2012).  Vascular depression: a neuropsychological perspective.  In (F. López-Muñoz and C. Álamo, Eds)  Neurobiology of Depression (Frontiers in Neuroscience Book Series). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.

Margrett, J., Mast, B.T., Isales, C., Poon, L.W., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2011).  Cognitive functioning and vitality among the oldest old: implications for well-being.  In L.W. Poon & J. Cohen-Mansfield (Eds.) Understanding Well-Being in the Oldest Old. Cambridge University Press.

Mast, B.T. (2010). Vascular depression: cardiovascular implications for mental health. In K.E. Whitfield (Ed.) Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics, 30, 135-154.

Holley, C.K., & Mast, B.T. (2010). Predictors of anticipatory grief in dementia caregivers.  Clinical Gerontologist, 33, 223-236.

Mast, B.T., & Gerstenecker, A. (2010).  Cognitive screening and brief batteries for dementia.  In P.A. Lichtenberg (Ed.) Handbook of Assessment in Clinical Gerontology.  Elsevier.