Dr. Whitney Evans is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School. She obtained a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy in 2013 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine at the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center at The Miriam Hospital and Brown University Medical School in July 2015. As a Registered Dietitian, Dr. Evans is broadly interested in examining the dietary correlates of excess weight gain in youth, particularly those living in low-income settings. Her research focuses on the summer as a high risk period for weight gain and nutrition insecurity. Most recently, she was part of a successful COBRE application focused on Stress, Trauma and Research (STAR). As a Research Project Lead, Dr. Evans will conduct a naturalistic experiment in children to elucidate the specific impact of nutrition insecurity from other poverty-related stressors on diet, inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers and summer weight gain.
| Wing RR, Becofsky K, Wing EJ, McCaffery J, Boudreau M, Evans EW, Unick J. "Behavioral and Cardiovascular Effects of a Behavioral Weight Loss Program for People Living with HIV." AIDS and Behavior, 2019. |
| Jessica Gokee LaRose, Rebecca H. Neiberg, E. Whitney Evans, Deborah F. Tate, Mark A. Espeland, Amy A. Gorin, Letitia Perdue, Karen Hatley, Cora E. Lewis, Erica Robichaud, Rena R. Wing & the Study of Novel Approaches to Weight Gain Prevention (SNAP) Research Group. "Dietary outcomes within the study of novel approaches to weight gain prevention (SNAP) randomized controlled trial." International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, vol. 15, 2019. |
| Goldschmidt AB, Evans EW, Saletin JM, O'Sullivan K, Koren D, Engel SG, Haedt-Matt A. "Naturalistic, multimethod exploratory study of sleep duration and quality as predictors of dysregulated eating in youth with overweight and obesity." Appetite, vol. 146, 2019, pp. 104521. |
| Bleiweiss-Sande, R Goldberg, J Evans, EW Chui, K Sacheck, J. "Perceptions of Processed Foods Among Low-Income and Immigrant Parents." Health Education and Behavior, 2019. |
| Bleiweiss-Sande, R Chui, K Evans, EW Goldberg J Amin, S Sacheck, J. "Robustness of Food Processing Classification Systems." Nutrients, vol. 11, no. 6, 2019. |
| Goldstein, Stephanie P., Thomas, J. Graham, Vithiananthan, Sivamainthan, Blackburn, George A., Jones, Daniel B., Webster, Jennifer, Jones, Richard, Evans, E.Whitney, Dushay, Jody, Moon, Jon, Bond, Dale S. "Multi-sensor ecological momentary assessment of behavioral and psychosocial predictors of weight loss following bariatric surgery: study protocol for a multicenter prospective longitudinal evaluation." BMC Obesity, vol. 5, no. 1, 2018, pp. 27. |
| Evans, E. Whitney, Bond, Dale S., Pierre, Denise F., Howie, Whitney C., Wing, Rena R., Jelalian, Elissa. "Promoting Health and Activity in the Summer Trial: Implementation and outcomes of a pilot study." Preventive Medicine Reports, vol. 10, 2018, pp. 87-92. |
| Rancourt D Jensen CD Duraccio KM Evans EW Wing RR Jelalian E. "Successful weight loss initiation and maintenance among adolescents with overweight and obesity: Does age matter?." Clinical obesity, vol. 8, no. 3, 2018, pp. 176-183. |
| Jelalian E, Evans EW. "Behavioral intervention in the treatment of obesity in children and adolescents: implications for Mexico." Nutrition Reviews, vol. 75, no. suppl 1, 2017, pp. 79-84. |
| Goldschmidt, Andrea B., Wall, Melanie M., Choo, Tse-Hwei J., Evans, E. Whitney, Jelalian, Elissa, Larson, Nicole, Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne. "Fifteen-year Weight and Disordered Eating Patterns Among Community-based Adolescents." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 54, no. 1, 2017, pp. e21-e29. |
