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Kara L. Gavin

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Research Scientist II

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Center for Advancing Population Science
Division: Center for Advancing Population Science


Publications (24)

  • Outcomes from Partner2Lose: a randomized controlled trial to evaluate 24-month weight loss in a partner-assisted intervention. (Voils CI, Shaw RJ, Gavin KL, Hetzel SJ, Lewis MA, Pabich S, Johnson HM, Elwert F, Mao L, Gray KE, Yuroff A, Garza K, Yancy WS Jr, Porter LS) BMC Public Health 2024 Jul 20;24(1):1948 PMID: 39033273 PMCID: PMC11265014 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199159201 07/21/2024    
  • Small Monetary Incentives Lead to Greater Adherence in a Weight Loss Program. (Shetty A, Yang Q, Pendergast J, Leverson G, Shaw R, Voils CI, Gavin KL) Am J Health Promot 2024 Feb;38(2):177-185 PMID: 37943986 PMCID: PMC11323260 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176317151 11/09/2023    
  • Patient Perspectives of Barriers and Facilitators for the Uptake of Pharmacogenomic Testing in Veterans Affairs' Pharmacogenomic Testing for the Veterans (PHASER) Program. (Melendez K, Gutierrez-Meza D, Gavin KL, Alagoz E, Sperber N, Wu RR, Silva A, Pati B, Voora D, Hung A, Roberts MC, Voils CI) J Pers Med 2023 Sep 09;13(9) PMID: 37763135 PMCID: PMC10532622 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85172919196 09/28/2023       3 Citations
  • Comparison of weight captured via electronic health record and cellular scales to the gold-standard clinical method. (Gavin KL, Almeida EJ, Voils CI, Crane MM, Shaw R, Yancy WS Jr, Pendergast J, Olsen MK) Obes Sci Pract 2023 Aug;9(4):337-345 PMID: 37546286 PMCID: PMC10399518 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146269132 08/07/2023       3 Citations
  • Validating a Self-Reported Medication Nonadherence Measure in the Context of Multiple Chronic Diseases and Routes of Medication Administration Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. (Voils CI, Gavin KL, Thorpe CT, Pabich SK, Reeve BB, Mian GJ, Faacks A, Kronish IM) Patient Prefer Adherence 2022;16:3119-3130 PMID: 36419584 PMCID: PMC9677928 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142154568 11/25/2022    
  • A Method to Deliver Automated and Tailored Intervention Content: 24-month Clinical Trial. (Miller HN, Voils CI, Cronin KA, Jeanes E, Hawley J, Porter LS, Adler RR, Sharp W, Pabich S, Gavin KL, Lewis MA, Johnson HM, Yancy WS Jr, Gray KE, Shaw RJ) JMIR Form Res 2022 Sep 06;6(9):e38262 PMID: 36066936 PMCID: PMC9490532 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85138595600 09/07/2022       2 Citations
  • Evaluation of the Veterans Affairs Pharmacogenomic Testing for Veterans (PHASER) clinical program at initial test sites. (Dong OM, Roberts MC, Wu RR, Voils CI, Sperber N, Gavin KL, Bates J, Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Naglich M, Kelley MJ, Vassy JL, Sriram P, Heise CW, Rivas S, Ribeiro M, Chapman JG, Voora D) Pharmacogenomics 2021 Nov;22(17):1121-1133 PMID: 34704830 PMCID: PMC8592066 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85119220078 10/28/2021       11 Citations
  • Correlates of Early Prenatal Care Access among U.S. Women: Data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). (Krukowski RA, Jacobson LT, John J, Kinser P, Campbell K, Ledoux T, Gavin KL, Chiu CY, Wang J, Kruper A) Matern Child Health J 2022 Feb;26(2):328-341 PMID: 34606031 PMCID: PMC8488070 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116479928 10/05/2021       11 Citations
  • Social cognitive variables and physical activity during chemotherapy for breast cancer: An intensive longitudinal examination. (Auster-Gussman LA, Gavin KL, Siddique J, Welch WA, Solk P, Whitaker M, Cullather E, Fanning J, Maria CS, Gradishar W, Khan S, Kulkarni S, Phillips SM) Psychooncology 2022 Mar;31(3):425-435 PMID: 34546611 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116350079 09/22/2021       9 Citations
  • User-centered development of a smartphone application (Fit2Thrive) to promote physical activity in breast cancer survivors. (Welch WA, Solk P, Auster-Gussman L, Gavin KL, Whitaker M, Cullather E, Izenman E, Courneya KS, Ackermann R, Spring B, Cella D, Penedo F, Phillips SM) Transl Behav Med 2022 Feb 16;12(2):203-213 PMID: 34398962 PMCID: PMC8848993 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85119671127 08/17/2021       10 Citations
  • Behavioural interventions for CVD risk reduction for blue-collar workers: a systematic review. (Crane MM, Halloway S, Walts ZL, Gavin KL, Moss A, Westrick JC, Appelhans BM) J Epidemiol Community Health 2021 Dec;75(12):1236-1243 PMID: 34321281 PMCID: PMC8595631 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111640019 07/30/2021       7 Citations
  • Two-year weight trajectories following completion of a behavioral weight loss maintenance intervention. (Gavin KL, Voils CI, Yancy WS Jr, Olsen MK) Obes Sci Pract 2021 Jun;7(3):321-325 PMID: 34123398 PMCID: PMC8170567 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102042140 06/15/2021       2 Citations
