Eric B. Loucks, PhD, is a professor, researcher, and innovator in the study of mindfulness and health. He serves as Director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University. Dr. Loucks is the developer of the Mindfulness-Based College for Young Adults (MB-College) program and the Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP) program, both that have been evaluated in NIH-funded randomized controlled trials. His research also focuses on mindfulness epidemiology methods, evidence synthesis, and implementation science. Over the course of his career, he has held teaching positions at Harvard, McGill, and Brown Universities. Dr. Loucks’s work has been widely distributed through media organizations such as the New York Times, TIME Magazine, and the BBC, along with numerous presentations to national and state governmental bodies.
| Loucks EB, Neves VV, Cafferky V, Scarpaci MM, Kronish IM. "Sustainability of Blood Pressure Reduction Through Adapted Mindfulness Training: The MB-BP Study." The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 217, 2024, pp. 31-34. |
| Loucks EB, Kronish IM, Saadeh FB, Scarpaci MM, Proulx JA, Gutman R, Britton WB, Schuman-Olivier Z. "Adapted Mindfulness Training for Interoception and Adherence to the DASH Diet: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA Network Open, vol. 6, no. 11, 2023, pp. e2339243. |
| Loucks EB, Schuman-Olivier Z, Saadeh FB, Scarpaci MM, Nardi WR, Proulx JA, Gutman R, King J, Britton WB, Kronish IM. "Effect of Adapted Mindfulness Training in Participants With Elevated Office Blood Pressure: The MB-BP Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 12, no. 11, 2023, pp. e028712. |
| Park JW, Dulin AJ, Scarpaci MM, Dionne LA, Needham BL, Sims M, Kanaya AM, Kandula NR, Loucks EB, Fava JL, Eaton CB, Howe CJ. "Examining the Relationship Between Multilevel Resilience Resources and Cardiovascular Disease Incidence, Overall and by Psychosocial Risks, Among Participants in the Jackson Heart Study, the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, and the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study." American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 192, no. 11, 2023, pp. 1864-1881. |
| Gawande R, Smith L, Comeau A, Creedon TB, Wilson CL, Griswold T, Cook BL, Loucks EB, Schuman-Olivier Z. "Impact of warm mindfulness on emotion regulation: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial." Health Psychology, vol. 42, no. 10, 2023, pp. 699-711. |
| Kubzansky LD, Kim ES, Boehm JK, Davidson RJ, Huffman JC, Loucks EB, Lyubomirsky S, Picard RW, Schueller SM, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, VanderWeele TJ, Warran K, Yeager DS, Yeh CS, Moskowitz JT. "Interventions to Modify Psychological Well-Being: Progress, Promises, and an Agenda for Future Research." Affective science, vol. 4, no. 1, 2023, pp. 174-184. |
| Niu Z, Mu L, Buka SL, Loucks EB, Wang M, Tian L, Wen X. "Involuntary tobacco smoke exposures from conception to 18 years increase midlife cardiometabolic disease risk: a 40-year longitudinal study." Journal of developmental origins of health and disease, vol. 14, no. 6, 2023, pp. 689-698. |
| Johnson BT, Acabchuk RL, George EA, Nardi W, Sun S, Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Scharf J, Loucks EB. "Mental and Physical Health Impacts of Mindfulness Training for College Undergraduates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials." Mindfulness, vol. 14, no. 9, 2023, pp. 2077-2096. |
| Sun S, Sheridan MA, Tyrka AR, Donofry SD, Erickson KI, Loucks EB. "Addressing the biological embedding of early life adversities (ELA) among adults through mindfulness: Proposed mechanisms and review of converging evidence." Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 134, 2022, pp. 104526. |
| Polcari JJ, Cali RJ, Nephew BC, Lu S, Rashkovskii M, Wu J, Saadeh F, Loucks E, King JA. "Effects of the Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP) program on depression and neural structural connectivity." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 311, 2022, pp. 31-39. |
| Dulin AJ, Park JW, Scarpaci MM, Dionne LA, Sims M, Needham BL, Fava JL, Eaton CB, Kanaya AM, Kandula NR, Loucks EB, Howe CJ. "Examining relationships between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and ideal cardiovascular health and whether psychosocial stressors modify observed relationships among JHS, MESA, and MASALA participants." BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, pp. 1890. |
| Berman IS, McLaughlin KA, Tottenham N, Godfrey K, Seeman T, Loucks E, Suomi S, Danese A, Sheridan MA. "Measuring early life adversity: A dimensional approach." Dev Psychopathol, 2022, pp. 1-13. |
| Sun S, Goldberg SB, Loucks EB, Brewer JA. "Mindfulness-based interventions among people of color: A systematic review and meta-analysis." Psychotherapy Research, vol. 32, no. 3, 2022, pp. 1-14. |
| Loucks EB, Crane RS, Sanghvi MA, Montero-Marin J, Proulx J, Brewer JA, Kuyken W. "Mindfulness-Based Programs: Why, When, and How to Adapt?." Global advances in health and medicine, vol. 11, 2022, pp. 21649561211068805. |
| Park JW, Mealy R, Saldanha IJ, Loucks EB, Needham BL, Sims M, Fava JL, Dulin AJ, Howe CJ. "Multilevel resilience resources and cardiovascular disease in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis." Health Psychology, vol. 41, no. 4, 2022, pp. 278-290. |
| Park JW, Howe CJ, Dionne LA, Scarpaci MM, Needham BL, Sims M, Kanaya AM, Kandula NR, Fava JL, Loucks EB, Eaton CB, Dulin AJ. "Social support, psychosocial risks, and cardiovascular health: Using harmonized data from the Jackson Heart Study, Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America Study, and Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis." SSM - Population Health, vol. 20, 2022, pp. 101284. |
