Professor, psychologist, NIH-funded scientist. Digital health, social media, healthy lifestyle. Past prez @behavioralmed. Occasional writer about relationships and health.
Sherry Pagoto, PhD
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I had a ball as guest on this podcast discussing ADHD and creativity, feat. Netflix Dream Home’s Erik Curtis and others with ADHD sharing how they harnessed their neurodivergence into creative careers and the bumps they experienced along the way. 👇🏼
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6mN5...
Canvas may be down but us Blackboard Ultra users still can't figure out where anything is so at this point it's a tie.
Best moment in a romcom ever
#robreiner
New study finds that having a first child before age 26 was associated with lower income, less education, and lower self-rated health and mental health.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
I was excited to provide my two cents in this @everydayhealth.bsky.social piece on new study findings showing mental health improvements in GLP-1 users:
☑️ 44% lower risk of depression
☑️ 38% lower risk of anxiety
☑️ 47% lower risk of substance use disorder
www.everydayhealth.com/obesity/glp-...
Should you marry within your political party? Probably.
Study shows that very few couples have dissimilar political ideologies (only 8%) and having dissimilar political ideologies is associated with lower relationship satisfaction.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39052389/
Here’s how the NIH became the backbone of American research and a major driver of economic growth theconversation.com/how-the-nih-...
The US is home to only 3 of the top 25 universities globally in research impact (#3, #20, and #23).
In 2009, we were home to 15 out of 25, including the #1 spot.
It would be the unforced error of the century to scale back on our national investment in science now.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Is technology, especially social media, the very technology meant to connect us, eroding our social skills and driving us into social isolation?
I put this idea forth in my latest piece in @psychologytoday.com.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shri...
I think that this is bigly important.
I fear that lots of other things may contribute (synergistically?) to the avoidance of "respectful confrontation" (as amazeballs dude Joe Weston teaches), but it all matters.
TY, @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social, for so clearly laying this out.