  • Obesity Status on associations between cancer-related beliefs and health behaviors in cancer survivors: Implications for patient-clinician communication. (Lin AW, Marchese SH, Finch LE, Stump T, Gavin KL, Spring B) Patient Educ Couns 2021 Aug;104(8):2067-2072 PMID: 33558109 PMCID: PMC8217116 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100624176 02/10/2021       4 Citations
  • Daily Physical Activity and Symptom Reporting in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: An Intensive Longitudinal Examination. (Phillips SM, Welch WA, Fanning J, Santa-Maria CA, Gavin KL, Auster-Gussman LA, Solk P, Lu M, Cullather E, Khan SA, Kulkarni SA, Gradishar W, Siddique J) Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020 Dec;29(12):2608-2616 PMID: 32994340 PMCID: PMC7710582 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100991034 10/01/2020       17 Citations
  • Protocol for Partner2Lose: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate partner involvement on long-term weight loss. (Voils CI, Shaw R, Adler R, Jeanes E, Lewis MA, Sharp W, Cronin KA, Hetzel S, Mao L, Johnson HM, Elwert F, Pabich S, Gavin KL, Yancy WS Jr, Porter LS) Contemp Clin Trials 2020 Sep;96:106092 PMID: 32750431 PMCID: PMC7395658 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088982867 08/05/2020       4 Citations
  • Preferences for mHealth physical activity interventions during chemotherapy for breast cancer: a qualitative evaluation. (Nielsen AM, Welch WA, Gavin KL, Cottrell AM, Solk P, Torre EA, Blanch-Hartigan D, Phillips SM) Support Care Cancer 2020 Apr;28(4):1919-1928 PMID: 31367917 PMCID: PMC6992480 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85070023655 08/02/2019       22 Citations
  • Effects of reallocating sedentary time with physical activity on quality of life indicators in breast cancer survivors. (Welch WA, Ehlers D, Gavin KL, Aguinaga S, Cottrell A, Nielsen A, Solk P, McAuley E, Phillips SM) Psychooncology 2019 Jul;28(7):1430-1437 PMID: 30980431 PMCID: PMC6610694 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065496825 04/14/2019       20 Citations
  • Sedentary behavior after breast cancer: motivational, demographic, disease, and health status correlates of sitting time in breast cancer survivors. (Gavin KL, Welch WA, Conroy DE, Kozey-Keadle S, Pellegrini C, Cottrell A, Nielsen A, Solk P, Siddique J, Phillips SM) Cancer Causes Control 2019 Jun;30(6):569-580 PMID: 30919252 PMCID: PMC6538257 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85064042654 03/29/2019       11 Citations
  • Breast cancer survivors' preferences for mHealth physical activity interventions: findings from a mixed methods study. (Phillips SM, Courneya KS, Welch WA, Gavin KL, Cottrell A, Nielsen A, Solk P, Blanch-Hartigan D, Cella D, Ackermann RT, Spring B, Penedo F) J Cancer Surviv 2019 Apr;13(2):292-305 PMID: 30912011 PMCID: PMC6499383 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065216919 03/27/2019       34 Citations
  • Life Events, Physical Activity, and Weight Loss Maintenance: Decomposing Mediating and Moderating Effects of Health Behavior. (Gavin KL, Wolfson J, Pereira M, Sherwood N, Linde JA) J Phys Act Health 2019 Apr 01;16(4):267-273 PMID: 30849928 PMCID: PMC6768397 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85063735448 03/10/2019       4 Citations
  • Breast cancer survivors' preferences for social support features in technology-supported physical activity interventions: findings from a mixed methods evaluation. (Lloyd GR, Hoffman SA, Welch WA, Blanch-Hartigan D, Gavin KL, Cottrell A, Cadmus-Bertram L, Spring B, Penedo F, Courneya KS, Phillips SM) Transl Behav Med 2020 May 20;10(2):423-434 PMID: 30445595 PMCID: PMC7237539 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085233498 11/18/2018       13 Citations
  • Characterizing Self-Monitoring Behavior and Its Association With Physical Activity and Weight Loss Maintenance. (Gavin KL, Sherwood NE, Wolfson J, Pereira MA, Linde JA) Am J Lifestyle Med 2021;15(2):173-183 PMID: 33786033 PMCID: PMC7958215 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052292729 07/30/2018       6 Citations
  • Weighing frequency among working adults: cross-sectional analysis of two community samples. (Gavin KL, Linde JA, Pacanowski CR, French SA, Jeffery RW, Ho YY) Prev Med Rep 2015;2:44-46 PMID: 25664234 PMCID: PMC4314712 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84922636217 02/11/2015       9 Citations
  • The Tracking Study: description of a randomized controlled trial of variations on weight tracking frequency in a behavioral weight loss program. (Linde JA, Jeffery RW, Crow SJ, Brelje KL, Pacanowski CR, Gavin KL, Smolenski DJ) Contemp Clin Trials 2015 Jan;40:199-211 PMID: 25533727 PMCID: PMC4314442 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84920164798 12/24/2014       14 Citations
  • Last update: 09/23/2024