| Nardi WR, Elshabassi N, Spas J, Zima A, Saadeh F, Loucks EB. "Students experiences of an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention at a college of opportunity: a qualitative investigation of the mindfulness-based college program." BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, pp. 2331. |
| LaRowe, Lisa R., Bohlen, Lauren Connell, Gaudiano, Brandon A., Abrantes, Ana M., Butryn, Meghan L., Dunsiger, Shira I., Griffin, Elizabeth, Loucks, Eric B., Uebelacker, Lisa A., Williams, David M. "Testing the feasibility and acceptability of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention to increase physical activity among individuals with depression: A protocol paper." Mental Health and Physical Activity, vol. 23, 2022, pp. 100475. |
| Sun S, Lin D, Goldberg S, Shen Z, Chen P, Qiao S, Brewer J, Loucks E, Operario D. "A mindfulness-based mobile health (mHealth) intervention among psychologically distressed university students in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial." Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 69, no. 2, 2021, pp. 157-171. |
| Niu Z, Wen X, Buka SL, Wang M, Tian L, Loucks EB, Kubzansky LD, Mu L. "Associations of telomere length at birth with predicted atherosclerotic lesions and cardiovascular disease risk factors in midlife: A 40-year longitudinal study." Atherosclerosis, vol. 333, 2021, pp. 67-74. |
| Park JW, Dulin AJ, Needham BL, Sims M, Loucks EB, Fava JL, Dionne LA, Scarpaci MM, Eaton CB, Howe CJ. "Examining Optimism, Psychosocial Risks, and Cardiovascular Health Using Life's Simple 7 Metrics in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and the Jackson Heart Study." Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol. 8, 2021, pp. 788194. |
| Loucks EB, Rosenkranz MA, Creswell JD. "Harnessing Life's Slings and Arrows: The Science and Opportunities for Mindfulness Meditation During a Global Pandemic and Beyond." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 83, no. 6, 2021, pp. 497-502. |
| Loucks, Eric B., Nardi, William R., Gutman, Roee, Saadeh, Frances B., Li, Yu, Vago, David R., Fiske, Lauren B., Spas, Jayson J., Harrison, Abigail. "Mindfulness-Based College: A Stage 1 Randomized Controlled Trial for University Student Well-Being." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 83, no. 6, 2021, pp. 602-614. |
| Nardi, William R., Loucks, Eric B., Springs, Stacey, Operario, Don, Kronish, Ian M., Gaudiano, Brandon A., Sun, Shufang. "Mindfulness-based interventions for medication adherence: A systematic review and narrative synthesis." Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 149, 2021, pp. 110585. |
| Sun, Shufang, Nardi, William, Loucks, Eric B., Operario, Don. "Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Sexual and Gender Minorities: a Systematic Review and Evidence Evaluation." Mindfulness, vol. 12, no. 10, 2021, pp. 2439-2459. |
| Donofry SD, Stillman CM, Hanson JL, Sheridan M, Sun S, Loucks EB, Erickson KI. "Promoting brain health through physical activity among adults exposed to early life adversity: Potential mechanisms and theoretical framework." Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 131, 2021, pp. 688-703. |
| Holsen LM, Huang G, Cherkerzian S, Aroner S, Loucks EB, Buka S, Handa RJ, Goldstein JM. "Sex Differences in Hemoglobin A1c Levels Related to the Comorbidity of Obesity and Depression." Journal of Women's Health, vol. 30, no. 9, 2021, pp. 1303-1312. |
| Kraines MA, Uebelacker LA, Gaudiano BA, Jones RN, Beard C, Loucks EB, Brewer JA. "An adapted Delphi approach: The use of an expert panel to operationally define non-judgment of internal experiences as it relates to mindfulness." Complementary Therapies in Medicine, vol. 51, 2020, pp. 102444. |
| Jimenez MP, Wellenius GA, James P, Subramanian SV, Buka S, Eaton C, Gilman SE, Loucks EB. "Associations of types of green space across the life-course with blood pressure and body mass index." Environmental Research, vol. 185, 2020, pp. 109411. |
| Hoge, Elizabeth A., Acabchuk, Rebecca L., Kimmel, Hannah, Moitra, Ethan, Britton, Willoughby B., Dumais, Travis, Ferrer, Rebecca A., Lazar, Sara W., Vago, David, Lipsky, Jonah, Schuman-Olivier, Zev, Cheaito, Aya, Sager, Lauren, Peters, Sarah, Rahrig, Hadley, Acero, Pamela, Scharf, Jodi, Loucks, Eric B., Fulwiler, Carl. "Emotion-Related Constructs Engaged by Mindfulness-Based Interventions: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis." Mindfulness, vol. 12, no. 5, 2020, pp. 1041-1062. |
| Schuman-Olivier Z, Trombka M, Lovas DA, Brewer JA, Vago DR, Gawande R, Dunne JP, Lazar SW, Loucks EB, Fulwiler C. "Mindfulness and Behavior Change." Harvard review of psychiatry, vol. 28, no. 6, 2020, pp. 371-394. |
| Nardi WR, Harrison A, Saadeh FB, Webb J, Wentz AE, Loucks EB. "Mindfulness and cardiovascular health: Qualitative findings on mechanisms from the mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction (MB-BP) study." PLoS ONE, vol. 15, no. 9, 2020, pp. e0239533. |
| Non AL, Román JC, Clausing ES, Gilman SE, Loucks EB, Buka SL, Appleton AA, Kubzansky LD. "Optimism and Social Support Predict Healthier Adult Behaviors Despite Socially Disadvantaged Childhoods." Int.J. Behav. Med., vol. 27, no. 2, 2020, pp. 200-212. |
| Huang G, Aroner SA, Bay CP, Gilman SE, Ghassabian A, Loucks EB, Buka SL, Handa RJ, Lasley BL, Bhasin S, Goldstein JM. "Sex-dependent associations of maternal androgen levels with offspring BMI and weight trajectory from birth to early childhood." Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2020. |
| Alcántara C, Diaz SV, Cosenzo LG, Loucks EB, Penedo FJ, Williams NJ. "Social determinants as moderators of the effectiveness of health behavior change interventions: scientific gaps and opportunities." Health Psychology Review, vol. 14, no. 1, 2020, pp. 132-144. |
| Chu SH, Kelsey KT, Koestler DC, Loucks EB, Huang YT. "Leveraging cell-specific differentially methylated regions to identify leukocyte infiltration in adipose tissue." Genetic Epidemiology, vol. 43, no. 8, 2019, pp. 1018-1029. |