| Bond, Dale S., Pavlović, Jelena M., Lipton, Richard B., Graham Thomas, J., Digre, Kathleen B., Roth, Julie, Rathier, Lucille, O'Leary, Kevin C., Evans, E. Whitney, Wing, Rena R. "Sexual Dysfunction in Women With Migraine and Overweight/Obesity: Relative Frequency and Association With Migraine Severity." Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, vol. 57, no. 3, 2017, pp. 417-427. |
| Evans, E. Whitney, Abrantes, Ana M., Chen, Eva, Jelalian, Elissa. "Using Novel Technology within a School-Based Setting to Increase Physical Activity: A Pilot Study in School-Age Children from a Low-Income, Urban Community." BioMed Research International, vol. 2017, 2017, pp. 1-7. |
| Luke A, Evans EW, Bond DS, Thomas JG. "Associations between omega fatty acid consumption and depressive symptoms among individuals seeking behavioural weight loss treatment." Obesity Science & Practice, vol. 2, no. 1, 2016, pp. 75-82. |
| Thomas, J Graham, Pavlovic, Jelena, Lipton, Richard B, Roth, Julie, Rathier, Lucille, O’Leary, Kevin C, Buse, Dawn C, Evans, E Whitney, Bond, Dale S. "Ecological momentary assessment of the relationship between headache pain intensity and pain interference in women with migraine and obesity." Cephalalgia, vol. 36, no. 13, 2016, pp. 1228-1237. |
| Bond DS, Buse DC, Lipton RB, Thomas JG, Rathier L, Roth J, Pavlovic JM, Evans EW, Wing RR. "Clinical Pain Catastrophizing in Women With Migraine and Obesity." Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, vol. 55, no. 7, 2015, pp. 923-33. |
| Evans, E. Whitney, Lipton, Richard B., Peterlin, B. Lee, Raynor, Hollie A., Thomas, J. Graham, O'Leary, Kevin C., Pavlovic, Jelena, Wing, Rena R., Bond, Dale S. "Dietary Intake Patterns and Diet Quality in a Nationally Representative Sample of Women With and Without Severe Headache or Migraine." Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, vol. 55, no. 4, 2015, pp. 550-561. |
| Camhi, Sarah M., Whitney Evans, E., Hayman, Laura L., Lichtenstein, Alice H., Must, Aviva. "Healthy eating index and metabolically healthy obesity in U.S. adolescents and adults." Preventive Medicine, vol. 77, 2015, pp. 23-27. |
| Evans, E. W., Jacques, P. F., Dallal, G. E., Sacheck, J., Must, A. "The role of eating frequency on relative weight in urban school-age children." Pediatric Obesity, vol. 10, no. 6, 2015, pp. 442-447. |
| Evans EW, Jacques PF, Dallal GE, Sacheck J, Must A. "The role of eating frequency on total energy intake and diet quality in a low-income, racially diverse sample of schoolchildren." Public Health Nutrition, vol. 18, no. 3, 2015, pp. 474-81. |
| Evans, E Whitney, Jacques, Paul F, Dallal, Gerard E, Sacheck, Jennifer, Must, Aviva. "The role of eating frequency on total energy intake and diet quality in a low-income, racially diverse sample of schoolchildren." Public Health Nutrition, vol. 18, no. 03, 2014, pp. 474-481. |
| Evans, E. Whitney, Hayes, Catherine, Palmer, Carole A., Bermudez, Odilia I., Naumova, Elena N., Cohen, Steven A., Must, Aviva. "Development of a pediatric cariogenicity index." Journal of Public Health Dentistry, vol. 73, no. 3, 2013, pp. 179-186. |
| Evans, E. Whitney, Hayes, Catherine, Palmer, Carole A., Bermudez, Odilia I., Cohen, Steven A., Must, Aviva. "Dietary Intake and Severe Early Childhood Caries in Low-Income, Young Children." Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, vol. 113, no. 8, 2013, pp. 1057-1061. |
| Evans, E. Whitney, Must, Aviva, Anderson, Sarah E., Curtin, Carol, Scampini, Renee, Maslin, Melissa, Bandini, Linda. "Dietary patterns and body mass index in children with autism and typically developing children." Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, vol. 6, no. 1, 2012, pp. 399-405. |
| Bandini, Linda G., Anderson, Sarah E., Curtin, Carol, Cermak, Sharon, Evans, E. Whitney, Scampini, Renee, Maslin, Melissa, Must, Aviva. "Food Selectivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typically Developing Children." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 157, no. 2, 2010, pp. 259-264. |
