Lyndsey M. Miller, Ph.D., RN (she/her)

  • Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
  • Research Investigator, ORCATECH, School of Medicine

Biography

Lyndsey Miller, Ph.D., R.N. is Assistant Professor at the OHSU School of Nursing, and a Research Investigator with the Oregon Center on Aging & Technology. Dr. Miller's research examines social and relationship factors that impact the autonomy of the person living with dementia, care-related strain in their family care partners, and the health and well-being of the care dyad. Dr. Miller joined OHSU in 2018 after completing an interdisciplinary post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Utah. 

In her current research projects (R01AG080644; K01059839; R01AG077472) with the Oregon Center for Aging & Technology, Dr. Miller is evaluating remote digital assessments of social and physical engagement to more objectively and continuously understand its impact on everyday function in older adult couples, risk of developing dementia, and stress in dementia caregivers. 

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S.N., 2007, New York University
    • Ph.D., 2016, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Fellowship

    • Post-Doctoral Fellowship (T32) in Interdisciplinary Aging and Family Health Research, University of Utah (2016-2018)

Memberships and associations:

  • Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
  • Western Institute of Nursing
  • Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Psi Chapter
  • Gerontological Society of America (GSA: Behavioral & Social Sciences Section)

Areas of interest

  • Dementia: maintaining engagement in life (social and physical), everyday function, decision making, care planning
  • Family caregiving: relationship quality, spousal support, indicators of caregiver strain, bereavement
  • Dyadic analysis: incongruence, behavioral interdependence
  • Digital biomarkers, remote assessment, and intensive longitudinal data

Honors and awards

  • 2014, Hartford Award for Research and Practice, SoN, OHSU
  • 2015, Dean’s Award for Dissertation Research, SoN, OHSU
  • 2016, Carol A. Lindeman Award for a New Researcher, Western Institute of Nursing
  • 2016, Carol A. Lindeman Award for Excellence in Nursing, Innovative Leadership, and Vision for Health Care, PhD Graduating Class, OHSU
  • 2019-2022, NIH/NIA Clinical Loan Repayment Program Award
  • 2019-2023, NIH/NIA Mentored Early Career Research Scientist (K01) Award
  • 2020-2022, REC Faculty Scholar, Oregon Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, OHSU
  • 2022-2024, Mental Health and Aging Scholar, Advanced Research Institute (NIH/NIMH)
  • 2023-2027, NIH/NIA "RSELVES" Research Project (R01) Award

Publications

Selected publications

  • Miller, L. M., Solomon, D. N., Whitlatch, C. J., Hiatt, S. O., Wu, C. Y., Reynolds, C., . . . Steele, J. S. (2022). The Remote Assessment and Dynamic Response Program: Development of an In-Home Dementia-Related Care Needs Assessment to Improve Well-Being. Innov Aging, 6(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac006
  • Karen S Lyons, Luke T Russell, Kalisha Bonds Johnson, Glenna S Brewster, Julie H Carter, Lyndsey M Miller, Evaluating the Dyadic Benefits of Early-Phase Behavioral Interventions: An Exemplar Using Data from Couples Living with Parkinson’s Disease, The Gerontologist, 2023;, gnad172, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad172

Publications

  • Dyadic Appraisals of Family Decisions and Health Tasks in Midlife-Older Couples

    Research on Aging
    1. Karen S. Lyons
    2. Sae Hwang Han
    3. Kyungmin Kim
    4. Lyndsey M. Miller
  • Life-Space Mobility Is Related to Loneliness Among Living-Alone Older Adults

    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    1. Kexin Yu
    2. Chao Yi Wu
    3. Lisa L. Barnes
    4. Lisa C. Silbert
    5. Zachary Beattie
    6. Raina Croff
    7. Lyndsey Anderson
    8. Hiroko Dodge
    9. Jeffrey Kaye
  • An ecosystem approach to mentoring research faculty in schools of nursing

    Nursing outlook
    1. Lyndsey Miller
    2. Shigeko Izumi
    3. Quin Denfeld
    4. Susan J. Rosenkranz
    5. Lissi Hansen
  • Clinical Manifestations

    Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
    1. Wan Tai M. Au-Yeung
    2. Lyndsey Anderson
    3. Allison Lindauer
    4. Zachary T. Beattie
    5. Nora Mattek
    6. Joel S. Steele
    7. Jeffrey Kaye
  • Evaluating the Dyadic Benefits of Early-Phase Behavioral Interventions

    Gerontologist
    1. Karen Lyons
    2. Luke T. Russell
    3. Kalisha Bonds Johnson
    4. Glenna S. Brewster
    5. Julie Carter
    6. Lyndsey M. Miller
  • Supportive care decision-making processes of persons with dementia and their caregivers

    Dementia
    1. Jean O. Taylor
    2. Claire E. Child
    3. Rashmi K. Sharma
    4. Mary Grace Asirot
    5. Lyndsey M. Miller
    6. Anne M. Turner
  • Can changes in social contact (frequency and mode) mitigate low mood before and during the COVID-19 pandemic? The I-CONECT project