| Jimenez, Marcia P., Wellenius, Gregory A., Subramanian, S.V., Buka, Stephen, Eaton, Charles, Gilman, Stephen E., Loucks, Eric B. "Longitudinal associations of neighborhood socioeconomic status with cardiovascular risk factors: A 46-year follow-up study." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 241, 2019, pp. 112574. |
| Gawande R, To MN, Pine E, Griswold T, Creedon TB, Brunel A, Lozada A, Loucks EB, Schuman-Olivier Z. "Mindfulness Training Enhances Self-Regulation and Facilitates Health Behavior Change for Primary Care Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial." J GEN INTERN MED, vol. 34, no. 2, 2019, pp. 293-302. |
| Loucks, Eric B., Nardi, William R., Gutman, Roee, Kronish, Ian M., Saadeh, Frances B., Li, Yu, Wentz, Anna E., Webb, Julie, Vago, David R., Harrison, Abigail, Britton, Willoughby B. "Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP): Stage 1 single-arm clinical trial." PLOS ONE, vol. 14, no. 11, 2019, pp. e0223095. |
| Britton, Willoughby B., Davis, Jake H., Loucks, Eric B., Peterson, Barnes, Cullen, Brendan H., Reuter, Laura, Rando, Alora, Rahrig, Hadley, Lipsky, Jonah, Lindahl, Jared R. "Dismantling Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Creation and validation of 8-week focused attention and open monitoring interventions within a 3-armed randomized controlled trial." Behaviour Research and Therapy, vol. 101, 2018, pp. 92-107. |
| Gilman, Stephen E, Huang, Yen-Tsung, Jimenez, Marcia P, Agha, Golareh, Chu, Su H, Eaton, Charles B, Goldstein, Risë B, Kelsey, Karl T, Buka, Stephen L, Loucks, Eric B. "Early life disadvantage and adult adiposity: tests of sensitive periods during childhood and behavioural mediation in adulthood." International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 48, no. 1, 2018, pp. 98-107. |
| Gathright, Emily C., Goldstein, Carly M., Loucks, Eric B., Busch, Andrew M., Stabile, Loren, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Examination of clinical and psychosocial determinants of exercise capacity change in cardiac rehabilitation." Heart & Lung, vol. 48, no. 1, 2018, pp. 13-17. |
| Huang G, Cherkerzian S, Loucks EB, Buka SL, Handa RJ, Lasley BL, Bhasin S, Goldstein JM. "Sex Differences in the Prenatal Programming of Adult Metabolic Syndrome by Maternal Androgens." The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, vol. 103, no. 11, 2018, pp. 3945-3953. |
| Chu, Su H, Loucks, Eric B, Kelsey, Karl T, Gilman, Stephen E, Agha, Golareh, Eaton, Charles B, Buka, Stephen L, Huang, Yen-Tsung. "Sex-specific epigenetic mediators between early life social disadvantage and adulthood BMI." Epigenomics, vol. 10, no. 6, 2018, pp. 707-722. |
| Tsai PC, Glastonbury CA, Eliot MN, Bollepalli S, Yet I, Castillo-Fernandez JE, Carnero-Montoro E, Hardiman T, Martin TC, Vickers A, Mangino M, Ward K, Pietiläinen KH, Deloukas P, Spector TD, Viñuela A, Loucks EB, Ollikainen M, Kelsey KT, Small KS, Bell JT. "Smoking induces coordinated DNA methylation and gene expression changes in adipose tissue with consequences for metabolic health." Clinical Epigenetics, vol. 10, no. 1, 2018, pp. 126. |
| Tindle HA, Duncan MS, Liu S, Kuller LH, Fugate Woods N, Rapp SR, Kroenke CH, Coday M, Loucks EB, Lamonte MJ, Progovac AM, Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Walitt BT, Yuo NY, Freiberg MS. "Optimism, Pessimism, Cynical Hostility, and Biomarkers of Metabolic Function in the Women's Health Initiative." Journal of diabetes, vol. 10, no. 6, 2017, pp. 512-523. |
| Kutob RM, Yuan NP, Wertheim BC, Sbarra DA, Loucks EB, Nassir R, Bareh G, Kim MM, Snetselaar LG, Thomson CA. "Relationship Between Marital Transitions, Health Behaviors, and Health Indicators of Postmenopausal Women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative." Journal of Women's Health, vol. 26, no. 4, 2017, pp. 313-320. |
| Womack VY, De Chavez PJ, Albrecht SS, Durant N, Loucks EB, Puterman E, Redmond N, Siddique J, Williams DR, Carnethon MR. "A Longitudinal Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Development of Metabolic Syndrome: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 78, no. 7, 2016, pp. 867-73. |
| Loucks, Eric B., Gilman, Stephen E., Britton, Willoughby B., Gutman, Roee, Eaton, Charles B., Buka, Stephen L. "Associations of Mindfulness with Glucose Regulation and Diabetes." Am J Hlth Behav, vol. 40, no. 2, 2016, pp. 258-267. |
| Non, Amy L., Román, Jorge Carlos, Gross, Christopher L., Gilman, Stephen E., Loucks, Eric B., Buka, Stephen L., Kubzansky, Laura D. "Early childhood social disadvantage is associated with poor health behaviours in adulthood." Annals of Human Biology, vol. 43, no. 2, 2016, pp. 144-153. |
| Loucks EB, Huang YT, Agha G, Chu S, Eaton CB, Gilman SE, Buka SL, Kelsey KT. "Epigenetic Mediators Between Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Mid-Life Body Mass Index." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 78, no. 9, 2016, pp. 1053-1065. |
| Huang YT, Chu S, Loucks EB, Lin CL, Eaton CB, Buka SL, Kelsey KT. "Epigenome-wide profiling of DNA methylation in paired samples of adipose tissue and blood." Epigenetics, vol. 11, no. 3, 2016, pp. 00-00. |
| Lacy ME, Wellenius GA, Carnethon MR, Loucks EB, Carson AP, Luo X, Kiefe CI, Gjelsvik A, Gunderson EP, Eaton CB, Wu WC. "Racial Differences in the Performance of Existing Risk Prediction Models for Incident Type 2 Diabetes: The CARDIA Study." Diabetes Care, vol. 39, no. 2, 2016, pp. 285-91. |
| Parikh NI, Jeppson RP, Berger JS, Eaton CB, Kroenke CH, LeBlanc ES, Lewis CE, Loucks EB, Parker DR, Rillamas-Sun E, Ryckman KK, Waring ME, Schenken RS, Johnson KC, Edstedt-Bonamy AK, Allison MA, Howard BV. "Reproductive Risk Factors and Coronary Heart Disease in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study." Circulation, vol. 133, no. 22, 2016, pp. 2149-58. |
| Agha, Golareh, Houseman, E Andres, Kelsey, Karl T, Eaton, Charles B, Buka, Stephen L, Loucks, Eric B. "Adiposity is associated with DNA methylation profile in adipose tissue." International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 44, no. 4, 2015, pp. 1277-1287. |
