Area of research
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress, Nutritional Studies and Diet, and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations.
Providing diabetes prevention services and navigating care transitions: perspectives from primary care providers.
Preferences for receiving diabetes prevention support and factors influencing healthy eating and physical activity and among patients with prediabetes in Chicago, Illinois.
Examining the reach of a diabetes screening program in an urban emergency department.
Diabetes Screening in the Emergency Department: Development of a Predictive Model for Elevated Hemoglobin A1c.
Socioecologic Factors and Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Multigene Prognostic Scores in US Women
Socioecologic Factors and Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Multigene Prognostic Scores in US Women.
Race/Ethnicity Modifies the Relationship Between Diet Quality at the Home- and Individual-Levels and Weight Status Among African American and Hispanic/Latinx Households With Preschool-Age Children.
Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation and Sustainability of Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions in Early Childcare Settings: a Systematic Review.
Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation and Sustainability of Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions in Early Childcare Settings: a Systematic Review
Perceived factors that influence adoption, implementation and sustainability of an evidence-based intervention promoting healthful eating and physical activity in childcare centers in an urban area in the United States serving children from low-income, racially/ethnically diverse families.
Validation of a self-report home food availability checklist against in-home food inventories conducted in low-income Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx households with preschool-age children.
Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) does not support "Public Charge Rule" changes affecting immigrants' food security.
A systematic review of the implementation of obesity prevention interventions in early childcare and education settings using the RE-AIM framework
A systematic review of the implementation of obesity prevention interventions in early childcare and education settings using the RE-AIM framework.
Relationship Between Grocery Shopping Frequency and Home- and Individual-Level Diet Quality Among Low-Income Racial or Ethnic Minority Households With Preschool-Aged Children
A Longitudinal Mixed Method Approach for Assessing Implementation Context and Process Factors: Comparison of Three Sites from a Housing First Implementation Strategy Pilot.
Relationship Between Grocery Shopping Frequency and Home- and Individual-Level Diet Quality Among Low-Income Racial or Ethnic Minority Households With Preschool-Aged Children.
Pre-diagnostic carbohydrate intake and treatment failure after radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer.
The relationship between home- and individual-level diet quality among African American and Hispanic/Latino households with young children
A Quiescent Bcl11b High Stem Cell Population Is Required for Maintenance of the Mammary Gland
Hip-Hop to Health Jr. Randomized Effectiveness Trial
Retaining traditionally hard to reach participants: Lessons learned from three childhood obesity studies
Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance of the Child Feeding Questionnaire in low-income Hispanic and African-American mothers with preschool-age children
Systematic review of behavioural interventions with culturally adapted strategies to improve diet and weight outcomes in <scp>A</scp>frican <scp>A</scp>merican women
The effects of separate and combined dietary weight loss and exercise on fasting ghrelin concentrations in overweight and obese women: a randomized controlled trial
The 18-Month Impact of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Food Package Revisions on Diets of Recipient Families
Society of Behavioral Medicine position statement: elementary school-based physical activity supports academic achievement
Effects of individual and combined dietary weight loss and exercise interventions in postmenopausal women on adiponectin and leptin levels
Family‐based hip‐hop to health: Outcome results
Independent and combined effects of dietary weight loss and exercise on leukocyte telomere length in postmenopausal women