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Richard Marottoli, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)

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Richard Marottoli, MD, MPH

Mailing Address

  • Geriatrics

    PO Box 208025, 333 Cedar Street

    New Haven, CT 06520-8025

    United States

Yale Medicine

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Research Summary

Dr. Richard Marottoli's research interests include the approaches clinicians can use to identify at-risk older drivers, interventions to lessen risk, and the factors contributing to, and the consequences of, driving cessation. Dr. Marottoli is a past–chairperson of the Committee on the Safe Mobility of Older Persons of the National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board.

Specialized Terms: At-risk older drivers; Driving cessation

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Research Interests

Aging; Automobile Driver Examination; Geriatrics

Selected Publications

  • Mobility and aging: new directions for public health action.Satariano WA, Guralnik JM, Jackson RJ, Marottoli RA, Phelan EA, Prohaska TR. Mobility and aging: new directions for public health action. American Journal Of Public Health 2012, 102:1508-15.
  • Walking the tightrope: developing a systems approach to balance safety and mobility for an aging society.Marottoli RA, Coughlin JF. Walking the tightrope: developing a systems approach to balance safety and mobility for an aging society. Journal Of Aging & Social Policy 2011, 23:372-83.
  • Sleep disturbances and adverse driving events in a predominantly male cohort of active older drivers.Vaz Fragoso CA, Araujo KL, Van Ness PH, Marottoli RA. Sleep disturbances and adverse driving events in a predominantly male cohort of active older drivers. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2010, 58:1878-84.
  • Prevalence of sleep disturbances in a cohort of older drivers.Vaz Fragoso CA, Araujo KL, Van Ness PH, Marottoli RA. Prevalence of sleep disturbances in a cohort of older drivers. The Journals Of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences And Medical Sciences 2008, 63:715-23.
  • A randomized trial of an education program to enhance older driver performance.Marottoli RA, Ness PH, Araujo KL, Iannone LP, Acampora D, Charpentier P, Peduzzi P. A randomized trial of an education program to enhance older driver performance. The Journals Of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences And Medical Sciences 2007, 62:1113-9.
  • A randomized trial of a physical conditioning program to enhance the driving performance of older persons.Marottoli RA, Allore H, Araujo KL, Iannone LP, Acampora D, Gottschalk M, Charpentier P, Kasl S, Peduzzi P. A randomized trial of a physical conditioning program to enhance the driving performance of older persons. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2007, 22:590-7.
  • Consequences of driving cessation: decreased out-of-home activity levels.Marottoli RA, de Leon CFM, Glass TA, Williams CS, Cooney LM, Berkman LF. Consequences of driving cessation: decreased out-of-home activity levels. The Journals Of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences And Social Sciences 2000, 55:S334-40.
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