| Loucks, Eric B., Britton, Willoughby B., Howe, Chanelle J., Gutman, Roee, Gilman, Stephen E., Brewer, Judson, Eaton, Charles B., Buka, Stephen L. "Associations of Dispositional Mindfulness with Obesity and Central Adiposity: the New England Family Study." Int.J. Behav. Med., vol. 23, no. 2, 2015, pp. 224-233. |
| Slopen N, Loucks EB, Appleton AA, Kawachi I, Kubzansky LD, Non AL, Buka S, Gilman SE. "Early origins of inflammation: An examination of prenatal and childhood social adversity in a prospective cohort study." Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol. 51, 2015, pp. 403-13. |
| Fernandez, Cristina A., Loucks, Eric B., Arheart, Kristopher L., Hickson, DeMarc A., Kohn, Robert, Buka, Stephen L., Gjelsvik, Annie. "Evaluating the Effects of Coping Style on Allostatic Load, by Sex: The Jackson Heart Study, 2000-2004." Preventing Chronic Disease, vol. 12, 2015, pp. E165. |
| Loucks, Eric B., Schuman-Olivier, Zev, Britton, Willoughby B., Fresco, David M., Desbordes, Gaelle, Brewer, Judson A., Fulwiler, Carl. "Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: State of the Evidence, Plausible Mechanisms, and Theoretical Framework." Current Cardiology Reports, vol. 17, no. 12, 2015, pp. 112. |
| Fulwiler C, Brewer JA, Sinnott S, Loucks EB. "Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Weight Loss and CVD Risk Management." Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports, vol. 9, no. 10, 2015. |
| Stinson LJ, Stroud LR, Buka SL, Eaton CB, Lu B, Niaura R, Loucks EB. "Prospective Evaluation of Associations Between Prenatal Cortisol and Adulthood Coronary Heart Disease Risk." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 77, no. 3, 2015, pp. 237-45. |
| Su S, Jimenez MP, Roberts CT, Loucks EB. "The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk: a Review with Emphasis on Plausible Mechanisms." Current Cardiology Reports, vol. 17, no. 10, 2015, pp. 645. |
| Gilman SE, Loucks EB. "Another casualty of sibling fixed-effects analysis of education and health: An informative null, or null information?." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 118, 2014, pp. 191-3. |
| Silveira PP, Portella AK, Kennedy JL, Gaudreau H, Davis C, Steiner M, Soares CN, Matthews SG, Sokolowski MB, Dubé L, Loucks EB, Hamilton J, Meaney MJ, Levitan RD, MAVAN Study Team. "Association between the seven-repeat allele of the dopamine-4 receptor gene (DRD4) and spontaneous food intake in pre-school children." Appetite, vol. 73, 2014, pp. 15-22. |
| Loucks EB, Taylor SE, Polak JF, Wilhelm A, Kalra P, Matthews KA. "Childhood family psychosocial environment and carotid intima media thickness: the CARDIA study." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 104, 2014, pp. 15-22. |
| Non AL, Rewak M, Kawachi I, Gilman SE, Loucks EB, Appleton AA, Román JC, Buka SL, Kubzansky LD. "Childhood social disadvantage, cardiometabolic risk, and chronic disease in adulthood." American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 180, no. 3, 2014, pp. 263-71. |
| Appleton AA, Loucks EB, Buka SL, Kubzansky LD. "Divergent associations of antecedent- and response-focused emotion regulation strategies with midlife cardiovascular disease risk." Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 48, no. 2, 2014, pp. 246-255. |
| Loucks, E. B., Gilman, S. E., Howe, C. J., Kawachi, I., Kubzansky, L. D., Rudd, R. E., Martin, L. T., Nandi, A., Wilhelm, A., Buka, S. L. "Education and Coronary Heart Disease Risk: Potential Mechanisms Such as Literacy, Perceived Constraints, and Depressive Symptoms." Health Education & Behavior, vol. 42, no. 3, 2014, pp. 370-379. |
| Agha G, Loucks EB, Tinker LF, Waring ME, Michaud DS, Foraker RE, Li W, Martin LW, Greenland P, Manson JE, Eaton CB. "Healthy lifestyle and decreasing risk of heart failure in women: the Women's Health Initiative observational study." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 64, no. 17, 2014, pp. 1777-85. |
| Loucks EB. "Meditation intervention reviews." JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 174, no. 7, 2014, pp. 1194-5. |
| Loucks EB, Britton WB, Howe CJ, Eaton CB, Buka SL. "Positive Associations of Dispositional Mindfulness with Cardiovascular Health: the New England Family Study." Int.J. Behav. Med., vol. 22, no. 4, 2014, pp. 540-50. |
| Rewak M, Buka S, Prescott J, De Vivo I, Loucks EB, Kawachi I, Non AL, Kubzansky LD. "Race-related health disparities and biological aging: does rate of telomere shortening differ across blacks and whites?." Biological Psychology, vol. 99, 2014, pp. 92-9. |
| Womack VY, Ning H, Lewis CE, Loucks EB, Puterman E, Reis J, Siddique J, Sternfeld B, Van Horn L, Carnethon MR. "Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Sedentary Behavior in Adults." Am J Hlth Behav, vol. 38, no. 5, 2014, pp. 641-9. |
| Everage NJ, Linkletter CD, Gjelsvik A, McGarvey ST, Loucks EB. "Social and behavioral risk marker clustering associated with biological risk factors for coronary heart disease: NHANES 2001-2004." BioMed research international, vol. 2014, 2014, pp. 389853. |
| Jiang Y, Kempner M, Loucks EB. "Weight Misperception and Health Risk Behaviors in Youth: the 2011 US YRBS." Am J Hlth Behav, vol. 38, no. 5, 2014, pp. 765-80. |
| Appleton AA, Buka SL, Loucks EB, Rimm EB, Martin LT, Kubzansky LD. "A prospective study of positive early-life psychosocial factors and favorable cardiovascular risk in adulthood." Circulation, vol. 127, no. 8, 2013, pp. 905-12. |
| Appleton AA, Loucks EB, Buka SL, Rimm E, Kubzansky LD. "Childhood emotional functioning and the developmental origins of cardiovascular disease risk." Journal of epidemiology and community health, vol. 67, no. 5, 2013, pp. 405-11. |
| Appleton AA, Buka SL, Loucks EB, Gilman SE, Kubzansky LD. "Divergent associations of adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies with inflammation." Health Psychology, vol. 32, no. 7, 2013, pp. 748-56. |
