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Publications

Selected Publications

2023:

Effect of time-restricted eating on sex hormone levels in premenopausal and postmenopausal females.
U.S. Vietnamese parents’ trusted sources of information and preferences for intervention messaging about HPV vaccination: A mixed methods study
What Chicago community organizations needed to implement COVID-19 interventions: lessons learned in 2021

 

2022:

Mobile Health Tobacco Cessation Interventions to Promote Health Equity: Current Perspectives.
Comparative Validity of Mostly Unprocessed and Minimally Processed Food Items Differs Among Popular Commercial Nutrition Apps Compared with a Research Food Database.
The EVO study protocol for a randomized controlled evaluation trial of an optimized weight management intervention.
Adaptation and study protocol of the evidence-based Make Better Choices (MBC2) multiple diet and activity change intervention for a rural Appalachian population.
The Development of a Novel mHealth Tool for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Tracking Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Adherence as a Percentage of Time in Bed.

2021:

Sense2Stop: A micro-randomized trial using wearable sensors to optimize a just-in-time-adaptive stress management intervention for smoking relapse prevention
Race differences in predictors of weight gain among a community sample of smokers enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of a multiple behavior change intervention
Rural Residents’ Perspectives on an mHealth or Personalized Health Coaching Intervention: Qualitative Study With Focus Groups and Key Informant Interviews
Comparing Accelerometer and Self-Reported Treatment Effects in a Technology-Supported Physical Activity Intervention
Digitally characterizing the dynamics of multiple health behavior change

2020:

A Factorial Experiment to Optimize Remotely Delivered Behavioral Treatment for Obesity: Results of the Opt‐IN Study
Using the Preparation Phase of the Multiphase Optimization Strategy to Develop a Messaging Component for Weight Loss: Formative and Pilot Research
A mHealth intervention to preserve and promote ideal cardiovascular health in college students: Design and protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial
eHealth Practices in Cancer Survivors With BMI in Overweight or Obese Categories: Latent Class Analysis Study
Comparing Accelerometer and Self-Reported Treatment Effects in a Technology-Supported Physical Activity Intervention
Study protocol of the Health4Life initiative: a cluster randomised controlled trial of an eHealth school-based program targeting multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among young Australians
A Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Multiple Chronic Disease Risk Factors Among Adolescents: Co-Design and User Testing of the Health4Life School-Based Program
Breast cancer survivors’ preferences for social support features in technology-supported physical activity interventions: findings from a mixed methods evaluation
Noninferiority and equivalence tests in sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trials (SMARTs).
Predicting Persistent Disabling Low Back Pain in Veterans Affairs Primary Care Using the STarT Back Tool
Longitudinal associations between physical activity, anxiety, and depression in adults with long-term physical disabilities.

2019:

SMART: Study protocol for a sequential multiple assignment randomized controlled trial to optimize weight loss management
Toward a Health-Promoting System for Cancer Survivors: Patient and Provider Multiple Behavior Change
Perceptions of Health Behaviors and Mobile Health Applications in an Academically Elite College Population to Inform a Targeted Health Promotion Program
Counting Bites With Bits: Expert Workshop Addressing Calorie and Macronutrient Intake Monitoring
Physicians’ Perspectives on Medication Adherence and Health Promotion among Cancer Survivors
Effectiveness of school-based eHealth interventions to prevent multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sound health care economics: Provide the treatment needed (not less, not more).
Breast Cancer Survivors’ Preferences for mHealth Physical Activity Interventions: Findings from a Mixed Methods Study
Assessing recall of personal sun exposure by integrating UV dosimeter and self-reported data with a network flow framework
Resilience and Function in Adults With Chronic Physical Disabilities: A Cross-Lagged Panel Design
Secondary health conditions and social role satisfaction in adults with long-term physical disability.

