coe-staff: Colloquium Invitation: Megan Ferriby, Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 3:30 pm in 230T

[Diana Jamison]

Sent on behalf of Emily Tanner-Smith

Please see the upcoming colloquium and try to attend!

Megan Ferriby, a candidate for the CFT Assistant Professor position will be presenting her Colloquium titled "Psychosocial and relational correlates of weight loss and behavior change among bariatric surgery patients" on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 3:30 pm in HEDCO 230T.



Megan Ferriby Bio

Megan Ferriby is a Ph.D. candidate at the Ohio State University in the Department of Human Sciences, specializing in Couple and Family Therapy and Obesity Science. Her research trajectory focuses on examining the influence of romantic partners and relationships on patient weight loss and behavior change throughout the bariatric surgery process. She has published several articles, including in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Obesity Surgery and SOARD, and has presented her work at National and International conferences (American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Obesity Week, International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity). Her past work has been awarded the AAMFT Graduate Student Research Award. She is currently funded by a dissertation fellowship for the next year to complete her dissertation entitled: "Preliminary efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability of partner attendance throughout bariatric pre- and post-surgery clinical encounters", a longitudinal and randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of partner attendance on patient outcomes and the romantic relationship. The results of this project will provide the foundation for the development of future couples-based interventions. In addition to her research, she has work with Dr. Keeley Pratt to create a clinical placement with Ohio State's Comprehensive Center for Adult Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery. For the past two years, she has worked primarily with patients who are seeking weight loss through lifestyle modification, medication, and bariatric surgery. She provides both behavioral (cognitive and behavioral, motivational interviewing, etc.) and couple and family therapy to patients who have trouble setting and reaching goals and have challenges with their support systems, respectively. Dr. Pratt and herself developed the behavioral health and family therapy protocol on site and referral pathways off-site, including revamping the behavioral curriculum for an outpatient adult weight management program (the Living Well Program).


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