
Publications

Our Publications
Through publications in scientific journals, the WHC shares and advances knowledge and further shapes the field of women’s health as it applies to well-being and longevity. Our on-going work provides detailed and reliable information for researchers in the field of women’s health and serves as a trusted resource for the community.
Publications from The Women's Health Collaboratory
James DL, Ahlich E, Maxfield M, Kecther A, James SE, Koskan A, & Sears DD. Perspectives of older adults with memory decline participating in a prolonged nightly fasting (PNF) pilot study: A qualitative exploration. Journal of Clinical and Translational Sciences. (In press.)
James DL, Larkey LK, Maxfield M, Han, SY, Ofori E, Mohr AE, Hawley NA, Alperin K, Osha P, Ahlich E, Vance DE, & Sears DD. Prolonged nightly fasting in older adults with memory decline: A pilot study exploring changes in cognitive function and cardiometabolic risk factors. Journal of Clinical and Translational Sciences. 2025;9(1):e1. doi:10.1017/cts.2024.676
Patterson JS, Jasbi P, Jin Y, Gu H, Allison MA, Reuter C, Rana BK, Natarajan L, Sears DD. Metabolome Alterations Associated with Three-Month Sitting Time Reduction Among Sedentary Postmenopausal Latinas with Cardiometabolic Disease Risk. Metabolites. 2025, 15, 75. doi:10.3390/metabo15020075
James DL, Mun CJ, Larkey LK, Ofori E, Hawley NA, Alperin KT, Vance DE, Sears DD. Health Impacts of a Remotely-Delivered Prolonged Nightly Fasting Intervention in Stressed Adults with Memory Decline and Obesity: A Nationwide Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. Published online 2024:1-25. doi:10.1017/cts.2024.651
Khatib M, Purwar T, Shah R, Vizcaino M, Castillo L. Empowerment and integration of refugee women: A transdisciplinary approach. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 11, 1277 (2024). doi:/10.1057/s41599-024-03723-w
James DL, Maxfield M, Han SY, Hawley NAD, Petrov ME, Sears DD, Vance DE, Larkey LK. Cognitive Function, Mood and Sleep Changes in Response to a Tai Chi/Qigong Intervention among Older Breast Cancer Survivors: An Exploratory Analysis. Front. Cognition 3:2813-4532. doi:10,3389/fcogn.2024.1402873
James DL, Hawley, NAD, Mohr AE, Hermer J, Ofori E, Yu F, & Sears DD. Impact of Intermittent Fasting and/or Caloric Restriction on Aging-Related Outcomes in Adults: A Scoping Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Nutrients. 2024 Jan 20;16(2):316. doi: 10.3390/nu16020316
Patterson JS, Rana BK, Gu H, Sears DD. Sitting Interruption Modalities during Prolonged Sitting Acutely Improve Postprandial Metabolome in a Crossover Pilot Trial among Postmenopausal Women. Metabolites. 2024; 14(9):478. doi:10.3390/metabo14090478
Talavera GA, Castañeda SF, Lopez-Gurrola MD, Alvarez-Malo AR, Hernandez J, Estrada I, Narayan U, Reuter C, Natarajan L, Sears DD, Takemoto M, Chang Y-J, Avitia Y, Haimovich A, Ornelas L, De La Torre A, Carlson J, Allison MA. Arriba por la Vida Estudio: A randomized controlled trial promoting standing behavior to reduce sitting time among postmenopausal Latinas. J Behav Med. 2024;47(5):782-791. doi:10.1007/s10865-024-00493-3
Hartman SJ, Zablocki RW, Tam RM, Palmer B, Parker B, Sears DD, Ahles T, Natarajan L. Relationship of Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-sectional Analysis. Front. Cognit. 2024; 3:1332960. doi: 10.3389/fcogn.2024.1332960
Khatib M, Purwar T, Shah R, Vizcaino M, Castillo L. Empowerment and integration of refugee women: A transdisciplinary approach. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 11, 1277 (2024). doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03723-w
Lee DJ, O’Donnell EK, Raje N, Panaroni C, Redd R, Ligibel J, Sears DD, Nadeem O, Ghobrial IM, Marinac CR. Prolonged nightly fasting for multiple myeloma prevention (PROFAST): design and rationale of a randomized controlled pilot trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 13:e51368. doi:10.2196/51368
Kalam, F, James, DL, Li, YR, Coleman, MF, Kiesel, VA, Cespedes, EM, Husrting, SD, Sears, DD & Kleckner, AS. (2023). Intermittent Fasting Interventions to Leverage Metabolic and Circadian Mechanisms for Cancer Treatment and Supportive Care Outcomes. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. (61), 84-103. doi.org/10.1093/jncimonographs/lgad008
Soltero EG, James DL, Han S, Larkey LK. The impact of a meditative movement practice intervention on short- and long-term changes in physical activity among breast cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2023 Jul 28. doi: 10.1007/s11764-023-01430-0
James DL, Larkey LK, Evans B, Sebren A, Goldsmith K, Ahlich E, Hawley NA, Kechter A, Sears DD. Mechanisms of improved body composition among perimenopausal women practicing Meditative Movement: a proposed biobehavioral model. Menopause. 2023 Nov 1;30(11):1114-1123. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002262
James DL, Larkey LK, Goldsmith K, Evans B, Sebren A, Hawley NA. Well-being predictors of body composition and associated behavioral risk factors in midlife/older women participating in a meditative movement intervention: an exploratory analysis. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023 Sep 4;7(1):e194.
