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Dr. Angela Marinilli Pinto is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Baruch College.  She teaches Statistics for Social Science (STA 2100) and Abnormal Psychology (PSY 3055).  

Dr. Pinto earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and biology from Harvard University in 1997 and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a subspecialty in behavioral medicine from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2004.  She completed her clinical psychology internship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine also in 2004.  Following graduation, she completed a postdoctoral clinical research fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (DPHB) at Brown Medical School where she studied behavioral obesity treatment.  She held a faculty position as Assistant Professor (Research) in the DPHB at Brown from 2006-2007 before joining the faculty at Baruch.

Research Interests

Dr. Pinto’s research is focused on the treatment of eating disorders and obesity.  Her eating disorder research has examined how cognitive factors such as motivation and self-efficacy impact treatment outcome.  Her work in this area has included collaborations with researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.  Dr. Pinto's interests in obesity focus on the development of accessible and cost-effective behavioral weight loss treatments and novel approaches to increase the public health outreach of behavioral programs.  This includes the development of programs that increase collaboration between university/hospital-based behavioral weight loss treatments and existing commercial weight loss centers.  Currently, Dr. Pinto is conducting a randomized trial comparing the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 3 behavioral weight loss treatments.

Contact Information

Angela Marinilli Pinto, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Baruch College, CUNY
Box B 8-215
One Bernard Baruch Way
New York, NY 10010

Email: Angela.Pinto@baruch.cuny.edu

Phone: 646-312-4447
Fax: 646-312-3781

Publications

Peer Reviewed Papers

• Wing, R. R., Pinto, A.M., Crane, M. M., Kumar, R., Weinberg, B., Gorin, A. A. (2009). A statewide intervention reduces BMI in adults: Shape Up Rhode Island Results. Obesity, 17, 991-995.

• Pinto, A. M., Gorin, A. A., Raynor, H. A., Tate, D. F., Fava, J. L., & Wing, R. R. (2008). Successful weight loss maintenance in relation to method of weight loss. Obesity, 16, 2456-2461.              

• Heinberg, L. J., Coughlin, J. W., Pinto, A.M., Haug, N. A., Brode, C., & Guarda, A. S. (2008). Validation and Predictive Utility of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire for Eating Disorders (SATAQ-ED): Internalization of Sociocultural Ideals Predicts Weight Gain.  Body Image, 5, 279-290.                   

• Pinto, A. M., Heinberg, L. J., Coughlin, J. W., Fava, J. L., & Guarda, A. S. (2008). The Eating Disorder Recovery Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (EDRSQ): Change with treatment and prediction of outcome. Eating Behaviors, 9, 143-153.                                                  
• Pinto A. M., Gokee-LaRose, J., & Wing, R. R. (2007).  Behavioral approaches to weight control: A review of current research.  Women’s Health, 3, 341-353. 

• Gorin, A. A., Pinto, A. M., Tate, D.F., Raynor, H. A., Fava, J. L,, & Wing, R. R. (2007). Failure to meet weight loss expectations does not impact maintenance in successful weight losers. Obesity, 15, 3086-3090. 

• Guarda, A. S., Pinto, A. M., Coughlin, J., Hussain, S., Haug, N. A., & Heinberg, L. J. (2007).  Perceived coercion and change in perceived need for admission in hospitalized eating disorder patients.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 108-114. 

• Pinto, A., Pinto, A. M., Neziroglu, F., & Yaryura-Tobias, J. A. (2007).  Motivation to change as a predictor of treatment response in obsessive compulsive disorder. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 19, 83-87. 

• Pinto, A. M., Guarda, A. S., Heinberg, L. J., & DiClemente, C. C. (2006).  Development of the Eating Disorder Recovery Self-Efficacy Questionnaire.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 39, 376-384. 

• Guarda, A. S., Coughlin, J. W., Cummings, M., Marinilli, A., Haug, N., Boucher, M., & Heinberg, L. J. (2004).  Chewing and spitting in eating disorders and its relationship to binge eating.  Eating Behaviors, 5, 231-239. 

• DiClemente, C. C., Marinilli, A., Singh, M., & Bellino, L. E. (2001).  The role of feedback in the process of health behavior change.  American Journal of Health Behavior, 25, 217-227.

