Dr. Tom Wadden

Thomas A. Wadden, Ph.D. is professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 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 250 scientific papers and book chapters and has co-edited four books.

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. He served as president of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) in 2006.