2018:

Is More Always Better? Discovering Incentivized mHealth Intervention Engagement Related to Health Behavior Trends
Daily and Seasonal Influences on Dietary Self-Monitoring Using a Smartphone Application
Multicomponent mHealth Intervention for Large, Sustained Change in Multiple Diet and Activity Risk Behaviors: The Make Better Choices 2 Randomized Controlled Trial
Moderating Effects of Weather-Related Factors on a Physical Activity Intervention
Comparison of a Patient-Centered Weight Loss Program starting before versus after knee replacement: A pilot study
Moderating Effects of Weather-related Factors on a Physical Activity Intervention
Simultaneous vs. sequential treatment for smoking and weight management in tobacco quitlines: 6 and 12 month outcomes from a randomized trial
Optimization of a technology-supported physical activity intervention for breast cancer survivors: Fit2Thrive study protocol
Anxiety, depression, and function in individuals with chronic physical conditions: A longitudinal analysis

2017:

Evaluating and improving recruitment and retention in an mHealth clinical trial: an example of iterating methods during a trial
Effects of an Abbreviated Obesity Intervention Supported by Mobile Technology: The ENGAGED Randomized Clinical Trial
Lifestyle intervention effects on the frequency and duration of a daily moderate-vigorous physical activity and leisure screen time
First Steps into the Brave New Transdiscipline of Mobile Health
A systematic review of school-based eHealth interventions targeting alcohol use, smoking, physical inactivity, diet, sedentary behaviour and sleep among adolescents: a review protocol
Physical activity: a synopsis and comment on “community-wide interventions for increasing physical activity”
The Effect of Changes in Physical Activity on Sedentary Behavior: Results From a Randomized Lifestyle Intervention Trial
Personalized melanoma genomic risk information: perception of shared risk initiates sharing with family
Breast Cancer Survivors’ Preferences for Technology-Supported Exercise Interventions
Healthful Physical Activity and Diet Promotion—For the Many or the Few?
Implementation, recruitment and baseline characteristics: A randomized trial of combined treatments for smoking cessation and weight control
Resilience and Function in Adults With Physical Disabilities: An Observational Study

2016:

Mechanisms of Change in Diet and Activity in the Make Better Choices 1 Trial
mHealth Intervention to Improve Diabetes Risk Behaviors in India: A Prospective, Parallel Group Cohort Study
Breast Cancer Survivors’ Beliefs and Preferences Regarding Technology-Supported Sedentary Behavior Reduction Interventions
Comparative effectiveness of adding weight control simultaneously or sequentially to smoking cessation quitlines: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Understanding and Promoting Effective Engagement With Digital Behavior Change Interventions

2015:

Corrigendum to “Optimization of remotely delivered intensive lifestyle treatment for obesity using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy: OPT-IN study protocol
Design and protocol of a randomized multiple behavior change trial Make Better Choices 2 (MBC 2)
The Effect of Changes in Physical Activity on Sedentary Behavior: Results From a Randomized Lifestyle Intervention Trial
Smartphone applications to support weight loss: current perspectives
Automated Personalized Feedback for Physical Activity and Dietary Behavior Change With Mobile Phones: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Adults
Acceptability of smartphone technology to interrupt sedentary time in adults with diabetes
Fostering Multiple Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors for Primary Prevention of Cancer
Evaluation of an electronic health record-supported obesity management protocol implemented in a community health center: a cautionary note
Social embeddedness in an online weight management programme is linked to greater weight loss

2014:

Financial motivation undermines potential enjoyment in an intensive diet and activity intervention
Healthy Lifestyle Change and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Young Adults: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
Optimization of Remotely Delivered Intensive Lifestyle Treatment for Obesity using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy: Opt-IN Study Protocol
Individual, facility, and program factors affecting retention in a national weight management program
A group-mediated, home-based physical activity intervention for patients with peripheral artery disease: effects on social and psychological function

2013:

A Novel Approach to Cardiovascular Health By Optimizing Risk Management (ANCHOR): Behavioural Modification in Primary Care Effectively Reduces Global Risk
Better Population Health Through Behavior Change in Adults A Call to Action
Healthy apps: mobile devices for continuous monitoring and intervention
Integrating Technology into Standard Weight Loss Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2012:

A smartphone-supported weight loss program: design of the ENGAGED randomized controlled trial
Multiple Behavior Changes in Diet and Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using Mobile Technology
Financial motivation undermines maintenance in an intensive diet and activity intervention
An emerging science and praxis for research and practice teams
Developing a patient-centered medical home: synopsis and comment on “Patient preferences for shared decisions: a systematic review”
Factors and predictors of cognitive impairment in the elderly: A synopsis and comment on “Systematic Review: Factors associated with risk for and possible prevention of cognitive decline in later life”
Technology Interventions to Curb Obesity: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature
Multiple health behaviours: overview and implications
Participant Retention in the Veterans Health Administration’s MOVE! Weight Management Program, 2010

2010:

Make Better Choices (MBC): Study design of a randomized controlled trial testing optimal technology-supported change in multiple diet and physical activity risk behaviors

 

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