Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Tricia Leahey
University of Connecticut Storrs, Department: Other Health Professions
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WayBetter Inc.
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Tricia Leahey is the entity’s chief scientist and is paid for it.
WayBetter Inc. does business in diet online gaming. The research on the NIH-funded project is also in the area of weight loss.
A Randomized Trial Testing Lay Health Coaches for Obesity Treatment
Lay health coaches are being used to promote health behavior change between health care visits. Despite their increased use, there are few randomized trials testing the effects of lay health coaches on treatment outcomes, and no one has tested lay health coaches for obesity treatment. The purpose of the proposed project is to test the two types of lay health coaches, Peer Health Coaches and Mentor Health Coaches, for obesity treatment; if successful; this innovative approach could have a substantial public health impact and greatly inform current obesity treatment efforts.
Filed on June 24, 2016.
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Tricia Leahey filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tricia Leahey | University of Connecticut Storrs | Conflict of Interest | WayBetter Inc. | $5,000 - $9,999 |
Notes: When a more specific filing date is not available for an individual financial disclosure or conflict of interest form, we use the year the form was filed. If the year was not disclosed, we report the range of years covered by our public records requests. In a few cases, a start date was provided instead of a filing date. In those cases, we use the start date instead.
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