Senior Staff

See below for bios and publication lists for our senior staff.

Staff

  • Lynne E. Broderick, M.P.H. Project Manager
  • Keith Brown, M.F.A. Creative Director
  • Patty Castle, M.A. Project Manager
  • Diane D’Attilio Administrative Assistant to the President & CEO
  • Sharon J. Dyment, M.P.H. Project Manager & Grants Submission Specialist
  • Neil Greene, B.A. Senior Project Assistant
  • Julie Padula, B.A. Project Manager & IRB Administrator
  • Hamza Rafiq System Administrator
  • Anthony E. Robinson, CFE, CGFM Financial Consultant
  • Karen Sherman, B.A. Associate Project Manager
  • Deborah Van Marter, M.P.H. Senior Project Manager
  • Susanne Vieira Project Assistant

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Leanne M. Mauriello, Ph.D.

Director of Health Behavior Change Projects

lmauriello@prochange.com

Dr. Mauriello concentrates in developing interventions for nutrition, exercise, and stress management.

She is Principal Investigator on a Phase II NIH grant to develop and test a multiple behavior multi-media obesity prevention program for high school students and has conducted preliminary work in applying the Transtheoretical Model to obesity prevention for elementary and middle school students. She is also the recipient of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Phase I grant to develop and pilot test a multiple behavior change program for underserved pregnant women.

Dr. Mauriello received her Master’s and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Rhode Island.

Publications

Mauriello, L. M., Sherman, K. J., Driskell, M. M., & Prochaska, J. M. (2007). Using interactive behavior change technology to intervene on physical activity and nutrition with adolescents. Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, 18, 383-399.

Mauriello, L. M., Rossi, J. S., Fava, J. L., Redding, C. A., Robbins, M., Prochaska, J., & Meier, K. (2007). Assessment of the pros and cons of stress management among adolescents: Development and validation of a decisional balance measure. American Journal of Health Promotion, 22, 140-143.

Driskell, M. M., Dyment, S. J., Mauriello, L. M., Castle, P. H., & Sherman, K. J. (in press). Relationships Among Multiple Behaviors for Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Prevention. Preventive Medicine.

Mauriello, L. M., Driskell, M. M., Sherman, K. J., Johnson, S. S., Prochaska, J. M., & Prochaska, J. O. (2006). Acceptability of a school-based intervention for the prevention of adolescent obesity. Journal of School Nursing, 22, 269-277.

Prochaska, J. M., Mauriello, L. M., Sherman, K. J., Harlow, L., Silver, B., & Trubatch, J. (2006). Assessing readiness to advance women scientists using the Transtheoretical Model. Sex Roles: A Research Journal, 54, 869-880.

Evers, K. E., Prochaska, J. O., Johnson, J. L., Mauriello, L. M., Padula, J. A., & Prochaska, J. M. (2006). A randomized clinical trial of a population and Transtheoretical model-based stress-management intervention. Health Psychology, 25, 521-529.

Johnson, J.L., Evers, K.E., Paiva, A.L., Prochaska, J.O., Van Marter, D.F., Prochaska, J.M., Mauriello, L.M., Cummins, C.O., and Padula, J.A. (2006). Prevention profiles: Understanding youth who do not use substances. Addictive Behaviors, 31, 1593-1606.

Mauriello, L. M., Driskell, M.M., Castle, P. H., Johnson, J. L., Evers, K. E., Prochaska, J. M., & Prochaska, J. O. (June 2005). Application of the Transtheoretical Model to Behaviors Related to Obesity Prevention among Elementary School Students: Data Analysis and Measurement Development Report. West Kingston, RI: Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc.

Mauriello, L. M., Driskell, M.M., Castle, P. H., Johnson, J. L., Evers, K. E., Johnson, S. S., Prochaska, J. M., & Prochaska, J. O. (February 2005). Application of the Transtheoretical Model to Behaviors Related to Obesity Prevention among Middle School Students: Data Analysis and Measurement Development Report. West Kingston, RI: Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc.

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