Expert Lectures

Knee Osteoarthritis: Non-Operative Approaches to Treatment | Michael Fredericson, MD|Click here

Body Hacking: Using Exercise Physiology to Slow Aging | Anne Friedlander, PhD| Click here

Healthy Aging Class | Anne Friedlander, PhD | Click here

Team Member Publications

Books

Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything | BJ Fogg, PhD | read more
Lifestyle Medicine Handbook | Beth Frates, MD & Jonathan Bonnet, MD | read more
How to Sleep: The New Science-Based Solutions for Sleeping Through the Night | Rafael Pelayo, MD | read more
The LOVEE Method: Mindfulness Meditation for Breast Cancer | Sharon Brock, MS | read more
Lifestyle Psychiatry | Douglas Noordsy, MD | read more
The Happy Runner: Love the Process, Get Faster, Run Longer | Megan Roche, MD | read more
The Sleep Journal: A 3 month guide to help you sleep your best | Cheri Mah, MD | read more
ROAR | Stacy Sims, PhD | read more
Culinary Medicine Curriculum | Michelle Hauser, MD, chef | read more

Research Publications

Pretreatment Predictors of Weight Loss in a 12-Month Behavioral Obesity Treatment: A Signal Detection Analysis of DIETFITS | Michele L. Patel, Christopher Gardner | read more
Unlocking insights: Clinical Associations from the Largest 6-Minute Walk Test Collection Via the My Heart Counts Cardiovascular Health Study, a Fully Digital Smartphone Platform | Marily Oppezzo | read more
Fine-tuning Large Language Models in Behavioral Psychology for Scalable Physical Activity Coaching | Marily Oppezzo | read more
Yes I Can! Exploring the Impact of Self-Efficacy in a Digital Weight Loss Intervention | Michele L. Patel | read more
Evaluating a digital prehabilitation tool in patients with colorectal surgery: protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trial | Cindy Kin | read more
Genetically Predicted Lipoprotein(A) Associates with Coronary Artery Plaque Severity Independent of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol | Shoa L. Clarke | read more
Unveiling the Genetic Landscape of Coronary Artery Disease Through Common and Rare Structural Variants | Shoa L. Clarke | read more
Type 2 Diabetes Polygenic Risk Score Demonstrates Context-Dependent Effects and Associations with Type 2 Diabetes-Related Risk Factors and Complications Across Diverse Populations | Shoa L. Clarke | read more
Leveraging High-Throughput Data to estimate Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Million Veteran Program | Shoa L. Clarke | read more
Deep Learning Chest X-Ray Age, Epigenetic Aging Clocks and Associations with Age-Related Subclinical Disease in the Project Baseline Health Study | David Maron | read more
A randomized controlled trial evaluation of a smoking cessation and physical activity intervention delivered via telemedicine in the Norton Sound region of Alaska | Judith Prochaska, Marily Oppezzo | read more
Inpatient Use of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy During Heart Failure Hospitalizations Among Community-Based Health System | Alex Sandhu | read more
Metabolic Phenotype and Risk of Obesity-Related Cancers in the Women’s Health Initiative | Marcia Stefanick | read more
Adherence to a digital therapeutic mediates the relationship between momentary self-regulation and health risk behaviors | Michaela Kiernan | read more
Sex Distribution of Clinical Trial Participants: How Often Are Women Excluded? | Robert M. Kaplan | read more
2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association | Latha Palaniappan | read more
Artificial Intelligence in Ischemic Heart Disease Prevention | Fatima Rodriguez | read more
Genetics of cardiometabolic disease progression | Joshua W. Knowles | read more
A Descriptive Analysis of the Seasonal Patterns of Bone Stress Injury Incidence in Division I Collegiate Distance Runners | Michael Fredericson | read more
Weight Loss and Body Composition After Compounded Semaglutide Treatment in a Real World Setting | Rachele Pojednic | read more
Sleep, Natural Rhythms, and Changing the Clock | Feby Maria Puravath-Manikat | read more
The State of Social Connection in the Modern World: Insights from the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey | Steven Crane | read more
Distinct Gut Microbiota Profiles in Normal Weight Obesity and Their Association with Cardiometabolic Diseases: Results from Two Independent Cohort Studies | Ann Hsing | read more