| Everage NJ, Linkletter CD, Gjelsvik A, McGarvey ST, Loucks EB. "Implementation of permutation testing to determine clustering of social and behavioral risk factors for coronary heart disease, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2004." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 23, no. 7, 2013, pp. 381-7. |
| Sands M, Loucks EB, Lu B, Carskadon MA, Sharkey K, Stefanick M, Ockene J, Shah N, Hairston KG, Robinson J, Limacher M, Hale L, Eaton CB. "Self-reported snoring and risk of cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal women (from the Women's Health Initiative)." The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 111, no. 4, 2013, pp. 540-6. |
| Liu SY, Buka SL, Kubzansky LD, Kawachi I, Gilman SE, Loucks EB. "Sheepskin effects of education in the 10-year Framingham risk of coronary heart disease." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 80, 2013, pp. 31-6. |
| Sands-Lincoln M, Loucks EB, Lu B, Carskadon MA, Sharkey K, Stefanick ML, Ockene J, Shah N, Hairston KG, Robinson JG, Limacher M, Hale L, Eaton CB. "Sleep duration, insomnia, and coronary heart disease among postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative." Journal of Women's Health, vol. 22, no. 6, 2013, pp. 477-86. |
| Liu SY, Linkletter CD, Loucks EB, Glymour MM, Buka SL. "Decreased births among black female adolescents following school desegregation." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 74, no. 7, 2012, pp. 982-8. |
| Eaton, C.B., Roberts, M.B., Driban, J.B., Agha, G., Loucks, E., Buka, S. "Developmental origins of self-reported arthritis and osteoarthritis: new england family study." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, vol. 20, 2012, pp. S192. |
| Loucks EB, Buka SL, Rogers ML, Liu T, Kawachi I, Kubzansky LD, Martin LT, Gilman SE. "Education and coronary heart disease risk associations may be affected by early-life common prior causes: a propensity matching analysis." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 22, no. 4, 2012, pp. 221-32. |
| Aslibekyan S, Jensen MK, Campos H, Linkletter CD, Loucks EB, Ordovas JM, Deka R, Rimm EB, Baylin A. "Fatty Acid desaturase gene variants, cardiovascular risk factors, and myocardial infarction in the costa rica study." Frontiers in Genetics, vol. 3, 2012, pp. 72. |
| Aslibekyan S, Jensen MK, Campos H, Linkletter CD, Loucks EB, Ordovas JM, Deka R, Rimm EB, Baylin A. "Genetic variation in fatty acid elongases is not associated with intermediate cardiovascular phenotypes or myocardial infarction." European journal of clinical nutrition, vol. 66, no. 3, 2012, pp. 353-9. |
| Everage NJ, Gjelsvik A, McGarvey ST, Linkletter CD, Loucks EB. "Inverse associations between perceived racism and coronary artery calcification." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 22, no. 3, 2012, pp. 183-90. |
| Gilman SE, Loucks EB. "Invited commentary: does the childhood environment influence the association between every x and every y in adulthood?." American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 176, no. 8, 2012, pp. 684-8. |
| Sands MR, Lauderdale DS, Liu K, Knutson KL, Matthews KA, Eaton CB, Linkletter CD, Loucks EB. "Short sleep duration is associated with carotid intima-media thickness among men in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study." Stroke, vol. 43, no. 11, 2012, pp. 2858-64. |
| Appleton AA, Buka SL, McCormick MC, Koenen KC, Loucks EB, Kubzansky LD. "The association between childhood emotional functioning and adulthood inflammation is modified by early-life socioeconomic status." Health Psychology, vol. 31, no. 4, 2012, pp. 413-22. |
| Loucks EB, Abrahamowicz M, Xiao Y, Lynch JW. "Associations of education with 30 year life course blood pressure trajectories: Framingham Offspring Study." BMC Public Health, vol. 11, 2011, pp. 139. |
| Loucks EB, Almeida ND, Taylor SE, Matthews KA. "Childhood family psychosocial environment and coronary heart disease risk." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 73, no. 7, 2011, pp. 563-71. |
| Aslibekyan S, Campos H, Loucks EB, Linkletter CD, Ordovas JM, Baylin A. "Development of a cardiovascular risk score for use in low- and middle-income countries." Journal of Nutrition, vol. 141, no. 7, 2011, pp. 1375-80. |
| Appleton AA, Buka SL, McCormick MC, Koenen KC, Loucks EB, Gilman SE, Kubzansky LD. "Emotional functioning at age 7 years is associated with C-reactive protein in middle adulthood." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 73, no. 4, 2011, pp. 295-303. |
| Smith BT, Lynch JW, Fox CS, Harper S, Abrahamowicz M, Almeida ND, Loucks EB. "Life-course socioeconomic position and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Framingham Offspring Study." American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 173, no. 4, 2011, pp. 438-47. |
| Martin LT, Schonlau M, Haas A, Derose KP, Rudd R, Loucks EB, Rosenfeld L, Buka SL. "Literacy skills and calculated 10-year risk of coronary heart disease." J GEN INTERN MED, vol. 26, no. 1, 2011, pp. 45-50. |
| Liu T, Gatsonis CA, Baylin A, Kubzansky LD, Loucks EB, Buka SL. "Maternal smoking during pregnancy and anger temperament among adult offspring." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 45, no. 12, 2011, pp. 1648-54. |
| Agha G, Murabito JM, Lynch JW, Abrahamowicz M, Harper SB, Loucks EB. "Relation of socioeconomic position with ankle-brachial index." The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 108, no. 11, 2011, pp. 1651-7. |
| Liu SY, Buka SL, Linkletter CD, Kawachi I, Kubzansky L, Loucks EB. "The association between blood pressure and years of schooling versus educational credentials: test of the sheepskin effect." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 21, no. 2, 2011, pp. 128-38. |
| Loucks EB, Pilote L, Lynch JW, Richard H, Almeida ND, Benjamin EJ, Murabito JM. "Life course socioeconomic position is associated with inflammatory markers: the Framingham Offspring Study." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 71, no. 1, 2010, pp. 187-95. |
