Penny Brennan, PhD
Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
School of Nursing
Education & Training
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- Postdoctoral Fellow Social Psychology Stanford University
- B.A. Psychology University of California, Berkeley
- Ph.D. Social Ecology: Psychology & Social Behavior University of California, Irvine
Grants and Projects
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- Stressors and OA Pain and Function: Application and Extension of the Ecological Model of Late-Life Pain, Pfizer, 2021-2022
- Ecological Model of Late-Life Pain, NIH, 2017-2020
- Late Life-Span Use of Alcohol: Prospective Effects on Dementia Risk and Cognitive Functioning, California Department of Public Health, Alzheimer's Disease Program, 2016-2019
- Mental Health Disorder among Long-Term Care Residents: Implications for Treatment and Functioning Outcomes, School of Nursing, UCSF, 2017-2018
- Musculoskeletal Diagnosis Cohort: Examining Pain and Pain Care in the VA, VA Health Services Research and Development Service, 2012-2016
- Effects of Mental Health Disorders on Pain Monitoring and Treatment in VA CLCs, NIH, 2013-2016
- Successful Implementation of Consistent Staff Assignment in VA CLCs, NIH, 2014-2015
- Pain, Depression and Alcohol Use in Later Life, NIH, 2009-2012
- Alcohol Problems: Long-Term Course in Late-Life, NIH, 2006-2012
- Evaluating Culture Change in VA Community Living Centers: Feasibility Issues, VA Health Services Research and Development Service, 2010-2011
Publications (50)
Top publication keywords:
RetirementPainAlcohol DrinkingPrescription Drug MisuseLongevityPain ManagementNursing HomesMental DisordersStress, PsychologicalLongitudinal StudiesSocial EnvironmentDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalAlcohol-Related DisordersAlcoholismVeterans
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Stressors and Pain across the Late-Life Span: Findings from Two Parent Longitudinal Studies of Aging and Health.
Journal of aging and health 2022 Brennan PL -
Stressors and Pain Across the Late-Life Span: Findings from Two Parent Longitudinal Studies of Aging and Health
Journal of Aging and Health 2022 P. L. Brennan -
History of drinking problems diminishes the protective effects of within-guideline drinking on 18-year risk of dementia and CIND.
BMC public health 2021 Brennan PL, Holahan CJ, Moos RH, Schutte KK -
Life Stressors: Elevations and Disparities Among Older Adults with Pain.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2020 Brennan PL -
Effects of Mental Health Disorders on Nursing Home Residents' Nine-Month Pain Trajectories.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2020 Brennan PL, SooHoo S
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Mental health disorder, pain, and pain treatment among long-term care residents: Evidence from the Minimum Data Set 3.0.
Aging & mental health 2018 Brennan PL, Greenbaum MA, Lemke S, Schutte KK -
Drinking Level Versus Drinking Pattern and Cigarette Smoking Among Older Adults.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2018 Holahan CJ, Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Holahan CK, Hixon JG, Moos RH -
Drinking level v. drinking pattern and cigarette smoking among older adults
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2018 Holahan, C.K. Brennan, P.L., Schutte, K.K, Holahan, C.J., Hixon, J.G., & Moos, R.H. -
Implementing a cornerstone of culture change: Consistent staff assignment in VHA community living centers.
Psychological services 2017 Lemke S, Brennan PL, SooHoo S, Schutte KK -
Late-Life Drinking Problems: The Predictive Roles of Drinking Level vs. Drinking Pattern.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2017 Holahan CJ, Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Holahan CK, Hixon JG, Moos RH -
Gender Differences in Demographic and Clinical Correlates among Veterans with Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2017 Higgins DM, Fenton BT, Driscoll MA, Heapy AA, Kerns RD, Bair MJ, Carroll C, Brennan PL, Burgess DJ, Piette JD, Haskell SG, Brandt CA, Goulet JL -
Healthcare system-wide implementation of opioid-safety guideline recommendations: the case of urine drug screening and opioid-patient suicide- and overdose-related events in the Veterans Health Administration.
Translational behavioral medicine 2016 Brennan PL, Del Re AC, Henderson PT, Trafton JA -
The musculoskeletal diagnosis cohort: examining pain and pain care among veterans.
Pain 2016 Goulet JL, Kerns RD, Bair M, Becker WC, Brennan P, Burgess DJ, Carroll CM, Dobscha S, Driscoll MA, Fenton BT, Fraenkel L, Haskell SG, Heapy AA, Higgins DM, Hoff RA, Hwang U, Justice AC, Piette JD, … -
Alcohol Use Predicts 10-Year Depressive Symptom Trajectories in the Health and Retirement Study.
Journal of aging and health 2015 Brennan PL, SooHoo S, Lemke S, Schutte KK -
Drinking Level, Drinking Pattern, and Twenty-Year Total Mortality Among Late-Life Drinkers.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2015 Holahan CJ, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Holahan CK, Moos RH -
Episodic heavy drinking and 20-year total mortality among late-life moderate drinkers.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2014 Holahan CJ, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Holahan CK, Moos RH -
Do benzodiazepines reduce the effectiveness of exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder?
