Vermont Center on Behavior and Health

Publications

The VCBH team has been prolific in their research and publishing since becoming a COBRE and TCORS center in 2013. To date, we have more than 380 COBRE and 200 TCORS publications. For a complete list, please download our COBRE (PDF) or TCORS (PDF) publications documents. These lists were last updated on July 22, 2024.

Highlighted Articles

The following selected articles are representative of recent VCBH research. Click on names for a complete list of their publications on PubMed.

Philip Ades, MD

Ades PA, Khadanga S, Savage PD, Gaalema DE. Enhancing participation in cardiac rehabilitation: Focus on underserved populations. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2022 Jan-Feb;70:102-110. PMID: 35108567.

Ades PA, Savage PD. The treatment of obesity in cardiac rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2021 Sep 1;41(5):295-301. PMID: 34461619.

Thomas Ahern, PhD, MPH

Ahern TP, MacLehose RF, Haines L, Cronin-Fenton DP, Damkier P, Collin LJ, Lash TL. Improving the transparency of meta-analyses with interactive web applications. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 2021 Dec;26(6):327-332. PMID: 32220861.

Collin LJ, Veres K, Gradus JL, Ahern TP, Lash TL, Sørensen HT.  Preexisting stress-related diagnoses and mortality: A Danish cancer cohort study. Cancer. 2022 Mar 15;128(6):1312-1320. PMID: 34797563.

Christopher J. Brady, MD

Brady CJ, Cockrell RC, Aldrich LR, Wolle MA, West SK. A Virtual Reading Center Model Using Crowdsourcing to Grade Photographs for Trachoma. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2023 Apr 6;25:e41233. PMID: 37023420.

Socia D, Brady CJ, West SK, Cockrell RC. Detection of trachoma using machine learning approaches. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2022 Dec 7;16(12):e0010943. PMID: 36477293.

Sulamunn R.M. Coleman, PhD

Coleman SR, Menson KE, Katz BR, DeSarno MJ, Gaalema DE. Examining associations between baseline health-related quality of life and depression and physical functioning improvement following pulmonary rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2024 May 1;44(3):187-193. PMID: 38488134.

Coleman SR, Higgins ST, Smyth JM, Rodriguez BL, Loganathan M, Gaalema DE. Extending contingency management for smoking cessation to patients with or at risk for cardiovascular disease: A preliminary trial of a home-based intervention. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2024 Jun;32(3):270-276. PMID: 37602999.

Hugh P. Garavan, PhD

Ottino-González J, Cupertino RB, Cao Z, Hahn S, Pancholi D, Albaugh MD, Brumback T, Baker FC, Brown SA, Clark DB, de Zambotti M, Goldston DB, Luna B, Nagel BJ, Nooner KB, Pohl KM, Tapert SF, Thompson WK, Jernigan TL, Conrod P, Mackey S, Garavan H. Brain structural covariance network features are robust markers of early heavy alcohol use. Addiction. 2024 Jan;119(1):113-124. PMID: 37724052.

Sarah H. Heil, PhD

Harfmann, R.F., Heil, S.H., Cannon, L., & MacAfee, L.K.  Reasons for past abortions among women in treatment for opioid use disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2024 Mar;38(2):193-196. PMID: 37707466.

Kock, L.S., Erath, T.G., Coleman, S.R.M., Higgins, S.T., & Heil, S.H. Contingency management interventions for abstinence from cigarette smoking in pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine. 2023 Nov:176:107654. PMID: 37532032.

Stephen T. Higgins, PhD

Higgins ST, Nighbor TD, Kurti AN, Heil SH, Slade EP, Shepard DS, Solomon LJ, Lynch ME, Johnson HK, Markesich C, Rippberger PL, Skelly JM, DeSarno M, Bunn J, Hammond JB, Roemhildt ML, Williams RK, O'Reilly DM, Bernstein IM. Randomized clinical trial examining the efficacy of adding financial incentives to best practices for smoking cessation among pregnant and newly postpartum women. Preventative Medicine. 2022 Dec;165(Pt B):107012. PMID: 35248683.

Higgins ST. Leveraging behavioral economics and reinforcement theory in treating episodic heavy drinking among college students. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 2022 Jan;46(1):25-28. PMID: 34866198.

Amy Hughes Lansing, PhD

Cummings, C., Benjamin, N. E., Prabhu, H. Y., Cohen, L. B., Goddard, B. J., Kaugars, A. S., Humistion, T. & Lansing, A. H. Habit and diabetes self-management in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Health Psychology. 2022 Jan;41(1):13-22. PMID: 34843266.

