Area of research
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Pharmacy
Research interest
Research interests include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Obesity and Health Practices, Nutritional Studies and Diet, and Eating Disorders and Behaviors.
Primary care-based screening and recruitment for an adolescent depression prevention trial: Contextual considerations during a youth mental health crisis
Comparing the gut microbiome of obese, African American, older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment
Current Approaches to Serving Catchment Areas in Cancer Centers: Insights from the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium Population Science Working Group
Design of the Building Research in CRC prevention (BRIDGE-CRC) trial: a 6-month, parallel group Mediterranean diet and weight loss randomized controlled lifestyle intervention targeting the bile acid-gut microbiome axis to reduce colorectal cancer risk among African American/Black adults with obesity
Exploring the Effects of a Mediterranean Diet and Weight Loss on the Gut Microbiome and Cognitive Performance in Older, African American Obese Adults: A Post Hoc Analysis
Effect of Mediterranean diet and Mediterranean diet plus calorie restriction on cognition, lifestyle, and cardiometabolic health: A randomized clinical trial
A systematic review of the implementation of obesity prevention interventions in early childcare and education settings using the RE-AIM framework
Role of gender in perspectives of discrimination, stigma, and attitudes relative to cervical cancer in rural Sénégal
The SHARED Project: A Novel Approach to Engaging African American Men to Address Lung Cancer Disparities
Relationship Between Grocery Shopping Frequency and Home- and Individual-Level Diet Quality Among Low-Income Racial or Ethnic Minority Households With Preschool-Aged Children
Building research in diet and cognition (BRIDGE): Baseline characteristics of older obese African American adults in a randomized controlled trial to examine the effect of the Mediterranean diet with and without weight loss on cognitive functioning
Society of behavioral medicine statement on COVID-19 and rural health
Society of Behavioral Medicine Call to Action: Include obesity/overweight management education in health professional curricula and provide coverage for behavior-based treatments of obesity/overweight most commonly provided by psychologists, dieticians, counselors, and other health care professionals and include such providers on all multidisciplinary teams treating patients who have overweight or obesity
A Two-Way Interactive Text Messaging Application for Low-Income Patients with Chronic Medical Conditions: Design-Thinking Development Approach
Comparative Effectiveness Trial of an Obesity Prevention Intervention in EFNEP and SNAP-ED: Primary Outcomes
Integrating a Medical Home in an Outpatient Dialysis Setting: Effects on Health-Related Quality of Life
Withdrawn as duplicate: Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) urges Congress to ensure efforts to increase and enhance broadband internet access in rural areas
Fit & Strong! Plus Trial Outcomes for Obese Older Adults with Osteoarthritis
Nutrition risk among an ethnically diverse sample of community-dwelling older adults
Facilitating primary care provider use in a patient-centered medical home intervention study for chronic hemodialysis patients
The relationship between home- and individual-level diet quality among African American and Hispanic/Latino households with young children
Associations between fiber intake and Body Mass Index (BMI) among African-American women participating in a randomized weight loss and maintenance trial
Building research in diet and cognition: The BRIDGE randomized controlled trial
Weight and Veterans’ Environments Study (WAVES) I and II: Rationale, Methods, and Cohort Characteristics
Measures of economic advantage associated with HPV-positive head and neck cancers among non-Hispanic black and white males identified through the National Cancer Database
Racial differences in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas among non-Hispanic black and white males identified through the National Cancer Database (1998–2012)
Evaluating a novel health system intervention for chronic kidney disease care using the RE-AIM framework: Insights after two years
Society of Behavioral Medicine supports implementation of high quality lung cancer screening in high-risk populations
Hip-Hop to Health Jr. Randomized Effectiveness Trial
Retaining traditionally hard to reach participants: Lessons learned from three childhood obesity studies