| Almeida ND, Loucks EB, Kubzansky L, Pruessner J, Maselko J, Meaney MJ, Buka SL. "Quality of parental emotional care and calculated risk for coronary heart disease." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 72, no. 2, 2010, pp. 148-55. |
| Senese LC, Almeida ND, Fath AK, Smith BT, Loucks EB. "Associations between childhood socioeconomic position and adulthood obesity." Epidemiologic reviews, vol. 31, 2009, pp. 21-51. |
| Bacon SL, Bouchard A, Loucks EB, Lavoie KL. "Individual-level socioeconomic status is associated with worse asthma morbidity in patients with asthma." Respiratory Research, vol. 10, 2009, pp. 125. |
| Loucks EB, Lynch JW, Pilote L, Fuhrer R, Almeida ND, Richard H, Agha G, Murabito JM, Benjamin EJ. "Life-course socioeconomic position and incidence of coronary heart disease: the Framingham Offspring Study." American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 169, no. 7, 2009, pp. 829-36. |
| Gilman SE, Martin LT, Abrams DB, Kawachi I, Kubzansky L, Loucks EB, Rende R, Rudd R, Buka SL. "Educational attainment and cigarette smoking: a causal association?." International journal of epidemiology, vol. 37, no. 3, 2008, pp. 615-24. |
| Loucks, Eric B., Juster, Robert P., Pruessner, Jens C. "Neuroendocrine biomarkers, allostatic load, and the challenge of measurement: A commentary on Gersten." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 66, no. 3, 2008, pp. 525-530. |
| Loucks EB, Rehkopf DH, Thurston RC, Kawachi I. "Socioeconomic disparities in metabolic syndrome differ by gender: evidence from NHANES III." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 17, no. 1, 2007, pp. 19-26. |
| Loucks EB, Magnusson KT, Cook S, Rehkopf DH, Ford ES, Berkman LF. "Socioeconomic position and the metabolic syndrome in early, middle, and late life: evidence from NHANES 1999-2002." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 17, no. 10, 2007, pp. 782-90. |
| Loucks EB, Sullivan LM, Hayes LJ, D'Agostino RB Sr, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Berkman LF. "Association of educational level with inflammatory markers in the Framingham Offspring Study." American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 163, no. 7, 2006, pp. 622-8. |
| Loucks EB, Berkman LF, Gruenewald TL, Seeman TE. "Relation of social integration to inflammatory marker concentrations in men and women 70 to 79 years." The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 97, no. 7, 2006, pp. 1010-6. |
| Ford ES, Loucks EB, Berkman LF. "Social integration and concentrations of C-reactive protein among US adults." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 16, no. 2, 2006, pp. 78-84. |
| Loucks EB, Sullivan LM, D'Agostino RB Sr, Larson MG, Berkman LF, Benjamin EJ. "Social networks and inflammatory markers in the Framingham Heart Study." Journal of Biosocial Science, vol. 38, no. 6, 2006, pp. 835-42. |
| Loucks EB, Berkman LF, Gruenewald TL, Seeman TE. "Social integration is associated with fibrinogen concentration in elderly men." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 67, no. 3, 2005, pp. 353-8. |
| Spiegel J, Barceló C, Loucks EB, Bonet M, Aldama A, Yassi A. "What the Cuban context provides health researchers: the feasibility of a longitudinal multi-method study of the impact of housing improvements on health in Havana, Cuba." Journal of public health (Oxford, England), vol. 26, no. 1, 2004, pp. 95-100. |
| Loucks EB, Godin DV, Walley KR, McManus BM, Rahimian R, Granville DJ, Hong JM, Aktary FM, Qayumi AK. "Role of platelet activating factor in cardiac dysfunction, apoptosis and nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression in the ischemic-reperfused rabbit heart." The Canadian journal of cardiology, vol. 19, no. 3, 2003, pp. 267-74. |
| Loucks EB, Qayumi AK, Godin DV, English JC, Lim SP, Al Mahmeed T, Gul S. "Therapeutic potential of platelet-activating factor antagonism in the management of myocardial infarction." The Canadian journal of cardiology, vol. 16, no. 4, 2000, pp. 497-504. |
| Qayumi AK, English JC, Godin DV, Ansley DM, Loucks EB, Lee JU, Kim CW. "The role of platelet-activating factor in regional myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 65, no. 6, 1998, pp. 1690-7. |
| Loucks EB, Symersky P, Qayumi AK. "Platelet-activating factor antagonism: a new concept in the management of regional myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury." Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research, vol. 10, no. 6, 1997, pp. 321-38. |
Dr. Loucks is the developer of the Mindfulness-Based College for Young Adults (MB-College) program and the Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP) program, both that have been evaluated in NIH-funded randomized controlled trials. His research also focuses on mindfulness epidemiology methods, evidence synthesis, and implementation science.
1R24AT012845-01 Sun, Loucks, Goldberg (PIs; contact PI: Sun) 04/01/2024-03/31/2029
NCCIH
Advancing Resources for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Complementary and Integrative Health Interventions
Clinical trials of complementary and integrative health (CIH) interventions have grown exponentially and there is an urgent need for rigorously conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses to synthesize evidence to guide stakeholders and inform policy and decision making. This Mindfulness and Integrative Health Data Network (MINDNET) will create a highly usable and accessible data repository, with advanced web interface and R programming for data analysis, as well as pilot awards and asynchronous and synchronous education and training. MINDNET will generate high quality systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and methodology papers, and pilot awards, to provide clear synthesis of evidence for stakeholder use, as well as training and education to foster skills, collaboration, and innovation within the CIH scientific community.
