Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
·
2025 - Present
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Pain coping skills training and lifestyle behavioral weight management in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled study.
Journal Article Pain · June 2012 Overweight and obese patients with osteoarthritis (OA) experience more OA pain and disability than patients who are not overweight. This study examined the long-term efficacy of a combined pain coping skills training (PCST) and lifestyle behavioral weight ... Full text Link to item CiteBrief intensive lifestyle intervention leads to rapid diabetes improvements
Journal Article American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine · March 1, 2012 This prospective study examined the immediate health benefits associated with participation in a brief intensive behavioral weight and diabetes management program for individuals with type 2 diabetes. Participants were 55 adults with type 2 diabetes and ob ... Full text CiteChanges and Correlations with PreDx (R) Diabetes Risk Score Following Brief Residential Behavioral Weight Loss
Conference DIABETES · July 1, 2011 Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
The University of Maine, Orono ·
2005
Ph.D.
The University of Maine, Orono ·
2005
M.A.
Middlebury College ·
2000
B.A.