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Dr. Barry is an Assistant Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatrics. Dr. Barry received her BA in Psychology and a Certification in Gerontological Studies from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, and subsequently received a Master’s in Public Health and a Doctoral degree in Epidemiology and Public Health from Yale. She completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research at Yale and then was an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Barry is a past Chair of the Emerging Scholars and Professionals Organization (ESPO) of the Gerontological Society of America.

Dr. Barry is a Brookdale Leadership in Aging Fellow and a current recipient of a K01 Mentored Career Development Award from the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Barry’s research interests include the inter-relationship between cognition, mobility, and depression in older persons and the underlying mechanisms that may help to explain associations between these conditions. She is also interested in the epidemiology of gender differences in depression and physical functioning in this population.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
Ph.D.	Yale University Graduate School	Epidemiology of Aging
M.P.H.	Yale University School of Medicine	Chronic Disease Epidemiology
B.A.	College of the Holy Cross	Psychology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Professional Training	College of the Holy Cross	Certification in Gerontological Studies
Fellowship	Yale University School of Medicine	Research Training in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology
Post Doctoral	Yale University School of Medicine	Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology
Fellowship	Brookdale	Leadership in Aging Fellow

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Advanced Research Institute (ARI) Scholar	National Institute of Mental Health
Summer Institute on Aging Research	National Institute on Aging
Mind-Body Center Summer Institute	University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Loan Repayment Program Funding Recipient	National Institutes of Health
Psi Chi Psychology National Honor Society	Psi Chi

The inter-relationship between cognition, mobility, and depression in older persons and the underlying mechanisms that may help to explain associations between these conditions; the epidemiology of gender differences in depression and physical functioning in this population.

Journal Articles

Title or Abstract	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
The association between disability burden and Depression in older persons over time.	American Geriatrics Society Meetings	2010	Orlando, FL
Race, Depression and Performance-Based Mobility Over Time: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study	Gerontological Society of America	2010	Boston, MA
Longitudinal effect of depression on subsequent functional transitions in older persons.	American Geriatrics Society Meetings	2009	Chicago, IL
Use of antidepressant medication and the subsequent course of depressive symptoms among older adults.	American Geriatrics Society Meetings	2009	Chicago, IL
The association between self-rated health and change in gait speed over time in older persons.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2009	Atlanta, GA
The effect of depression on recovery of premorbid function after hospitalization among community-living older persons.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2008	Baltimore, MD
Depression and Disability in Older Persons: Untangling Complexities	School of Medicine; Geriatrics Grand Rounds	2008	University of Connecticut
The effect of depression on the burden of disability over time among community-living older persons.	American Geriatrics Society Meetings	2008	Washington, DC
The effect of depression on disability subtypes on older persons over time.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2007	San Francisco
Transitions Between Depression States in Community-Living Older Persons	Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development	2006	University of Connecticut
Transitions Between Depression States in Community-Living Older Persons	Weill Medical College, Department of Psychiatry	2006	Cornell University
Longitudinal Association of Gender with Transitions Between States of Depression in Community-Dwelling Older Persons.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2006	Dallas, TX
Patient satisfaction with treatment after AMI: the role of psychosocial factors.	American Heart Association Quality of Care and Outcomes Conference	2005	Washington, D.C.
Resilience and likelihood of disability among non-disabled, community-dwelling older persons.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2005	Orlando, FL
Social support and change in mental and physical functioning at 6-months after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2004	Washington, D.C.
Perceived control and Change in mental and physical functioning at 6-months after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2003	San Diego, CA
Determining the extent of activity impairments and/or modifications associated with chronic pain in older veterans receiving primary care.	American Geriatrics Society Meetings	2002	Washington, D.C.
Identification of coping strategies used by older veterans with chronic pain.	American Geriatrics Society Meetings	2002	Washington, D.C.
Impact of low self-efficacy on disability among older veterans with chronic pain in a primary care setting.	American Geriatrics Society Meetings	2002	Washington, D.C.
Effective pain reduction strategies reported by communitydwelling older persons with chronic pain.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2002	Boston, MA
A computer-based intervention to prevent potential drug-related medical errors in the elderly.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2000	Washington, D.C.
Improving medication use in the elderly: Results of an educational intervention.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	2000	Washington, D.C.
Osteoporosis drug therapy in women with and without hip fracture: Results from a large mail survey.	American Society for Bone Mineral Research Meetings	1999	St. Louis,
An approach to improving medication use in the elderly: The role of patient education.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	1999	San Francisco, CA
Determining risk of osteoporotic fracture and falling in older women: A population-based approach.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	1999	San Francisco, CA
Age effects on the management of acute ischemic stroke and elderly patients.	The Lancet – The Challenge of Stroke conference	1998	Montreal, Quebec
Quest religiosity, mental and physical health in a community sample of older adults.	Gerontological Society of America Meetings	1995	Los Angeles, CA