Thomas A. Wadden, PhD

Thomas A.Wadden, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders. He received his A.B. in 1975 from Brown University and his doctorate in clinical psychology in 1981 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Wadden's principal research is on the treatment of obesity by methods that have included lifestyle modification, very-low-calorie diets, exercise, medication, and surgery. He has also investigated the metabolic and psychosocial consequences of obesity and weight loss. He has published over 300 scientific papers and book chapters and has co-edited four books, the most recent of which is Obesity and Associated Eating Disorders: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals (with Albert J. Stunkard, Terence Wilson, and Robert I. Berkowitz). His research has been supported for more than 25 years by grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Wadden serves on NIH's Clinical Obesity Research Program (CORP) and on the editorial boards of International Journal of Eating Disorders, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Obesity Research. Dr. Wadden has served as President of the Obesity Society and currently is an associate editor of Obesity, the journal published by the Obesity Society

Dr. Wadden may be contacted at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 3029, Philadelphia, PA 19104. His e-mail address is: Wadden@mail.med.upenn.edu.

Recent publications include:

Kumanyika SK, Wadden TA, Shults J et al. Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1795-804.

Tsai AG, Wadden TA. Treatment of obesity in primary care practice in the United States: a systematic review. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:1073-79.

Vetter ML, Vinnard CL, Wadden TA. Perioperative safety and bariatric surgery. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1910.

Wadden TA, Foreyt JP, Foster GD et al. Weight Loss with Naltrexone SR/Bupropion SR Combination Therapy as an Adjunct to Behavior Modification: The COR-BMOD Trial. Obesity, in press.

Wadden TA, West DS, Neiberg RH et al. One-year weight losses in the Look AHEAD study: factors associated with success. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009;17:713-22.