Ultrasound as a Predictor of Time-loss Injury for the Patellar Tendon, Achilles Tendon and Plantar Fascia in Division I Collegiate Athletes | Michael Fredericson | read more
Prevalence and Predictors of Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer in Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis | Ann Hsing | read more
Minimally Invasive Needle Tenotomy vs. Platelet Rich Plasma Injection in the Treatment of Chronic Elbow Epicondylitis | Matt Kaufman | read more
Optimizing Orthobiologic Therapies with Exercise, Diet, and Supplements | Matt Kaufman, Michael Fredericson | read more
Premorbid Predictors of Death at Initial Presentation of Coronary Heart Disease in the Women’s Health Initiative Study | read more
Association Between Frailty and Preoperative Decision-Making in Rectal Prolapse Repair | Brooke Gurland | read more
International Delphi Consensus on Bone Stress Injuries in Athletes | Michael Fredericson, Emily Kraus | read more
Changing Mindsets About Methotrexate in the Rheumatology Clinic to Reduce Side Effects and Improve Adherence: a Randomized Controlled Trial | Alia Crum | read more
VA Physicians Intent to Leave and Correlations to Drivers of Burnout: A Cross-sectional Study | Robert C. Oh | read more
High Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) Intake and Low Dietary Quality Are Not Synonymous – A Case for Limiting Most but Not All UPFs in Plant-Based Diets | Christopher Gardner | read more
Yes I Can! Exploring the Impact of Self-efficacy in a Digital Weight Loss Intervention | Christpher Gardner | read more
Associations Between Dietary and Supplemental Vitamin A Intake and Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer | Marcia Stefanick | Read More
Geographical Patterns in Obesity and Other Lifestyle Risk Factors Associated with Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis and Survival | Marcia Stefanick | Read More
Influence Of Physical Activity Measurement on the Association Between Life’s Essential 8 and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Older Women | Marcia Stefanick | Read More
Nutritional Interventions for Indigenous Adults in Canada – Opportunities to Sustain Health and Cultural Practices: A Scoping Review | Levi Frehlich | Read More
Low Energy Availability Surrogates are Associated with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport Outcomes in Male Athletes | Emily Kraus | Read More
Intensive, Real-Time Data Collection of Psychological and Physiological Stress During a 96-Hour Field Training Exercise at a Senior Military College| Rachele Pojednic | Read More
Beyond Phase Shifting: Targeting Circadian Amplitude for Light Interventions in Humans | Jamie Zeitzer | Read More
A Randomized Clinical Trial Testing Digital Mindset Intervention for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain and Activity Improvement | Alia Crum | Read More
The impact of screen use on sleep health across the lifespan: A National Sleep Foundation consensus statement | Jamie Zeitzer | read more
Perils of the nighttime: Impact of behavioral timing and preference on mental health in 73,888 community-dwelling adults | Jamie Zeitzer| read more
Nutritional Supplements for Healthy Aging: A Critical Analysis Review | Michael Fredericson | read more
Impaired 24-h activity patterns are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and cognitive decline | Jamie Zeitzer | read more
The Association Between Well-Being and Empathy in Medical Residents: A Cross-Sectional Survey | Michael Fredericson | read more
The Healthspan Project: A Retrospective Pilot of Biomarkers and Biometric Outcomes after a 6-Month Multi-Modal Wellness Intervention | read more
Promise of Lifestyle Medicine for Heart Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, and Cerebrovascular Diseases | Rachele Pojednic | read more
CH4, H2S, and H2O: How Do They Relate to Microbiome-Driven IBS Pathogenesis? | Sean Spencer| read more
A threshold by any other name: is 5 minutes of wake “long” enough to degrade sleep quality? | Jamie Zeitzer | read more
Mediation analysis of the associations between neighbourhood walkability and greenness, accelerometer-measured physical activity, and health-related fitness in urban dwelling Canadians | read more
Low-Carbohydrate and Ketogenic Dietary Patterns for Type 2 Diabetes Management | read more
Association of dietary adherence and dietary quality with weight loss success among those following low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets | read more
