Research Director

Donovan T. Maust, M.D., M.S.
Principal Investigator, Lab Director

Donovan T. Maust, M.D., M.S., is a geriatric psychiatrist and health services researcher. He has two primary areas of research interest. First, he is interested in understanding both the drivers and consequences of potentially inappropriate psychotropic use among older adults, focusing on benzodiazepines and antipsychotics. In addition, his research explores the factors that drive the potentially inappropriate healthcare utilization of patients with dementia.

Dr. Maust earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his psychiatry residency and geriatric psychiatry fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, with further training in health services research at the University of Michigan. He is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and a research scientist in the Center for Clinical Management Research of the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

In 2019, Dr. Maust became Associate Director for Research of the Department of Psychiatry’s Geriatric Psychiatry Program, led by Dr. Susan Maixner. The Geriatric Psychiatry Program is one of the country’s largest academic geriatric psychiatry groups. In addition to his own research, Dr. Maust supports the ongoing work of Geriatric Psychiatry Program faculty as its members continue to grow and develop their work.