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Publications

  • Buro AW, Baskin M, Miller D, Ward T, West DS, Gore LR, Gwede CK, Epel E, Carson TL.

Rationale and study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a culturally relevant, stress management enhancement behavioral weight loss intervention on weight loss outcomes of Black women. BMC Public Health. 2022. Accepted. PMID: 35090433

 

  • Tiffany L. Carson, Acadia W. Buro, Darci Miller, Alissa Pena, Jamy D. Ard, Johanna W. Lampe, Nengjun Yi, Elliot Lefkowitz, Van Der Pol William, Casey Morrow, Landon Wilson, Stephen Barnes, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried.
    Rationale and study protocol for a randomized controlled feeding study to determine the structural- and functional-level effects of diet-specific interventions on the gut microbiota of non-Hispanic black and white adults. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2022. Accepted. PMID: 36265810

 

  • Buro AW, Crowder SL, Rozen E, Stern M, Carson TL.

Lifestyle Interventions with Mind-Body or Stress-Management Practices for Cancer Survivors: A Rapid Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 14;20(4):3355. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043355. PMID: 36834048; PMCID: PMC9964062.

 

  • Brown NI, Buro AW, Jones R, Himmelgreen D, Dumford AD, Conner K, Stern M, DeBate R.

Multi-Level Determinants of Food Insecurity among Racially and Ethnically Diverse College Students. Nutrients. 2023 Sep 20;15(18):4065. doi: 10.3390/nu15184065. PMID: 37764847; PMCID: PMC10535142.

 

  • Buro AW, Nguyen T, Abaskaron M, Haver MK, Carson TL.

Lifestyle interventions with dietary strategies after breast cancer diagnosis: a systematic review. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 Jul;206(1):1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10549-024-07278-x. Epub 2024 Mar 29. PMID: 38551752.

 

  • Carson TL, Byrd DA, Smith KS, Carter D, Gomez M, Abaskaron M, Little RB, Holmes ST, van Der Pol WJ, Lefkowitz EJ, Morrow CD, Fruge AD.

A case-control study of the association between the gut microbiota and colorectal cancer: exploring the roles of diet, stress, and race. Gut Pathog. 2024 Mar 11;16(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s13099-024-00608-w. PMID: 38468325; PMCID: PMC10929127.

 

  • Sauls RM, Buro AW, Kirby RS.

Lifestyle Behavioral Interventions and Health-Related Outcomes Among People with Epilepsy: A Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Health Promot. 2024 Jun;38(5):720-730. doi: 10.1177/08901171241235731. Epub 2024 Feb 27. PMID: 38414186.

 

  • Brown NI, Sauls R, Almendares M, Gray HL, Stern M.

Factors impacting physical activity among post-treatment pediatric cancer survivors with overweight and obesity. Eur J Pediatr. 2024 Jul;183(7):3129-3136. doi: 10.1007/s00431-024-05584-6. Epub 2024 Apr 26. PMID: 38668797.

 

  • Turner K, Kim DW, Gonzalez BD, Gore LR, Gurd E, Milano J, Riccardi D, Byrne M, Al-Jumayli M, de Castria TB, Laber DA, Hoffe S, Costello J, Robinson E, Chadha JS, Rajasekhara S, Hume E, Hagen R, Nguyen OT, Nardella N, Parker N, Carson TL, Tabriz AA, Hodul P. Support Through Remote Observation and Nutrition Guidance (STRONG), a digital health intervention to reduce malnutrition among pancreatic cancer patients: A study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2024 Feb 23;38:101271. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2024.101271. PMID: 38440777; PMCID: PMC10910065.

 

  • Brown N*, Henderson J, Stern M, Carson TL. The Health-Related Benefits and Adherence for Multiple Short Bouts of Aerobic Physical Activity among Adults (in press).

 

  • Stein Elger R, Chowdhury SK, Pacheco Garrillo M, Sauls R, Sundaramurugan S, Rozen E, Puri H, Brice DJ, Liu J, Bakour C, Kirby RS. The Role of Adverse Childhood Experience in the Relationship Between Autism Severity and Early Intervention and Special Education Plan. J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Jun 29. doi: 10.1007/s10803-024-06444-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38951310.

 

  • Cui J, Arevalo M, Chavez M, Maconi ML, Geiss C, Vadaparampil ST, Barrios-Monroy V, Pena A, Christy SM. A Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research-based process to develop theoretically-informed human papillomavirus vaccination educational materials for young adults. Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Jun;123:108200. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108200. Epub 2024 Feb 12. PMID: 38368784; PMCID: PMC10997454.

 

  • Sauls R, Crowder SL, James C, Khimani F, Stern M. Quality of life in the digital age: young adult hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients and healthcare providers' views of telehealth. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Apr 5;32(4):270. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08482-7. PMID: 38578444; PMCID: PMC11331562.