| Evans, E Whitney, Sonneville, Kendrin R. "BMI report cards: will they pass or fail in the fight against pediatric obesity?." Current Opinion in Pediatrics, vol. 21, no. 4, 2009, pp. 431-436. |
| Hinrichs, Anthony L., Wang, Jen C., Bufe, Bernd, Kwon, Jennifer M., Budde, John, Allen, Rebecca, Bertelsen, Sarah, Evans, Whitney, Dick, Danielle, Rice, John, Foroud, Tatiana, Nurnberger, John, Tischfield, Jay A., Kuperman, Samuel, Crowe, Raymond, Hesselbrock, Victor, Schuckit, Marc, Almasy, Laura, Porjesz, Bernice, Edenberg, Howard J., Begleiter, Henri, Meyerhof, Wolfgang, Bierut, Laura J., Goate, Alison M. "Functional Variant in a Bitter-Taste Receptor (hTAS2R16) Influences Risk of Alcohol Dependence." The American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 78, no. 1, 2006, pp. 103-111. |
| Hernandez, Dena G., Paisán-Ruíz, Coro, McInerney-Leo, Aideen, Jain, Shushant, Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas, Evans, E. Whitney, Berman, Karen F., Johnson, Janel, Auburger, Georg, Schäffer, Alejandro A., Lopez, Grisel J., Nussbaum, Robert L., Singleton, Andrew B. "Clinical and positron emission tomography of Parkinson's disease caused byLRRK2." Annals of Neurology, vol. 57, no. 3, 2005, pp. 453-456. |
| Hardy, John, Scholz, Sonja, Evans, Whitney, Goldfarb, Lev, Singleton, Andrew. "Prion genotypes in Central America suggest selection for the V129 allele." American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, vol. 141B, no. 1, 2005, pp. 33-35. |
| Fung, Hon Chung, Evans, Jessica, Evans, Whitney, Duckworth, Jaime, Pittman, Alan, de Silva, Rohan, Myers, Amanda, Hardy, John. "The architecture of the tau haplotype block in different ethnicities." Neuroscience Letters, vol. 377, no. 2, 2005, pp. 81-84. |
| Paisán-Ruı́z, Coro, Jain, Shushant, Evans, E.Whitney, Gilks, William P., Simón, Javier, van der Brug, Marcel, de Munain, Adolfo López, Aparicio, Silvia, Gil, Angel Martı́nez, Khan, Naheed, Johnson, Janel, Martinez, Javier Ruiz, Nicholl, David, Carrera, Itxaso Marti, Peňa, Amets Saénz, de Silva, Rohan, Lees, Andrew, Martı́-Massó, José Félix, Pérez-Tur, Jordi, Wood, Nick W., Singleton, Andrew B. "Cloning of the Gene Containing Mutations that Cause PARK8-Linked Parkinson's Disease." Neuron, vol. 44, no. 4, 2004, pp. 595-600. |
| Johnson J, Hague SM, Hanson M, Gibson A, Wilson KE, Evans EW, Singleton AA, McInerney-Leo A, Nussbaum RL, Hernandez DG, Gallardo M, McKeith IG, Burn DJ, Ryu M, Hellstrom O, Ravina B, Eerola J, Perry RH, Jaros E, Tienari P, Weiser R, Gwinn-Hardy K, Morris CM, Hardy J, Singleton AB. "SNCA multiplication is not a common cause of Parkinson disease or dementia with Lewy bodies." Neurology, vol. 63, no. 3, 2004, pp. 554-6. |
| Evans, Whitney, Fung, Hon Chung, Steele, John, Eerola, Johanna, Tienari, Pentti, Pittman, Alan, Silva, Rohan de, Myers, Amanda, Vrieze, Fabienne Wavrant-De, Singleton, Andrew, Hardy, John. "The tau H2 haplotype is almost exclusively Caucasian in origin." Neuroscience Letters, vol. 369, no. 3, 2004, pp. 183-185. |
Advance-CTR Pilot Projects Program (U54GM115677)
Principal Investigator(s): E. Whitney Evans, PhD; Jared Saletin, PhD (m-PI's)
Project Title: Examining the role of chrononutrition in behavioral weight control for adolescents
K01DK110142
Principal Investigator(s): E. Whitney Evans, PhD
Project Title: Evaluation and Enhancement of the Summer Food Service Program in Youth from
an Urban, Low-Resource Community
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | PhD | Tufts University |
| 2009 | MS | Boston University |
| 2003 | BA | Duke University |
| Postdoctoral Fellow, T32 Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine | Alpert Medical School of Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior | 2013-2015 | Providence, RI, USA |