Remote Telemonitoring with a Human Touch: a Promising Addition to Post-discharge Care for Surgical Patients | Cindy Kin | read more
International society of sports nutrition position stand: nutritional concerns of the female athlete | Stacy Sims | read more
Content and Face Validation of the Lifestyle Medicine Assessment | Jonathan Bonnet | read more
Higher Triad Risk Scores Are Associated with Increased Risk for Trabecular-Rich Bone Stress Injuries in Female Runners | Michael Fredericson | read more
Personalized digital behaviour interventions increase short-term physical activity: a randomized control crossover trial substudy of the MyHeart Counts Cardiovascular Health Study | Ali Javed | read more
Menstrual Cycle Tracking in Sports Research: Challenges, Progress, and Future Directions | read more
Nutrition Interventions on Muscle-Related Components of Sarcopenia in Females: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials | Rachele Pojednic | read more
Light at night and mental health, cause or consequence? | JamieZeitzer | read more
American College of Lifestyle Medicine Expert Consensus Statement: Lifestyle Medicine for Optimal Outcomes in Primary Care | Jonathan P. Bonnet | read more
Changing Mindsets About Side Effects of the COVID-19 Vaccination: A Randomized Controlled Trial | Alia Crum | read more
The Role of Physical Exercise in Cognitive Preservation: A Systematic Review | Matt Kaufman, Douglas Noordsy | read more
Measuring intra-individual physical activity variability using consumer-grade activity devices | Marily Oppezzo | read more
Spread of Makoyoh’sokoi (Wolf Trail): a community led, physical activity-based, holistic wellness program for Indigenous women in Canada | Levi Frehlich | read more
Popular Dietary Trends’ Impact on Athletic Performance: A Critical Analysis Review | Matthew Kaufman, Maya Shetty , Marily Oppezzo Michael Fredericson | read more
Healthy Runner Project: a 7-year, multisite nutrition education intervention to reduce bone stress injury incidence in collegiate distance runners | Michael Fredericson | read more
The Future of Yoga for Mental Health Care | Douglas L Noordsy | read more
The Impact of Supplements on Sports Performance for the Trained Athlete: A Critical Analysis | Matthew W Kaufman, Michael Fredericson | read more
Mobile Health Study Incorporating Novel Fitness Test | Ali Javed, Marily Oppezzo | read more
Traditional Heart-Healthy Diet and Medication Adherence in the Norton Sound Region: An 18-Month Telehealth Intervention | Marily Oppezzo | read more
What moves you? Physical activity strategies in older women | Marily Oppezzo, Marcia L Stefanick | read more
Prevalence of Female and Male Athlete Triad Risk Factors in Ultramarathon Runners | Michael Fredericson| read more
Evidence-Based Medicine Training in United States-Based Physiatry Residency Programs | Michael Fredericson | read more
Incorporating Lifestyle Medicine into Primary Care Practice: Perceptions and Practices of Family Physicians | Jonathan Bonnet | read more
Twitter-based social support group vs Fitbit only to decrease sedentary behavior in women | Marily Oppezzo | read more
Low-Energy Availability and the Electronic Preparticipation Examination in College Athletes: Is There a Better Way to Screen? | Michael Fredericson | read more
The Lifestyle Psychiatry project of the WPA Section on Medicine, Psychiatry and Primary Care | Douglas Noordsy| read more
Development of Culinary and Self-Care Programs in Diverse Settings: Theoretical Considerations and Available Evidence | Jonathan Bonnet | read more
Dietary Supplement Use According to Sex and Triad Risk Factors in Collegiate Endurance Runners | Michael Fredericson| read more
The Doctor Will See You After Your Workout | Jonathan Bonnet | read more
Digital Care for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: 10,000 Participant Longitudinal Cohort Study | Michael Fredericson| read more
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Training in US Professional Endurance Athletes | Douglas Noordsy, Michael Fredericson | read more
Vitamin D for Improved Bone Health and Prevention of Stress Fractures: A Review of the Literature | Michael Fredericson | read more
Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Blood Glucose, Food Cravings, and Affect in a Non-Diabetic: An N-of-1 Randomized Pilot Study | Marily Oppezzo| read more
