Lisa Barry

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Geriatrics

Research Interests

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:	BA, College of the Holy Cross, 1995 MPH, Yale University School of Public Health, Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, 1998, PhD, Yale University Graduate School, Epidemiology and Public Health, 2004
Training:	Post-doctoral Fellowship: Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 2004-2007

Selected Recent Publications

• Barry LC, Kasl SV, Prigerson HG. Psychiatric disorders among bereaved persons: The role of perceived circumstances of the death and preparedness for death. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2002; 10(4):447-457.
• Barry LC, Prigerson HG. Perspectives on preparedness for the death among bereaved persons. Connecticut Medicine 2002; 66(11):691-697.
• Barry LC, Guo Z, Kerns RD, Duong BD, Reid MC. Functional self-efficacy and pain-related disability among older veterans with chronic pain in a primary care setting. Pain 2003; 104: 131-137.
• Reid MC, Otis J, Barry LC, Kerns RD. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for chronic low back pain in older persons: a preliminary study. Pain Medicine 2003; 4(3):223-230.
• Barry LC, Kerns RD, Guo Z, Duong BD, Iannone LP, Reid MC. Identification of strategies used to cope with chronic pain in older persons receiving primary care from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2004; 52(6):950-6.
• Barry LC, Gill TM, Kerns RD, Reid MC. Identification of pain-reduction strategies used by community-dwelling older persons. Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2005;60:1569-75.
• Barry LC, Kasl SV, Lichtman J, Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM. Social support and change in health-related quality of life six months after coronary artery bypass grafting. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2006; 60(2):185-93.
• Barry LC, Kasl SV, Lichtman J, Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM. Perceived control and functional status after coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2006;13(3):229-236.
• Barry LC, Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Vaccarino V, Jones PG, Plomondon ME, Mallik ME, Krumholz HM. Patient satisfaction with treatment after acute myocardial infarction: The role of psychosocial factors. Psychosomatic Medicine 2007;69:115-123.
• Barry LC, Allore HG, Guo Z, Bruce Ml, Gill TM. Higher burden of depression among older women: The effect of onset, persistence, and mortality over time. Archives of General Psychiatry 2008;65:172-178.
• Plomondon ME, Magid DA, Masoudi FA, Jones PG, Barry LC, Havranek E, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS. Association between angina and treatment satisfaction after myocardial infarction. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2008;23:1-6.

Contact

Mailing Address
Section of Geriatrics
Department of Internal Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
20 York Street
New Haven, CT 06510

E-mail
lisa.barry@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-737-4588

Fax
203-688-4209