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Rena Wing, PhD
Rena Wing, PhD, is an expert in the behavioral treatment of obesity
and particularly its application to type II diabetes. Wing is well
known for her role as co-developer of the National Weight Control
Registry, a nationwide research study that has identified more than
4,000 individuals who have lost significant amounts of weight and
kept it off for at least one year. Much of her research focuses on
maintaining weight loss and developing effective lifestyle interventions
to stop regain. Wing has also specifically studied the effects of
social and home environments on weight loss and if internet technologies
can be incorporated into a successful behavioral therapy program.
Wing has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed articles in journals
relating to obesity and diabetes and served as principal or co-principal
investigator in several grant funded research projects on this issue.
Currently, she is the principal investigator of a $5 million, NIH
funded study determining the effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence.
In addition, Wing is principal investigator at The Miriam Hospital
site for a fifteen-center trial entitled, "Study of Health
Outcomes of Weight Loss" and serves as chairperson of this
multi-site study.
Wing received the TOPS Award for Outstanding Achievement given
by the North Atlantic Association for the Study of Obesity and serves
on the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Task Force on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity.
Wing is a graduate of Connecticut College and holds both a master
of arts and a doctorate in social psychology from Harvard University.
She is a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown Medical
School.
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