 

  • Sauls RM*, Buro AW, Brown N*, Riccardi D, Mallory M, Hoover S, Laronga C, Pabbathi S, Carson TL. Lifestyle Behaviors and Needs After Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Qualitative Assessment. Am J Health Promot. 2024 Jul 20:8901171241266562. doi: 10.1177/08901171241266562. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39033310.

 

  • Carson TL, Rivers D, Doerr V, Haver MK, Byrd DA. The intersection of the microbiome and adiposity in cancer risk and outcomes: Breast, endometrial, and colorectal cancers. Curr Epidemiol Rep. (in press).

 

  • Hoogland AI,+ Barata A,+ Li X, Irizarry-Arroyo N, Jain MD, Welniak T, Rodriguez Y, Oswald LB, Gudenkauf LM, Chavez JC, Khimani F, Lazaryan A, Liu HD, Nishihori T, Pinilla-Ibarz J, Shah BD, Carson TL, Vinci CE, Pidala JA, Logue J, Locke FL, Jim HSL. Prospective assessment of quality of life and patient-reported toxicities over the first year after CAR T-cell therapy. Transplant Cell Therapy. (In press). +Co-first authors.

 

  • Crowder SL, Gudenkauf LM, Hoogland AI, Han HS, Small BJ, Carson TL, Parker NH, Booth-Jones M, Jim HS. The current state of science for cancer-related cognitive impairment: Can the MIND Diet serve as an opportunity for prevention or mitigation? Cancer Research (in press).

 

 

Abstracts

  • Cottrell-Daniels, C.*, Henderson, J.Z., Rozen, E.R., White, D.M., & Carson, T.L. Stress and coping strategies among Black women enrolled in a behavioral weight loss intervention. Talk accepted for Live Research Spotlight presentation at the Society for Behavioral Medicine 45th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. March 2024.

 

  • Cottrell-Daniels, C.*, Henderson, J.Z., Rozen, E.R., White, D.M., & Carson, T.L. Examining individual-level differences in stress and coping strategies among Black women enrolled in a behavioral weight loss intervention. Poster accepted for presentation at the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society 81st Annual Meeting, Brighton, UK. March 2024.

 

  • Brown NI*, Sauls R*, Buro AW, Rozen E, Riccardi D, Mallory M, Laronga C, Hoover S, Pabbathi S, Carson TL. Integrating Nutritional Consultations following Breast Cancer Diagnosis. Poster presentation at the Obesity Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. November 2024.

 

  • Rozen, E.*, Brown, N., Sauls, R., Buro, A.W., Stern, M., Carson, T.L. Exploring sources of social support for physical activity among young adult cancer survivors. Poster accepted for presentation at the 6th Global Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Congress, Melbourne, Australia. December 2024.

 

Poster Presentations

  • Rozen, E., Brown, N., Sauls, R., Buro, A.W., Stern, M., Carson, T.L. (December 2024). Exploring sources of social support for physical activity among young adult cancer survivors. Poster accepted for presentation at the 6th Global Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Congress, Melbourne, Australia.

 

  • Brown, N.I., Sauls, R., Buro, A.W., Rozen, E., Riccardi, D., Mallory, M., Laronga, C., Hoover, S., Pabbathi, S., Carson, T.L. (November 2024). Integrating Nutritional Consultations following Breast Cancer Diagnosis. Poster presentation at the Obesity Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX

 

  • Antoine, K., Sauls, R., Rozen, E., Pena, A., Carson, T.L. (2024, May). A Feeding Study Examining the Effects of Diet-Specific Interventions on Inflammatory Markers. Poster Presented at Moffitt Symposium, Tampa FL.

 

  • Cottrell-Daniels, C., Henderson, J.Z., Rozen, E.R., White, D.M., & Carson, T.L. (accepted March 2024). Examining individual-level differences in stress and coping strategies among Black women enrolled in a behavioral weight loss intervention. Poster accepted for presentation at the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society 81st Annual Meeting, Brighton, UK

 

Media

 

Oral Presentations/ Invited Talks

  • Carson TL (2024). Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Weight Management: Modifiable Lifestyle Factors to Lower Risk for Cancer. University of North Carolina Translational Research in Endometrial Cancer Disparities (TREND) series. Carrboro, NC. (virtual presentation).

 

  • Carson TL (2024). A Gut Feeling: Behavior, Bacteria, and Cancer. Black in Cancer Conference, Bethesda, MD.

 

  • Carson TL (2024). Tailoring Strategies for Cancer Risk Reduction among Black Women. Cancer Prevention Conference, Boston, MA.

 

  • Carson TL (2024). The Grand Challenge of Understanding and Addressing Global Cancer Inequities. Health Outcomes and Behavior Program Meeting, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL.

 

  • Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Weight Management: Modifiable Lifestyle Factors to Lower Risk for Cancer. Vivian Doerr, NTRO Educational Series 2024, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL.

 

  • Impact of a Community-Based Weight Loss Intervention on Weight Loss, Physical Activity Ability, and Psychosocial Factors in African American Cancer Survivors and their Family Members. Vivian Doerr, Moffit Cancer Center Scientific Symposium 2024, Tampa, FL. 
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