Area of research
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Behavioral Health and Interventions, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.
The Effects of Ethnic Identity on Discrimination and Depression and Anxiety in a Sample of Arab American Adults.
Temporal Variation in Psychosocial Factors and Physical Activity Levels Among Patients With Heart Failure.
Increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake through motivational interviewing-informed tailored digital intervention: Study protocol.
Quantifying the role of communication in recruitment status outcomes for a clinical trial on genetic testing uptake.
Cancer prevention in context: interplay of perceived discrimination, neighborhood deprivation, and cancer-related risk and protective factors.
Comparison of digital behavioral interventions to prevent alcohol misuse among adolescents ages 12 to 19: A randomized clinical trial protocol.
Cancer history and cancer risk communication among Arab-American families: Perspectives of young Arab-Americans in Michigan.
Food-Body-Mind study protocol: A mindfulness-based lifestyle intervention to promote whole child health among preschoolers from economically marginalized families.
Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans.
Parental Concerns About Child Disordered Eating Among Youth With High Weights Participating in a Motivational Interviewing-Based Behavioral Intervention.
Funding and Defunding of NIH Research Should Be Based on Real Science and Not Politics or Amorphous Constructs.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Motivational Interviewing-Based Wellness Coaching for Kids and Families (WC4K) Program in Pediatric Obesity Care: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Trial.
Evaluating an online-delivered resistance exercise intervention for racially diverse breast cancer survivors using the RE-AIM framework.
Community-Academic Engagement Strategies to Foster Research Implemented by the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium's Cancer Centers.
Patient-Centered mHealth Design for Heart Failure: Integrating Self-Determination Theory and Human-Centered Design (Preprint)
Impact of barriers and motivators on intention and confidence to undergo hereditary cancer genetic testing.
Multimodal Intervention and Child Passenger Safety Guideline Adherence in Young Children: A Sequential, Multiple-Assignment, Randomized Clinical Trial.
Personalized predictions to identify individuals most likely to achieve 10% weight loss with a lifestyle intervention
Nutrition Incentives Associated With Improved Outcomes: 2020-2023 Results From the U.S Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program.
An Intervention to Reduce Antiplatelet Use without Gastroprotection in Patients Using Warfarin: The AEGIS Cluster Randomized Trial.
Relationship between Neighborhood-Level Social Risk Factor Measures and Presenting Glaucoma Severity Utilizing Multilevel Modeling.
African American Patients' Perspectives on Determinants of Hemodialysis Adherence and Use of Motivational Interviewing to Improve Hemodialysis Adherence.
Initial and persistent changes in cancer screening in a US Midwestern community health center network following the onset of COVID-19.
Psychosocial predictors of hereditary cancer genetic testing motivation in untested individuals.
Personalized predictions to identify individuals most likely to achieve 10% weight loss with a lifestyle intervention.
A Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Intervention Among Economically Marginalized Caregiver-Preschooler Dyads: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Satisfaction.
Clinician Recommendation for Hereditary Genetic Testing in Participants at Increased Risk for Hereditary Cancer.
Food insecurity impacts neuroblastoma pathogenesis in murine xenograft tumor models.
Training in motivational interviewing for pediatricians was associated with a higher uptake of health behavior and lifestyle treatment: Results from the KP Wellness Coaching for Families and Kids (WC4K) Program.
Understanding the Intersectionality of COVID-19 Racism, Mental Distress, Alcohol Use, and Firearm Purchase Behavior Among Asian Americans.