Glenn V. Ostir, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Rehabilitation Sciences

Contact:
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0460
Phone: (409) 772-1880
Fax: (409) 747- 8931
Email: gostir@utmb.edu

Current CV:  Click on the icon to open CV in a new window.

 

Research Areas
Psychological factors, health outcomes, quality of life, positive emotion

Education

1990	University of Manitoba Health Science Center	Respiratory Therapy	R.R.T
1991	University of Manitoba	Statistics	B.Sc.
1995	University of Manitoba	Psychology	B.S.
2000	University of Texas Medical Branch	Sociomedical Sciences	Ph.D.

 

Funding
R01-AG024806, Stroke Recovery in Underserved Populations

National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health, Department of Health & Humans

(Principal Investigator: Glenn V. Ostir). $875,000, total costs for 09/2004-08/2009

 

R01 AG031178, Psychological Well Being and Recovery Among Older Hospitalized Adults

National Institute on Aging

(Principal Investigator: Glenn V. Ostir). $1,485,840, total costs 08/01/2008 – 06/30/2013

 

R01 AG017638-06, Disablement Process in Mexican American Older Adults

National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health

(Principal Investigator: Ottenbacher, K.; Co-Investigator: Glenn V. Ostir)

 $207,255 total costs for 03/15/05-02/28/10

 

R01 AG10939, Longitudinal Study of Mexican American Elderly Health (Hispanic EPESE)

National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health, Dept. Health & Humans

(Principal Investigator: K. S. Markides; Co-Investigator: Glenn V. Ostir)

$1,030,807, total costs for 07/1992-11/2008

 

K01-HD046682, Assessing Quality of Life for Rehabilitation Patients

National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Dept. Health & Humans

(Principal Investigator: Glenn V. Ostir). $500,000, total costs for 12/2004-11/2009

 

P30 AG024832, UTMB Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence Center

National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health, Dept. Health & Humans

(Principal Investigator: James S. Goodwin; Co-Investigator: Glenn V. Ostir)

$1,030,807, total costs for 07/1992-11/2008

 

P50 CA105631-01, UTMB Center for Population Health and Health Disparities

National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Dept. Health & Humans

(Principal Investigator: J. S. Goodwin; Co-Investigator: Glenn V. Ostir)

$9,025,532, total costs for 09/2003-08/2008

Publications (last 2 years, from over 60)
Ostir, G.V., Kuo, Y.F., Berges, I.M., Markides, K.S., Ottenbacher, K.J. Measures of Lower Body Function and Risk of Mortality Over 7 years of Follow up. American Journal of Epidemiology 2007.

Berges, I.M., Ottenbacher, K.J., Kuo, Y.F., Smith, P.M., Smith, D., Ostir, G.V. Satisfaction with Quality of Life post stroke: effect of sex differences in pain response. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007; 88:413-417.

Ostir, G.V., Ottenbacher, K.J., Fried, L.P., Guralnik, J.M. The Effect of Depressive Symptoms on the Association between Functional Status and Social Participation. Soc Indic Res 2007; 80:379-392.

Ottenbacher, M.E, Kuo, Y.F., Ostir, G.V. Test-retest reliability of a psychological well-being scale in hospitalized older adults. Aging Clin Exp Res 2007; 19:424-429. 

Ostir, G.V. Health related quality of life in older Mexican Americans with diabetes: a crosssectional study. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2007; 12:39-43.

Graham, J.E., Stoebner-May, D.G., Ostir, G.V., Al Snih, S., Peek, M.K., Markides, K., Ottenbacher, K.J. Health related quality of life in older Mexican Americans with diabetes: a cross-sectional study. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2007;12;5:39.

Chang, P.F., Ostir, G.V., Kuo, Y.F., Granger, C.V., Ottenbacher, K.J. Ethnic differences in discharge destination among older patients with traumatic brain injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008; 89:231-6.

Ostir, G.V., Berges, I.M., Ottenbacher, M.E., Clow, A. Ottenbacher, K.J. Associations between Positive Emotion and Recovery of Functional Status Following Stroke. Psychosomatic Medicine, 2008.

Ottenbacher, K.J., Campbell, J., Kuo, K.F., Ostir, G.V., Ganger, C.V. Racial and ethnic differences in postacute rehabilitation outcomes after stroke in the United States. Stroke, 2008;39:1514-9

Berges, I.M., Kuo, Y.F., Ostir, G.V., Granger, C.V., Graham, J.E., Ottenbacher, K.J. Gender and ethnic differences in rehabilitation outcomes after hip-replacement surgery. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 2008;87:567-72

Ostir, G.V., Berges, I.M., Ottenbacher, M., Graham, J.E., Ottenbacher, K.J. Positive emotion following a stroke. J Rehabil Med, 2008;40:477-81

Graham, JE, Ostir, G.V., Fisher, S.R., & Ottenbacher, K.J. Assessing walking speed in clinical research: a systematic review. J Eval Clin Pract., 2008.

Graham, J.E., Ostir G.V., Fisher, S.R., & Ottenbacher, K.J. Review of the relationship between test methodology and mean velocity in timed walk tests. Arch Phys Med Rehabil,2008;89:865-72.