Role: Principal Investigator
1R01AT011745-01 Loucks, Johnson (PIs; contact PI: Loucks) 05/01/2022-02/28/2027
NCCIH
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: An Implementation Science-Informed Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
At this time, policy makers and health insurers are actively exploring covering Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, but are not equipped with recent evidence syntheses to aid those decisions. These systematic reviews and meta-analyses, done in partnership with knowledge users, will provide the needed evidence for sound decisions and demonstrate knowledge gaps for researchers to fill.
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $3.2M USD
1R01HL171195-01A1 Marcus (PI) 07/05/2024-06/30/2029
NHLBI
Improving Physical Activity Participation in Latinas with Mindfulness
This study aims to improve adherence to physical activity (PA) guidelines among Latinas by integrating mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) into a remotely delivered intervention. Using a SMART design, we will adapt our evidence-based PA intervention for 258 inactive Latinas, focusing on stress management to enhance long-term health outcomes.
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: $3.6M USD
1R34AT011302-01A1 (Williams) 08/15/2021-07/31/2023
NCCIH
Early Phase Clinical Trial to Test the Feasibility of an ACT-Based Physical Activity Promotion Program for Adults with Depressive Symptoms
Specific aims are: Aim 1: Develop and demonstrate training and intervention fidelity procedures for bachelor’s level interventionists to direct the ACTivity and PA+Education interventions. Aim 2: Demonstrate feasibility of recruitment, randomization, retention, and data collection procedures to conduct an individually randomized group treatment trial (IRGT). Aim 3: Demonstrate credibility (i.e., how convincing and logical a treatment seems) and acceptability of the ACTivity and PA+Education programs.
Role: Co-Investigator
1R24AG065174-01 Loucks, Sheridan, Godfrey (PIs; contact PI: Loucks) 04/15/2020 – 03/31/2023
NIA
Specific aims are (1) Early life adversity (ELA) Measures: Develop an ELA measurement toolkit available to all researchers and clinicians in the field. The toolkit will include the best theoretically-embedded, prospectively- and retrospectively-assessed ELA measures, that will evolve as new discoveries on ELA measurement are made. (2) ELA Mechanisms: Catalyze research on key mechanisms through which ELA influences health and aging outcomes (e.g. biological, behavioral and self-report mechanisms) in midlife. Target mechanisms will be evaluated as to whether they are both malleable to interventions and influence aging outcomes, utilizing the Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) mechanisms-focused approach. (3) ELA Interventions: Foster research on: (a) Midlife effects of early life interventions (e.g. preconception through adolescence) for those exposed to ELA; (b) Midlife interventions for those who recall ELA and/or were objectively exposed to ELA.
Role: Principal Investigator
MCJ Amelior Foundation, Loucks (PI) 08/01/2021-07/31/2025
MBSR Training and MBSR Teacher Training for People of Color
This grant aims to perform community-based participatory research, including focus groups with stakeholders who are people of color, to provide input on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher training program content and timing for people of color. This project will offer MBSR to people of color in the United States at low or no cost, taught by MBSR teachers color who adapt MBSR to the racial/ethnic cultures that they are serving. Within these cohorts, we will train a subset to become MBSR teachers through a dedicated, private- and group-based sequential professional teacher training specific to people of color, taught by people of color.
Role: Principal Investigator
Catalyst Grant, Proulx (PI) 01/01/2022-12/31/2023
Exploring Native American Approaches to Mindfulness in Hypertension Interventions.
This pilot study will work with the Mohegan Tribal Nation to indigenize Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP) and evaluate acceptability and feasibility of that program in Native American community members with elevated blood pressure.
Role: Co-Investigator
1UH2AT009145-01 Loucks, Britton, King (PIs; contact PI: Loucks) 09/15/15-08/31/20
NIH/NCCIH
Mindfulness Influences on Self-Regulation: Mental and Physical Health Implications
This study aims to (1) analyze several existing datasets to evaluate what specific elements of mindfulness interventions are most effective at influencing self-regulation, and if those changes in self-regulation translate into clinically meaningful health behavior changes, such as improved medical regimen adherence, and (2) test the ability of customized mindfulness interventions to alter self-regulation and medical regimen adherence in four ongoing randomized controlled trials.
Role: Principal Investigator
3UH2AT009145-02S1 Loucks (PI) 09/01/2017 – 08/31/2018
NIH/NCCIH
Interoceptive Self-Awareness as a Behavior Change Tool
This study aims to (1) Evaluate whether the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) is influenced by mindfulness-based interventions including the Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP) intervention and Mindfulness-Based College Intervention (2) Further cross-validate the MAIA assay by inserting an objective measure of self-awareness (heart beat detection task) into the MB-BP Stage II randomized controlled trial . (3) Consider use of an fMRI task to investigate neural activity during interoceptive awareness (heartbeat counting) and exteroceptive awareness (tone counting).
Role: Principal Investigator
5R01AT008393-02 Pbert, Carmody, Kerr (PIs) 09/01/14-08/31/19
NIH/NCCIH
Asthma Symptom Management Through Mindfulness Training
The primary aim of the proposed randomized controlled trial is to test Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction against an active control on the key clinical outcomes of asthma control and symptoms using gold standard measures with 256 adults with mild, moderate or severe asthma. Secondary aims evaluate the program's effect on asthma quality of life, lung function, cost-effectiveness, and the mediating effect of respiratory interoceptive accuracy on asthma control, quality of life, and medication use.
Role: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Instructor
Brown University School of Public, Loucks (PI) 11/1/16-10/31/18
Development and Evaluation of Mindfulness-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Outcomes and Molecular Markers of Successful Cardiac Rehabilitation.
Primary aims are to evaluate the impact of Mindfulness-Based Cardiac Rehab (MB-Cardiac Rehab) vs. standard of care on: (1) Metabolic Equivalent of Tasks (METs) during exercise stress test, which is an established primary outcome used to evaluate success of cardiac rehabilitation on cardiovascular and functional status during graded increases in physical exertion; (2) Molecular markers of successful cardiac rehabilitation including lipids, glucose regulation, inflammatory markers, and oxidative stress. Furthermore, this project will establish a biobank of tissue to be leveraged through collaborative efforts for molecular assays.