    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    1. Chao Yi Wu
    2. Nora Mattek
    3. Katherine Wild
    4. Lyndsey M. Miller
    5. Jeffrey A. Kaye
    6. Lisa C. Silbert
    7. Hiroko H. Dodge
  • Depressive symptoms in older adult couples

    Frontiers in Psychiatry
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Joel S. Steele
    3. Chao Yi Wu
    4. Jeffrey Kaye
    5. Hiroko H. Dodge
    6. Mitzi M. Gonzales
    7. Karen S. Lyons
  • Monitoring Behaviors of Patients With Late-Stage Dementia Using Passive Environmental Sensing Approaches

    American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
    1. Wan Tai M. Au-Yeung
    2. Lyndsey Miller
    3. Zachary Beattie
    4. Rose May
    5. Hailey V. Cray
    6. Zachary Kabelac
    7. Dina Katabi
    8. Jeffrey Kaye
    9. Ipsit V. Vahia
  • The Remote Assessment and Dynamic Response Program

    Innovation in Aging
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Diane N. Solomon
    3. Carol J. Whitlatch
    4. Shirin O. Hiatt
    5. Chao Yi Wu
    6. Christina Reynolds
    7. Wan Tai Michael Au-Yeung
    8. Jeffrey Kaye
    9. Joel S. Steele
  • Prolonged Physical Inactivity in Older Adult Couples

    Innovation in Aging
    1. Chao Yi Wu
    2. Lyndsey M. Miller
    3. Rachel N. Wall
    4. Zachary T. Beattie
    5. Lisa C. Silbert
    6. Jeffrey A. Kaye
  • Health profiles of spouse caregivers

    Social Science and Medicine
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Rebecca L. Utz
    3. Katherine Supiano
    4. Dale Lund
    5. Michael S. Caserta
  • Sensing a problem

    Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions
    1. Wan Tai M. Au-Yeung
    2. Lyndsey Miller
    3. Zachary Beattie
    4. Hiroko H. Dodge
    5. Christina Reynolds
    6. Ipsit Vahia
    7. Jeffrey Kaye
  • The Collaborative Aging Research Using Technology Initiative

    Digital Biomarkers
    1. Zachary Beattie
    2. Lyndsey M. Miller
    3. Carlos Almirola
    4. Wan Tai M. Au-Yeung
    5. Hannah Bernard
    6. Kevin E. Cosgrove
    7. Hiroko H. Dodge
    8. Charlene J. Gamboa
    9. Ona Golonka
    10. Sarah Gothard
    11. Sam Harbison
    12. Stephanie Irish
    13. Judith Kornfeld
    14. Jonathan Lee
    15. Jennifer Marcoe
    16. Nora C. Mattek
    17. Charlie Quinn
    18. Christina Reynolds
    19. Thomas Riley
    20. Nathaniel Rodrigues
    21. Nicole Sharma
    22. Mary Alice Siqueland
    23. Neil W. Thomas
    24. Timothy Truty
    25. Rachel Wall
    26. Katherine Wild
    27. Chao Yi Wu
    28. Jason Karlawish
    29. Nina B. Silverberg
    30. Lisa L. Barnes
    31. Sara Czaja
    32. Lisa C. Silbert
    33. Jeffrey Kaye
  • Care values in dementia

    Gerontologist
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Carol J. Whitlatch
    3. Christopher S. Lee
    4. Michael S. Caserta
  • Well-being in dementia

    International Psychogeriatrics
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Jeffrey A. Kaye
    3. Karen S. Lyons
    4. Christopher S. Lee
    5. Carol J. Whitlatch
    6. Michael S. Caserta
  • Incongruent perceptions of the care values of hospitalized persons with dementia

    Aging and Mental Health
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Carol J. Whitlatch
    3. Christopher S. Lee
    4. Karen S. Lyons
  • Involvement of Hospitalized Persons with Dementia in Everyday Decisions

    Gerontologist
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Christopher S. Lee
    3. Carol J. Whitlatch
    4. Karen S. Lyons
  • Dyadic perceptions of the decision process in families living with lung cancer

    Oncology nursing forum
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Donald R. Sullivan
    3. Karen S. Lyons
  • Shared decision-making in dementia

    Dementia
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Carol J. Whitlatch
    3. Karen S. Lyons
  • The Roles of Dyadic Appraisal and Coping in Couples With Lung Cancer

    Journal of Family Nursing
    1. Karen S. Lyons
    2. Lyndsey M. Miller
    3. Michael J. McCarthy
  • Incongruent perceptions of pain and physical function among families living with lung cancer

    Supportive Care in Cancer
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Karen S. Lyons
    3. Jill A. Bennett
  • Social activity decreases risk of placement in a long-term care facility for a prospective sample of community- Dwelling older adults

    Research in Gerontological Nursing
    1. Lyndsey M. Miller
    2. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    3. Nora C. Mattek
    4. Karen S. Lyons
    5. Jeffrey A. Kaye