Youth Distance Running: Strategies for Training and Injury Reduction | Michael Fredericson | read more
Lifestyle as Medicine: The Case for a True Health Initiative | Jonathan Bonnet | read more
Therapeutic Potential of Physical Exercise in Early Psychosis | Douglas L Noordsy | read more
Give your ideas some legs: the positive effect of walking on creative thinking | Marily Oppezzo| read more
Long-Term Effect of Randomization to Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Health in Older Women: Postintervention Follow-up of a Randomized Clinical Trial | Marcia Stefanick | read more
The Healthspan Project: A Retrospective Pilot of Biomarkers and Biometric Outcomes after a 6-Month Multi-Modal Wellness Intervention | Rachele Pojednic | read more
Low physical function Post-Cancer diagnosis is associated with higher mortality risk in postmenopausal women | Marcia Stefanick | read more
Resisting weight gain with prebiotic fibre | Sean Spencer | read more
The Association Between Well-Being and Empathy in Medical Residents: A Cross-Sectional Survey | Thea Swenson, Megan Roche, Marily Oppezzo, Douglas Noordsy, Michael Fredericson | read more
Impaired 24-h activity patterns are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and cognitive decline | Jamie Zeitzer | read more
Emotion regulation and heart rate variability may identify the optimal posttraumatic stress disorder treatment: analyses from a randomized controlled trial | Jamie Zeitzer | read more
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract State-of-the-Art Session 2022: Frailty in Surgery | Cindy Kin | read more
Effect of the Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative on Employee Health Habits and Body Weight: A 12-Month Workplace Wellness Trial | Jonathan Bonnet | read more
Dietary intervention favorably influences physical functioning: the Women’s Health Initiative randomized Dietary Modification trial | Marcia Stefanick | read more
Nutritional Supplements for Healthy Aging: A Critical Analysis Review | Matthew Kaufman | read more
Webinar: The role of GLP-1RA medications and lifestyle medicine | Jonathan Bonnet | for providers | for patients
“It’s different than a doctor saying ‘You’re making the right choice'”: A qualitative study of chaplains’ experience caring for patients undergoing abortion in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia | Bruce Feldstein | read more
Medicine plus mindset: A mixed-methods evaluation of a novel mindset-focused training for primary care teams | Alia Crum | read more
The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trials and Clinical Practice: A Review | Marcia Stefanick | read more
Serving Up FLAN. A Food Literacy and Nutrition Intervention to Fend Off Food Insecurity | Michelle Hauser | read more
Perils of the nighttime: Impact of behavioral timing and preference on mental health in 73,888 community-dwelling adults | Jamie Zeitzer | read more
Association of Insomnia with Objective Short Sleep Duration and Other Phenotypes with Mortality in Older Persons | Jamie Zeitzer | read more
Expanding the data Ark: an attempt to make the data from highly cited social science papers publicly available | Royal Society Open Science | Steven Crane | read more
International society of sports nutrition position stand: ketogenic diets | Stacy Sims | read more
Female RNA concussion (FeRNAC) study: assessing hormone profiles and salivary RNA in females with concussion by emergency departments in New Zealand: a study protocol | Stacy Sims | read more
Differences in Injury Profiles Between Female and Male Athletes Across the Participant Classification Framework: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Stacy Sims | read more
Biomechanical and Biological Factors of Sexual Dimorphism in Anterior Knee Pain: Current Concepts | Michael Fredericson | read more
The association between overuse and musculoskeletal injuries and the female athlete triad in Division I collegiate athletes | Michael Fredericson | read more
Analysis of Common Exercise Modalities in Improving Athletic Performance in Older Adults: A Narrative Review | Michael Fredericson, Anne Friedlander, Matthew Kaufman, Levi Frehlich | read more
Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease in US Women with and without Breast Cancer | Marcia Stefanick | read more
The relationship between cardiometabolic abnormalities and mortality among women with and without cancer in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). | Marcia Stefanick | read more
