Angela Marinilli Pinto, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown Medical School. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and Biology from Harvard University in 1997 and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a subspecialty in Behavioral Medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2004.  Dr. Pinto completed her clinical psychology internship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and her postdoctoral research fellowship with Dr. Rena Wing in the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center/The Miriam Hospital at Brown.  In 2006, Dr. Pinto received a K12 career development award through the NIH/Brown University BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health) Program.  Her research interests and experiences include the treatment of eating disorders and obesity.  Dr. Pinto’s eating disorder research has involved examination of how cognitive factors such as motivation and self-efficacy impact treatment outcome. Her specific interests in obesity include dissemination of standard behavioral weight loss approaches through collaboration with community-based commercial programs and development of cost-effective programs to treat overweight and obesity.

Selected Publications:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Wing, R. R., Pinto, A. M., & Niemeier, H. (in press). Maintenance: The ultimate goal. In C. A. Apovian. (Ed.). Obesity and Overweight: A Clinical Guidebook.
• Guarda, A. S., Pinto, A. M., Coughlin, J., Hussain, S., Haug, N. A., & Heinberg, L. J. (in press).  Perceived coercion and change in perceived need for admission in hospitalized eating disorder patients. American Journal of Psychiatry.
• Wing, R.R., Niemeier, H., Pinto, A.M. (in press).  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.  Humana Press.

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Angela Marinilli Pinto , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Brown Medical School

amarinilli@lifespan.org
401-793-8970