Role: Principal Investigator
Brown University Office of the Vice-President of Research, Loucks (PI) 7/1/17-6/30/19
Brown Mindfulness Center: Research, Methods, and Service
This project delineates a strategic plan for launching the Brown Mindfulness Center over the next two years, while longer term sustainability is aimed to be established through donors and grants. A Brown Mindfulness Center, with a focus on “Research, Methods, and Service” would address important needs world-wide for methodologically rigorous research on positive and negative effects of mindfulness-based interventions, and disseminate this knowledge to the greater community. Funding is directed to mindfulness pilot research studies and strategic meetings to foster research collaborations.
Role: Principal Investigator, Director
Brown University of the Provost, Loucks (PI) 7/1/17-6/30/20
Mindfulness-Based College Randomized Controlled Trial
This grant provides support to implement a randomized controlled trial to evaluate impacts of a mindfulness-based intervention customized to emerging adults to foster health and performance, called Mindfulness-Based College.
Role: Principal Investigator
3UH2AT009145-02S2 Loucks (PI) 09/01/2016 – 08/31/2017
NIH/NCCIH
Mindfulness-Blood Pressure Reduction Study Randomized Controlled Trial.
This study transitions the MB-BP study funded by NIH Grant 1UH2AT009145-01 to a two-arm, dual-blind, randomized RCT during the UH2 phase, instead of being an uncontrolled pre/post study. This approach will allow evaluation of the impacts of MB-BP vs. control on self-regulation targets, medical regimen adherence, and blood pressure over a 1 year follow-up time period.
Role: Principal Investigator
3UH2AT009145-02S2 Britton (PI) 09/01/2016 – 08/31/2017
NIH/NCCIH
Systematic Reviews on Impacts of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Self-Regulation and Neuroimaging Targets.
This study extends the systematic reviews funded by NIH Grant1UH2AT009145-01 to perform systematic reviews on 3 distinct self-regulation domains, including neuroimaging targets, Similar to CONSORT guidelines that have been created for acupuncture trials (STRICTA), we plan to use information from the systematic review to create a CONSORT extension for mindfulness trials.
Role: Co-Investigator
2014-2016 National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging
"Identifying Targets for Reducing Obesity Caused by Early Life Disadvantage"
Role: Principal Investigator
2014-2016 National Institutes of Health/ National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
"Asthma Symptom Management Through Mindfulness Training"
Role: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Instructor
2013-2015 US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
"Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) Program"
Role: Epidemiologist and Evaluator
2013-2015 US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
"State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health
Role: Epidemiologist
2009-2012 NIH/NIA
"The New England Family Study: Fifty Year Post-Perinatal Follow-up for Life Course Effects on Aging"
Role: PI (multiple PIs: Loucks, Buka, Eaton)
2009-2014 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant
"A Longitudinal Study of Food Reward and Obesity in Young Children: The Role of Gene-Environment Interaction".
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Robert Levitan)
2008-2009 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant
GENESIS PRAXY (GENdEr and Sex DetermInantS of Cardiovascular Disease: From Bench to Beyond Premature Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Louise Pilote)
2008-2011 Heart and Stroke Foundations of Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, British Columbia and Yukon, and Alberta and Northwest Territories.
"GENESIS PRAXY (GENdEr and Sex DetermInantS of Cardiovascular Disease: From Bench to Beyond Premature Acute Coronary Syndrome)."
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Louise Pilote)
2006-2009 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant
"Elucidating gender-specific associations between life course socioeconomic position and longitudinal trajectories of cardiovascular disease risk factors"
Role: Principal Investigator (2006-2008), Collaborator (2009, due to moving to United States)
2006-2011 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant
"Longitudinal analysis of the Quebec birth cohort: Pathways between early childhood poverty, stress, child health, cardiovascular risk factors, associated secular trends, and resiliency."
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Gilles Paradis, Louise Seguin)
Please see Publications section above.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | PhD | University of British Columbia |
2024, Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research Collaboration, Brown University School of Public Health
2018, Elected as Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
2014, Psych Central named the following article in “The Four Greatest Psychological Discoveries of 2014”: Loucks EB et al. Positive associations of mindfulness with cardiovascular health: The New England Family Study. Int J Behav Med. 2015; 22(4): 540-550.
2012, BioMed Central Public Health Research Award for the article Loucks EB et al. BMC Public Health. 2011; 11(1):139, voted as the most ground-breaking research article published in BioMed Central Public Health for 2011.
2011, Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring in Public Health, Brown University
2008, 2009, Senior Teaching Excellence Award (McGill University, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Student Society)
2007, Senior Teaching Excellence Award, Runner Up (McGill University, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Student Society)
2007-2012, Canadian Institutes of Health (CIHR) New Investigator Award (declined after 2008 due to moving to United States)
2007-2011, Fonds de la Recherché en Santé Québec (FRSQ) Chercheur-Boursier Junior 1 Salary Award (declined)
2002-2005, Harvard Center for Society and Health Fellowship
2002-2004, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Research Fellowship
1999, W.B. and M.H. Chung Lectureship Award, University of British Columbia
1997-1999, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship
1994-1995, Dean's Honour List, University of British Columbia
1991, Passport to Education Scholarship
1991, Provincial Scholarship (British Columbia, Canada)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Brewer, Judson | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Britton, Willoughby | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Buka, Stephen | Professor of Epidemiology |
| Eaton, Charles | Professor of Family Medicine, Director of Primary Care and Prevention, Professor of Epidemiology |
| Elwy, Anashua Rani | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Frank, Hannah | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Gutman, Roee | Professor of Biostatistics |
| Howe, Chanelle | Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
| Proulx, Jeffrey | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research), Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) |
| Sun, Shufang | Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Associate Director of the Mindfulness Center |
Mindfulness Center
Contemplative Studies Concentration Faculty
Population Studies Training Center
My teaching agenda is to effectively transmit knowledge on mindfulness, social determinants of health, human biology, and epidemiology that will empower others to improve health and society. I aim to mentor graduate students to become high quality scientists in these fields, with a particular emphasis on mindfulness epidemiology.
| PHP 1880 - Meditation, Mindfulness and Health |
| PHP 1895 - Mindfulness Epidemiology |
| PHP 1910 - Public Health Senior Seminar |
| PHP 1920 - Social Determinants of Health |
