Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Wu AJ, Mirsky JB, Perkins ME, Luo M, Ruggiero CF, Lenson M, Burgun R, Taveras EM, Fiechtner L.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 Jun 22. 20:E52. PMID: 37347779
Other Positions
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics-Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Population Medicine
Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School
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Protocol for the implementation of a statewide mobile addiction program.
Tschampl CA, Regis C, Johnson NE, Davis MT, Hodgkin D, Brolin MF, Do E, Horgan CM, Green TC, Reilly B, Duska M, Taveras EM.
J Comp Eff Res. 2023 05. 12(5):e220117. PMID: 36988165
Embedding community-engaged research principles in implementation science: The implementation science center for cancer control equity.
Kruse GR, Lee RM, Aschbrenner KA, Daly JG, Dargon-Hart S, Davies ME, Gundersen DA, Pelton-Cairns L, Winickoff JP, Taveras E, Emmons KM.
J Clin Transl Sci. 2023. 7(1):e82. PMID: 37125054
Association between unmet social needs and healthy lifestyle parenting behaviors.
Egan KA, Luo M, Perkins M, Castro I, Sandel M, Kistin CJ, Taveras EM, Fiechtner L.
Front Pediatr. 2023. 11:1015610. PMID: 36911012
Mobile Health Services for COVID-19: Counseling, Testing, and Vaccination for Medically Underserved Populations.
Gupta PS, Mohareb AM, Valdes C, Price C, Jollife M, Regis C, Munshi N, Taborda E, Lautenschlager M, Fox A, Hanscom D, Kruse G, LaRocque R, Betancourt J, Taveras EM.
Am J Public Health. 2022 11. 112(11):1556-1559. PMID: 36223583
Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial.
Fay C, Castro I, Sierra Velez D, Ruggiero CF, O'Connor G, Perkins M, Luo M, Sharifi M, Neri Mini F, Taveras EM, Kuhlthau K, Fiechtner L.
Child Obes. 2022 Oct 28. PMID: 36315223
Expanding COVID-19 vaccine access to underserved populations through implementation of mobile vaccination units.
Gupta PS, Mohareb AM, Valdes C, Price C, Jollife M, Regis C, Munshi N, Taborda E, Lautenschlager M, Fox A, Hanscom D, Kruse G, LaRocque R, Betancourt J, Taveras EM.
Prev Med. 2022 10. 163:107226. PMID: 36029925
Multi-sector stakeholder's perceptions of determinants of successful implementation of a pediatric weight management intervention.
Persaud A, Castro I, Simione M, Smith JD, O'Connor G, Sharifi M, Perkins M, Torres S, Taveras EM, Kuhlthau K, Fiechtner L.
Front Public Health. 2022. 10:954063. PMID: 36091513
Parent and Pediatrician Perspectives on Physical Activity Promotion in Pediatric Primary Care: A Preliminary Mixed Methods Study.
Whooten R, Horan C, Aguirre A, Dartley AN, Taveras E.
Am J Health Promot. 2023 01. 37(1):65-76. PMID: 35817761
Communicating Risk for Obesity in Early Life: Engaging Parents Using Human-Centered Design Methodologies.
Cheng ER, Moore C, Parks L, Taveras EM, Wiehe SE, Carroll AE.
Front Pediatr. 2022. 10:915231. PMID: 35837240
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