2017
Awarded by the Women’s Faculty Committee, UMass Medical School

Mentoring Women Faculty Award

2016
Awarded by the Society of Behavioral Medicine

Distinguished Service Award

Obesity Society mHealth/eHealth Pioneer Award

National Council for Skin Cancer Prevention: Co-Director, Tan-Free Skin Smart Campus Initiative

 Society of Behavioral Medicine: Board of Directors

My Boyfriend of 7 Years Vanished From My Life—Taylor Swift Helped Me

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sun Safety

Tanners’ awareness and perceptions of legislation for tanning bed use

Teens, Tweets, and Tanning Beds: Rethinking the Use of Social Media for Skin Cancer Prevention

A Call for an End to the Diet Debates

Inhibiting Food Reward: Delay Discounting, Food Reward Sensitivity, and Palatable Food Intake in Overweight and Obese Women

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Dr. Pagoto is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor, and social media researcher. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut and Director of the UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media. In 2019, she was President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the leading organization for research at the intersection of behavioral science and health. Her research focuses on leveraging technology in the development and delivery of behavioral interventions targeting diet, physical activity, and cancer prevention. She has developed two mobile apps for weight management and a comprehensive weight loss program that is deliverable via social media platforms. She has had federal funding for her program of research for 17 consecutive years and has published 200+ papers in peer-reviewed journals. She has received several awards for her work including The Obesity Society Pioneer in mHealth/eHealth Award in 2014, Society of Behavioral Medicine Early Career/Young Investigator Award in 2006, and the Western Michigan University Psychology Department Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011. Devoted to science communication, she has bylines in the Washington Post, USA Today, US News and World Report, Chronicle of Higher Education, STAT News, Times Higher Education, MedCityNews, and Psychology Today.

Health Behavior

Sun Safety

Skin Cancer Prevention

Digital Health

Social Media

Exercise

Diet

Obesity

Publications

Google Scholar Citations

Rethinking weight and health in the age of Ozempic

Unpacking the psychology of obesity

Digital Tools Track Calories, Exercise And Sleep – But How Much Is Too Much?

How to Set Boundaries When Starting a New Job

Experts: Zoom meetings could cause body image issues

Facebook's Plan to Dominate Virtual Reality—And Turn Us into 'Data Cattle'

Meaningful engagement key to weight-loss success in social media intervention programs

As QAnon Conspiracy Theories Draw New Believers, Scientists Take Aim at Misinformation Pandemic

15 Things Therapists Do When They're Anxious Watching The Debates

Coronavirus Conversation: Why The Pandemic Matters In The 2020 Election

Higher Ed's Moment of Truth

If your state is a coronavirus hot spot, is it your fault?

How to stop friends and relatives from spreading misinformation about Covid-19

Do You Still Need Sunscreen If You're Spending the Day Inside?

What Is Havening Therapy and Is It Legit?

Gyms across America promote risky tanning beds with health and wellness

Despite Danger, Tanning Beds Still a Fixture in Many Gyms

Doctors and techies are clashing at digital health companies, and one start-up exec is seeking a fix

The Skinny on Weight-Loss Apps

Facebook urges gay men to give blood, which can be a painful reminder they aren’t allowed to

Ladies, even in your love life, you better get that commitment to gender equality in writing

Does Work/Life Balance Exist in the Gig Economy?

Gyms with tanning beds send mixed message

How diet can affect mental health: The likely link between food and the brain

Tans — even from a new drug — aren’t the way to prevent skin cancer

12 Little Things That Will Improve Your Health in Just One Minute

Why Tracking Your Weight Loss on Social Media (Like Ciara) Can Actually Help

How to silence your phone's noisy, unrelenting alerts

Home tanning beds: convenient but dangerous, health experts say

How to Break Your Tanning Habit For Good

Fitness trackers can backfire when it comes to weight loss

21 Days to Change a Habit? Why It’s Not That Simple

Why you shouldn’t trust the calorie estimates on your fitness tracker

Why Being A People-Pleaser Is Bad For You (And How to Stop)

Professor of Allied Health Sciences

Dr. Sherry Pagoto from the University of Massachusetts Medical School giving a keynote presentation on "The power of social media to promote a healthy lifestyle" at the mHealth Conference in NUI, Galway on June 9th 2015.

Dr. Sherry Pagoto - UMass Medical School

Having published more than 60 papers in scientific journals, Sherry Pagoto, PhD, associate professor of medicine and a licensed clinical psychologist at the UMass Memorial Weight Center, is an expert on losing weight and keeping it off. Her research focuses on health, nutrition, fitness, weight management, depression, stress, cancer prevention and type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Pagoto recommends five keys to successful weight loss: keeping a diet journal, creating a healthy home food environment, utilizing social support, exercising and setting realistic goals.
"The strategy that is going to be the most helpful is to set reasonable goals and a reasonable diet," Pagoto said. 
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