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Section: Research

Sherry Pagoto, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Medicine
   Preventive and Behavioral Medicine

Sherry L. Pagoto, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Preventive Sherry Pagoto. PhDand
Behavioral Medicine

Her research interests include
• Emotional eating and obesity
• Psychiatric comorbidities of obesity, including depression
• Clinical weight loss treatment
• Evidence-based research and practice
• Cancer prevention  

Current Funded Research

  • Principal Investigator, R01 MH078012, NIH/NIMH, Treating Co-Morbid Obesity and Major Depressive Disorder, April 2007 – March 2012.
  • Principal Investigator, Boston Obesity and Nutrition Research Center, The Role of Stress in Insulin Resistance Following Bariatric Surgery, May 2007 – April 2010.
  • Co-Investigator, R01 HL094575, NIH/NHLBI, A Simple Dietary Message to Improve Dietary Quality for Metabolic Syndrome, April 2009 - March 2013.
  • Co-Investigator, R34 MH085578, NIH/NIMH, Behavioral Activation Enhanced Exercise Intervention for Diabetes and Depression, July 2009 - June 2012.
  • Principal Investigator (subcontract), RC1 DK087126, NIH/NIDDK, ENGAGED: E-Networks Guiding Adherence to Goals for Exercise and Diet, September 2009 - September 2010.
  • Co-Investigator, U48 DP001933, CDC, UMMS Prevention Research Center for Obesity and Related Conditions - Category 2, September 2009 - September 2011.

Pending Grants

  • Co-Investigator, R21 DK083700, NIH/NIDDK, Depression, Antidepressant Use and Risk of Diabetes in the WHI, submitted May 2009.
  • Co-Investigator, CDC, A Community Social Networking Intervention to Increase Walking in Dog Owners, submitted May 2009.
  • Principal Investigator, NIH/NCI, Sunless Tanning and Yoga as Behavioral Alternative for Indoor Tanning, submitted October 2009.
  • Principal Invertigator, R21 MH087778, NIH/NIMH, Weight Control in Co-Morbid ADHD and Obesity, submitted November 2009.
  • Consultant, Administrative Supplement, NIH, Yale SPORE in Skin Cancer (Project 1), submitted December 2009. 

Office: S7-751
Phone: 508 856 2092
E-mail: Sherry.Pagoto@umassmed.edu

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