Lansing, A. H., Stoianova, M., & Stanger, C. Adolescent emotional control moderates benefits of a multicomponent intervention to improve type 1 diabetes adherence: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2019 Jan 1;44(1):126-136. PMID: 30247640. 

Sherrie Khadanga, MD

Khadanga S, Savage PD, Pecha A, Rengo J, Ades PA. Optimizing training response for women in cardiac rehabilitation. A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Cardiology. 2022 Feb 1;7(2):215-218. PMID: 34817540.

Khadanga S, Gaalema DE, Savage P, Ades PA. Underutilization of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Women: Barriers and Solutions. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2021 Jul 1;41(4):207-213. PMID: 34158454.

Elias Klemperer, PhD

Klemperer EM, Kock L, Feinstein MJP, Coleman SRM, Gaalema DE, Higgins ST. Sex differences in tobacco use, attempts to quit smoking, and cessation among dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes: Longitudinal findings from the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. Preventative Medicine. 2024 Jun 6;185:108024. PMID: 38849056.

Klemperer EM, Bunn JY, Palmer AM, Smith TT, Toll BA, Cummings KM, Carpenter MJ. E-cigarette cessation and transitions in combusted tobacco smoking status: Longitudinal findings from the US FDA PATH Study. Addiction. 2023 Jun;118(6):1161-1166. PMID: 36710461.

Katherine Menson, DO

Menson KE, Coleman SRM. Smoking and pulmonary health in women: A narrative review and behavioral health perspective. Preventative Medicine. 2024 Aug:185:108029. PMID: 38851402.

Coleman SRM, Menson KE, Katz BR, DeSarno MJ, Gaalema DE. Examining Associations Between Baseline Health-Related Quality of Life and Depression and Physical Functioning Improvement Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2024 May 1;44(3):187-193. PMID: 38488134.

Kelly Peck, PhD

Peck KR, Moxley-Kelly N, Badger GJ, Sigmon SC. Posttraumatic stress disorder in individuals seeking treatment for opioid use disorder in Vermont. Preventative Medicine. 2021 Nov;152(Pt 2):106817. PMID: 34599919.

Peck KR, Nighbor TD, Price M. Examining associations between impulsivity, opioid use disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder: The additive relation between disorders. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2022 Oct;30(5):486-493. PMID: 34291989.

Richard Rawson, PhD

Khazanov, G. K., McKay, J. R., & Rawson, R. Should contingency management protocols and dissemination practices be modified to accommodate rising stimulant use and harm reduction frameworks?. Addiction. 2024 Sep;119(9):1505-1514. PMID: 38627885.

Rawson, R. A., Erath, T. G., & Clark, H. W. The fourth wave of the overdose crisis: Examining the prominent role of psychomotor stimulants with and without fentanyl. Preventive Medicine. 2023 Nov:176:107625. PMID: 37468073.

Stacey Sigmon, PhD

Sigmon, S.C., Peck, K.R., Batchelder, S.R., Badger, G.J., Heil, S.H., & Higgins, S.T. Technology-assisted buprenorphine treatment in rural and nonrural settings: Two randomized clinical trials. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2331910. PMID: 37755833.

Ochalek, T.A., Laurent, J., Badger, G.J., & Sigmon, S.C. Sucrose subjective response and eating behaviors among individuals with opioid use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2021 Oct 1:227:109017. PMID: 34488077.

Brian Sprague, MD

Sprague BL, Nowak SA, Ahern TP, Herschorn SD, Kaufman PA, Odde C, Perry H, Sowden MM, Vacek PM, Weaver DL. Long-term mammography screening trends and predictors of return to mammography screening after the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a statewide registry. Radiology: Imaging Cancer. 6(3):e230161, 2024. PMID: 38578209.

Sprague BL, Ichikawa L, Eavey J, Lowry KP, Rauscher G, O’Meara ES, Miglioretti DL, Chen S, Lee JM, Stout NK, Mandelblatt JS, Alsheik N, Herschorn SD, Perry H, Weaver DL, Kerlikowske K. Breast cancer risk characteristics of women undergoing whole breast ultrasound screening versus mammography alone. Cancer. 129(16):2456-2468, 2023. PMID: 37303202.

Eric Thrailkill, PhD

Thrailkill EA, DeSarno M, Higgins ST. Clustering of behavioral economic biases in decision-making and risk for cigarette smoking and other substance use in women and men. Preventive Medicine. 2024:108072. PMID: 39032531.