A5026895351- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Sleep and related disorders
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Family Support in Illness
- Media Influence and Health
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Mind wandering and attention
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Moffitt Cancer Center
2017-2025
University of South Florida
2020-2025
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
2024
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2014-2019
University of Houston
2019
Georgia State University
2019
Georgia College & State University
2019
The University of Texas at Austin
2019
Rice University
2016
G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center
2014-2016
To examine cognitive and affective mechanisms underlying mindfulness-based addiction treatment (MBAT) versus cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) usual care (UC) for smoking cessation.Participants in the parent study from which data were drawn (N = 412; 54.9% female; 48.2% African American, 41.5% non-Latino White, 5.4% Latino, 4.9% other; 57.6% annual income <$30,000) randomized to MBAT (n 154), CBT 155), or UC 103). From quit date through 26 weeks postquit, participants completed measures of...
Among combat veterans, moral injury (i.e., the guilt, shame, inability to forgive one's self and others, social withdrawal associated with involvement in events that occurred during war or other missions) is a host of negative mental health symptoms, including suicide. To better inform tailor prevention treatment efforts among present study examined several potential risk overidentification self-judgment) protective self-kindness, mindfulness, common humanity, connectedness) variables may...
Augmented reality (AR) is a rapidly emerging technology that superimposes digital objects onto real-world scenes as viewed in real time through smartphone, tablet, or headset.Whereas AR has been adopted for retail, entertainment, and professional training, it also potential novel, mobile, efficacious treatment modality psychological disorders.In particular, extinction-based therapies (e.g., anxiety, substance use disorders) could utilize to present stimuli natural environments, enhancing...
Moral injury is hypothesized to develop from witnessing or engaging in events that violate one's beliefs about themselves and has been shown be associated with negative mental health symptoms. Although there an increase research examining moral among military veterans, mechanisms link outcomes are not well understood. The present study examined rumination subcomponents (problem-focused thoughts, counterfactual thinking, repetitive anticipatory thoughts) as possible mediators of the...
OBJECTIVE Most attempts at smoking cessation are unsuccessful, and stress is frequently characterized both as a momentary precipitant of lapse predictor subsequent changes in other key precipitants lapse. The current study examined longitudinal associations among stress, multiple lapse, smokers attempting to quit. METHOD Ecological assessments (EMAs) were gathered from multiethnic, gender-balanced sample 370 adults enrolled program. EMAs (N = 32,563) assessed including negative affect, urge,...
ABSTRACT Objective The present study assessed program feasibility and satisfaction among recent‐era veterans who participated in Mindfulness to Manage Moral Injury (MMMI), a live facilitated web‐based 7‐week mindfulness‐based targeting moral injury veterans. Method In total, 56 post‐9/11 were recruited with 28 randomized the MMMI condition Education Support (ES) condition. Most participants identified as being White (71.4%), male (66.1%), had reported mean age of 41.50 years (Median = 39.50,...
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in United States. Novel interventions are needed to improve smoking cessation rates. Mindfulness-based (MBIs) for address tobacco by increasing awareness automatic nature related behaviors (eg, reactivity triggers smoking) from a nonjudgmental stance. Delivering MBIs via innovative technologies allows flexibility timing intervention delivery, which has potential efficacy interventions. Research shows target key...
"HSR25-166: Linking COVID-Related Distress and Mental Health Service Utilization Among Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients" published on 28 Mar 2025 by National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
"TIP25-246: Evaluating the Effect of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Metabolic and Immunological Biomarkers Stress Among Caregivers Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: Trial in Progress" published 28 Mar 2025 by National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Individuals attempting to quit smoking typically have poor success rates, and the majority fail maintain long-term abstinence. Although a large body of evidence documents impact negative affect on reducing abstinence, there is much smaller research positive emotions, which could be an important mechanism that associated with successful cessation. As such, this study examined emotions in real-time via ecological momentary assessment (EMA) determine whether discrete were uniquely related 2...
Ovarian cancer risk in adulthood may be affected by early life exposure to tobacco smoke. We investigated this relationship two large prospective cohorts, the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and NHSII.