Book Chapters and Other Papers

• Wing, R. R., Niemeier, H., Pinto, A. M. (2008).  Weight Loss in type 2 diabetic patients: Is it worth the effort? In D. LeRoith & A. Vinik (Eds.).  Controversies in Treating Diabetes: Clinical and Research Aspects (pp. 201-232).  Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

• Wing, R. R., Pinto, A. M., & Niemeier, H. (2007).  Maintenance: The ultimate goal. In C. M. Apovian and C. M. Lenders. (Eds.) A Clinical Guide for Management of Overweight and Obese Children and Adults (pp. 177-196).  Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press.

• Coughlin, J. W., Heinberg, L. J., Marinilli, A., & Guarda, A. S. (2003).  Body image disturbance in children: The role of parental influences.  Healthy Weight Journal, 17, 56-59.

• DiClemente, C. C., Jordan, L., Marinilli, A., & Nidecker, M. (2003).  Psychotherapy in alcoholism treatment.  In B. A. Johnson, P. Ruiz, & M. Galanter. (Eds.).  Handbook of Clinical Alcoholism Treatment (pp.102-110).  Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins.

• Recent National and International Peer Reviewed Presentations

• Leahey, T.M., Crane, M.M., Kumar, R., Weinberg, B., Pinto, A.M., Wing, R.R. (2009, Oct).  Choose your team wisely: Team characteristics affect change in steps during a state-wide physical activity campaign.  To be presented at the Obesity Society’s 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting.  Washington, DC.                                   

• Schreyer, C.C., Pinto, A.M., Coughlin, J.W., Redgrave, G.W., Heinberg, L.J., Thornburg, M. & Guarda, A. (2009, Sept).  The Eating Disorder Recovery Self-efficacy Questionnaire (EDRSQ) Predicts Outcomes Following Discharge from Partial Hospital.  To be presented at the 15th Annual Eating Disorders Research Society Meeting.  New York, NY.                                                               

• Crane, M. M., Kumar, R., Weinberg, B., Pinto, A. M., Gorin, A. A., Fava, J., Leahey, T. M., Wing, R. R. (2009, April). Increasing Physical Activity through a State-Wide Campaign.  Presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Montreal, Canada.                                                                           

• Gorin, A.A., Pinto, A.M., West, D.S., Niemeier, H.M., Fava, J., Wing, R.R. (2008, October). Losing weight because you want to rather than because you feel you have to: Motivational predictors of weight loss outcomes.  Presented at the Obesity Society’s 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting.  Phoenix, AZ.                                          

• Subak, L.L., Pinto, A.M., Wing, R.R., Nakagawa S, Creasman, J.M., Kusek, J.W., Herman, W,  Kuppermann, M. (2008, October).  The effect of weight loss on health related quality of life.Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making.  Philadelphia, PA.                                                 

• Subak, L.L., Wing, R.R., Pinto, A.M., Nakagawa, S., Creasman, J., Kusek, J.W., Kupperman, M., & Herman, W. (2008, September).  Decreased urinary incontinence frequency is associated with decreased incontinence-related costs.  Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Urogynecologic Society, Chicago, IL.                                                                                                   

• Pinto, A. M., Crane, M., Gorin, A. A., Kumar, R., Weinberg, B., & Wing, R. R. (2008, March). Evaluation of the Shape Up Rhode Island 2007 Campaign. Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego,               CA.                                                                                                 

• Pinto, A. M., Kearns, M., & Wing, R.R. (2007, March). Effectiveness of a novel weight loss approach that combines brief standard behavioral treatment and a commercial program.  Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington DC                                                              

• Gorin, A. A., Pinto, A. M., Tate, D. F., Raynor, H. A., Fava, J. F., & Wing, R. R. (2007, March). Is anyone satisfied with their weight loss?  Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.                                            

• Pinto, A. M., Tate, D.F., Raynor, H.A., Gorin, A., & Wing, R.R. (2006, October). Presence of a medical trigger and method of initial weight loss are related to successful maintenance.  Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO, The Obesity Society), Boston, MA                                                                     

• Marinilli, A., Guarda, A. S., Heinberg, L. J., & DiClemente, C. C. (2005, April). Development and validation of the Eating Disorder Recovery Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. Paper presented at the 2005 International Conference on Eating Disorders, Montreal, Canada.

last update:August 27, 2009