The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2013 Rosen CS, Greenbaum MA, Schnurr PP, Holmes TH, Brennan PL, Friedman MJ -
Psychiatric disorders and pain treatment in community nursing homes.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2013 Brennan PL, SooHoo S -
Pain and use of alcohol in later life: prospective evidence from the health and retirement study.
Journal of aging and health 2013 Brennan PL, Soohoo S -
Wine consumption and 20-year mortality among late-life moderate drinkers.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2012 Holahan CJ, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, North RJ, Holahan CK, Moos BS, Moos RH -
Painful medical conditions and alcohol use: a prospective study among older adults.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2011 Brennan PL, Schutte KK, SooHoo S, Moos RH -
Twenty-year alcohol-consumption and drinking-problem trajectories of older men and women.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2011 Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos BS, Moos RH -
Personal, family and social functioning among older couples concordant and discordant for high-risk alcohol consumption.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2010 Moos RH, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Moos BS -
Late-life alcohol consumption and 20-year mortality.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2010 Holahan CJ, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Holahan CK, Moos BS, Moos RH -
Spouses of older adults with late-life drinking problems: health, family, and social functioning.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2010 Moos RH, Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos BS -
Patterns and predictors of late-life drinking trajectories: a 10-year longitudinal study.
Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2010 Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos RH -
Retired status and older adults' 10-year drinking trajectories.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2010 Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos RH -
The structure of late-life depressive symptoms across a 20-year span: a taxometric investigation.
Psychology and aging 2010 Holland JM, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Moos RH -
Social and financial resources and high-risk alcohol consumption among older adults.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2010 Moos RH, Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos BS -
Older adults' health and late-life drinking patterns: a 20-year perspective.
Aging & mental health 2010 Moos RH, Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos BS -
Late-life and life history predictors of older adults' high-risk alcohol consumption and drinking problems.
Drug and alcohol dependence 2009 Moos RH, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Moos BS -
Older adults' alcohol consumption and late-life drinking problems: a 20-year perspective.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2009 Moos RH, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Moos BS -
Depressive symptoms, drinking problems, and smoking cessation in older smokers.
Addictive behaviors 2009 Kenney BA, Holahan CJ, Holahan CK, Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos RH -
Treated and untreated remission from problem drinking in late life: post-remission functioning and health-related quality of life.
Drug and alcohol dependence 2008 Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Moos RH -
Gender differences in social influences and stressors linked to increased drinking.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2008 Lemke S, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Moos RH -
Upward pressures on drinking: exposure and reactivity in adulthood.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2007 Lemke S, Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos RH -
Long-Term Patterns and Predictors of Successful Stressor Resolution in Later Life.
International journal of stress management 2006 Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos RH -
Predictors of untreated remission from late-life drinking problems.
Journal of studies on alcohol 2006 Schutte KK, Moos RH, Brennan PL -
Older adults' coping with negative life events: common processes of managing health, interpersonal, and financial/work stressors.
International journal of aging & human development 2006 Moos RH, Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos BS -
Sequencing the lifetime onset of alcohol-related symptoms in older adults: is there evidence of disease progression?
Journal of studies on alcohol 2005 Lemke S, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Moos RH -
Stress generation, avoidance coping, and depressive symptoms: a 10-year model.
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2005 Holahan CJ, Moos RH, Holahan CK, Brennan PL, Schutte KK -
The interplay between life stressors and depressive symptoms among older adults.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2005 Moos RH, Schutte KK, Brennan PL, Moos BS -
Functioning and health service use among elderly nursing home residents with alcohol use disorders: findings from the National Nursing Home Survey.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2005 Brennan PL -
Pain and use of alcohol to manage pain: prevalence and 3-year outcomes among older problem and non-problem drinkers.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2005 Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos RH -
Functioning, problem behavior and health services use among nursing home residents with alcohol-use disorders: nationwide data from the VA minimum data set.
Journal of studies on alcohol 2005 Brennan PL, Greenbaum MA -
High-risk alcohol consumption and late-life alcohol use problems.
American journal of public health 2004 Moos RH, Brennan PL, Schutte KK, Moos BS -
Ten-year patterns of alcohol consumption and drinking problems among older women and men.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2004 Moos RH, Schutte K, Brennan P, Moos BS -
Older and younger patients with substance use disorders: outpatient mental health service use and functioning over a 12-month interval.
Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2003 Brennan PL, Nichol AC, Moos RH -
Long-term use of VA mental health services by older patients with substance use disorders.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2002 Brennan PL, Nichols KA, Moos RH -
Late-Life Drinking Behavior: The Influence of Personal Characteristics, Life Context, and Treatment.
Alcohol health and research world 1996 Brennan PL, Moos RH