Makarem N, Zuraikat F, Caceres B, Sears DD, St-Onge M-P, Lai Y, Aggarwal B. Variable Eating Patterns: A Potential Novel Risk Factor for Systemic Inflammation in Women. Ann Behav Med. 2022 Jul 11:kaac042. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaac042.
Bellerba F, Chatziioannou AC, Jasbi P, Robinot N, Keski-Rahkonen P, Trolat A, Vozar B, Hartman SJ Scalbert A, Bonanni B, Johansson H, Sears DD*, Gandini S*. Metabolomic profiles of metformin in breast cancer survivors: a pooled analysis of plasmas from two randomized placebo-controlled trials. J Transl Med 2022 Dec 29;20(1):629. doi: 10.1186/s12967-022-03809-6.
James D, Larkey LK, Evans B, Sebren A, Goldsmith K, Smith L. Pilot study of tai chi and qigong on body composition, sleep, and emotional eating in midlife/older women. J Women Aging. 2022 Jul-Aug;34(4):449-459. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2021.2018924
Chang Y-J, Tuz-Zahra F, Godbole S, Avitia Y, Bellettiere J, Rock CL, Jankowska MM, Allison MA, Dunstan DW, Rana B, Natarajan L, Sears DD. Endothelial-Derived Cardiovascular Disease-Related MicroRNAs Elevated with Prolonged Sitting Pattern Among Postmenopausal Women. Sci Reports (2021) Jun 3;11(1):11766. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90154-1.
Hartman SJ, Dillon LW, La Croix AZ, Natarajan L, Sears DD, Owen N, Dunstan DD, Sallis JF, Schenk S, Allison M, Takemoto M, Herweck AM, Nguyen B, Rosenberg D. Interrupting Sitting Time in Postmenopausal Women: Protocol for the Rise for Health Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2021;10(5):e28684. doi: 10.2196/28684.
Das M, Ellies LG, Kumar D, Sauceda C, Oberg A, Gross E, Mandt T, Newton IG, Kaur M, Sears DD, Webster NJG. Time-restricted feeding normalizes hyperinsulinemia to inhibit breast cancer in obese postmenopausal mouse models. Nat Commun,12: 565. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20743-7
Green J, James D, Larkey L, Leiferman J, Buman M, Oh C, Huberty J. A qualitative investigation of a prenatal yoga intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain: A thematic analysis of interviews. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2021 Aug;44:101414. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101414
Chang Y-J, Bellettiere J, Godbole S, Keshavarz S, Maestas JP, Unkart JT, Ervin D, Allison MA, Rock CL, Patterson RE, Jankowska MM, Kerr J, Natarajan L, Sears DD. Total Sitting Time and Sitting Pattern in Postmenopausal Women Differ by Hispanic Ethnicity and are Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Biomarkers. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020;9(4):e013403. doi:10.1161/JAHA.119.013403
Patterson RE, Marinac CR, Sears DD, Kerr J, Hartman SJ, Cadmus-Bertram L, Villaseñor A, Flatt SW, Godbole S, Li H, Laughlin GA, Oratowski-Coleman J, Parker BA, Natarajan L. The Effects of Metformin and Weight-Loss on Biomarkers Associated with Breast Cancer Outcomes. J Natl Cancer Inst 2018;110(11):1239-1247. doi:10.1093/jnci/djy040.
Kerr J, Crist K, Vital DG, Dillon L, Aden SA, Trivedi M, Castellanos LR, Godbole S, Li H, Allison MA, Khemlina GL, Takemoto ML, Schenk S, Sallis JF, Grace M, Dunstan DW, Natarajan L, LaCroix AZ, Sears DD. Acute glucoregulatory and vascular outcomes of three strategies for interrupting prolonged sitting time in postmenopausal women: A pilot, laboratory-based, randomized, controlled, 4-condition, 4-period crossover trial. PLOS ONE. 2017 Nov 30;12(11):e0188544. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188544
Marinac CR, Nelson SH, Breen CI, Flatt SW, Hartman SJ, Natarajan L, Sears DD, Pierce JP, Patterson RE. Prolonged Nightly Fasting and Breast Cancer Prognosis. JAMA Oncology. 2016 Aug; 2(8):1049-55. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.0164
Zeigler ZS, Birchfield N, Moreno K, James D, Swan P. Fatness and Fluctuating Body Weight: Effect on Central Vasculature in Women. Biores Open Access. 2018 Jun 1;7(1):90-100. doi: 10.1089/biores.2017.0044