The relationship between neighbourhood built characteristics, physical activity, and health-related fitness in urban dwelling Canadian adults: A mediation analysis. | Levi Frehlich | read more
Telehealth is effective for pelvic health physical therapy | Brooke Gurland | read more
Development of a Consensus Derived Synoptic Operative Report for Rectal Prolapse: A Report From the Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium| Brooke Gurland | read more
Data release and baseline analysis of the largest collection of 6-minute walk tests: the My Heart Counts Cardiovascular Health Study, a fully digital smartphone platform | Marily Oppezzo | read more
Vida Sana y Completa: A randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of diabetes prevention with and without medically supportive groceries among Latina women | Michelle Hauser | read more
Documentary films can increase nationwide interest in plant-based food | Jessica Hope | read more
Sleep insufficiency and bedtime irregularity in children with ADHD: A population-based analysis | Jamie Zeitzer | read more
The impact of screen use on sleep health across the lifespan: A National Sleep Foundation consensus statement | Jamie Zeitzer | read more
TPPP-BRD9 Fusion-Related Gallbladder Carcinomas are Frequently Associated with Intracholecystic Neoplasia, Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, and a Distinctive Small Tubular-Type Adenocarcinoma Commonly Accompanied with a Syringomatous Pattern | Ann Hsing | read more
Multinational, Multicenter Evaluation of Prostate Cancer Tissue in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities | Ann Hsing | read more
Diet Quality and Resilience through Adulthood: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the WELL for Life Study | Ann Hsing | read more
Neighbourhood Built Characteristics and their Associations with Health-related Fitness in Adults | Levi Frehlich | read more
Neighbourhood walkability and greenspace and their associations with health-related fitness in urban dwelling Canadian adults | Levi Frehlich | read more
The Association Between Well-Being and Empathy in Medical Residents: A Cross-Sectional Survey | Marily Oppezzo, Douglas Noordsy, Michael Fredericson | read more
Pediatric Lipid Screening Prevalence Using Nationwide Electronic Medical Records | Emily Kraus | read more
Incarnation and decay: reconciling the organizational decision-making and organizational institutional theory perspectives on budgetary research | Matt Kaufman | read more
The Cadet Athlete Physical Training Intervention (CAPTI): A 16-week periodized program to remediate underdeveloped tactical athletes at a senior military college | Rachele Pojednic | read more
Gastrointestinal Surgical Patient and Multidisciplinary Healthcare Provider Beliefs and Practices Around Perioperative Nutrition: A Mixed-Methods Study | Carlie Arbaugh and Cindy Kim | read more
Examining the association of vaccine-related mindsets and post-vaccination antibody response, side effects, and affective outcomes | Alia Crum | read more
Dietary Supplementation on Physical Performance and Recovery in Active-Duty Military Personnel: A Systematic Review of Randomized and Quasi-Experimental Controlled Trials | Rachele Pojednic | read more
Critical Action Steps to Take as Certified Exercise Professional in a Rapidly Evolving Healthcare Market | Rachele Pojednic | read more
New study reveals how your neighbourhood impacts your health: Key factors for students to consider when moving | Levi Frehlich | read more
Study reveals how urban design shapes health of Canadian adults | Levi Frehlich | read more
Effect of Low-Carbohydrate vs Low-Fat Diet Intervention on Visceral Fat in a 12-Month Randomized Controlled Trial | Marcia Stefanick | read more
Life’s Essential 8 and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in U.S. Women with Breast Cancer | Marcia Stefanick | read more
A randomized controlled trial evaluation of a smoking cessation and physical activity intervention delivered via telemedicine in the Norton Sound region of Alaska | Marily Oppezzo | read more
No thank and not for me: A qualitative study of barriers to prehabilitation participation | Cindy Kin | read more
How many days are enough? Sleep-wake regularity and fragmentation scores change with the number of days included | Jamie Zeitzer | read more