Dr. Youdin is an independent scholar at
the Princeton Research Forum. He is the author of Psychology of Aging 101, Clinical Gerontological Social Work Practice, and co-author with
Dr. Tina Maschi of Social Worker as
Researcher: Integrating Research with Advocacy. Oxford University Press will be publishing his new book on older adult substance abuse in the near future. For twenty years, Dr. Robert Youdin was an adjunct associate professor
at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service in New York City.
In 2007-2008, he was a Project Director for a Gero Innovations Grant for the
Master's Advanced Curriculum Project funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation
and Council on Social Work Education. In 2005-2007 Dr. Youdin was a participant
in the Curriculum Development Institute (Gero-Ed) sponsored by John A. Hartford
Foundation and Council on Social Work Education. He is a past assistant
research scientist of the Biometrics Unit of the New York State Psychiatric
Institute in New York City. In 1977, he was elected as member of Sigma Xi --
the Scientific Research Society of North America. Dr. Youdin has been a private
practitioner for the past 33 years practicing in Princeton, New Jersey. He has
an existential humanistic orientation and is trained in Eriksonian hypnosis. In
addition, he has appeared on numerous public service radio programs discussing
substance abuse problems.