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Publications

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Highlighted Publications 

  • Wilhite KL, Thrower AN, Modlin SE, Zheng M, Williamson C, Marshall E, Desouky V, Abildso CG, Perry CK, Meyer MRU, Barone Gibbs B. scoping review comparing individual and multi-level physical activity interventions in rural women in the United States. BMC Public Health. In press.
  • Wilhite KL, Marshall E, Rogers CW, Whitaker KM, Morris-Neuberger L, Gibbs BB. Using healthcare-affiliated apps to recruit typically underrepresented populations in a pregnancy cohort study in West Virginia. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2025 Aug 7:101535.
  • Barone Gibbs B, Perera S, Conroy MB, Jakicic JM, Muldoon MF. Response by Barone Gibbs et al to Letters Regarding Article, "Effects of Sedentary Behavior Reduction on Blood Pressure in Desk Workers: Results From the RESET-BP Randomized Clinical Trial". Circulation. 2025 Jul 8;152(1):e5-e6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.125.074584. Epub 2025 Jul 7. PMID: 40623070; PMCID: PMC12236460.
  • Holmes AJ, Kline CE, Davis KK, Gordon BDH, Stoner L, Quinn TD, Paley JL, Barone Gibbs B.  Comparison of 24-hour Movement Behaviors in Desk Workers Across Office and Work from Home Locations. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 67(7):p e469-e477, July 2025.
  • Whitaker KM, Barone Gibbs B, Hivert MF, Makarem N, Moxley E, Vaught J, Evenson KR, American Heart Association Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, and Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia. Sedentary Behavior and Light-Intensity Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Health: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2025. 2025 May 13;151(19):e990-e999. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001316
  • Kozai AC, Wilhite KL, Kline CE, Davis KK, Hauspurg A, Catov JM, Barone Gibbs B. Influence of a sedentary behavior intervention on mood, sleep, and quality of life outcomes during pregnancy: the SPRING Study. Women’s Health Reports. 2025 Mar 25;6(1):305-314.
  • Quinn TD, Perera S, Conroy MB, Jakicic JM, Muldoon MF, Barone Gibbs B. Impact of Sedentary Behavior Reduction on Desk-worker Workplace Satisfaction, Productivity, Mood, and Health-related Quality of Life: A Randomized Trial. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2025 Feb 26.
  • Gibbs BB, Modlin S, Merz NB, Haas DM, Khan SS, Lane A, McNeil RB, Varagic J, Huber K, Vasquez-Huot L, Catov JM. Leisure Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cardiovascular Health 2-7 Years after Pregnancy in the nuMoM2b HHS Cohort. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2025 Feb 3;. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003660.
  • Kozai AC, Jones MA, Borrowman JD, Hauspurg A, Catov JM, Kilne EC, Whitaker KM, Barone Gibbs B. Patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep across pregnancy before and during two COVID pandemic years. Midwifery. 2025 Feb 1;141:104268.
  • Kline CE, Kubala AG, Kowalsky RJ, Barone Gibbs B. The effect of replacing prolonged sitting with intermittent standing during a simulated workday on the subsequent night’s sleep. Sleep Biol Rhythms. 2024. 1-8.
  • Martin SS, Aday AW, Allen NB, Almarzooq ZI, Anderson CA, Arora P, Avery CL, Baker-Smith CM, Bansai N, Beaton AZ, Commodore-Mensah Y, Curre ME, Elkind MSV, Fan W, Generoso G, Gibbs BB, et. al. 2025 heart disease and stroke statistics: a report of US and global data from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2025 Jan 27; doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001303. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39866113.
  • Gallagher JB, Boonstra DE, Borrowman JD, Unke M, Jones MA, Kline CE, Gibbs BB, Whitaker KM. Comparing Multiple Approaches to Estimate Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep in Pregnancy. Journal for the measurement of physical behaviour. 2024 Nov 19;7(1).
  • Kozai AC, Jones MA, Borrowman JD, Hauspurg A, Catov JM, Kline CE, Whitaker KM, Gibbs BB. Patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep across pregnancy before and during two COVID pandemic years. Midwifery. 2025 Feb 1;141:104268.
  • Gibbs BB. Modifying Sedentary Behavior for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity. InHandbook of Obesity-Volume 2 2024 (pp. 233-240). CRC Press.
  • Paley JL, Jones MA, Catov JM, Whitaker KM, Kozai AC, Barone Gibbs B. Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors with Depressive Symptoms and Mood Disturbance Throughout Pregnancy. Journal of Women's Health. 2024 Feb 6.
  • Laddu D, Neeland IJ, Carnethon M, Stanford FC, Mongraw-Chaffin M, Barone Gibbs B, Ndumele CE, Longenecker CT, Chung ML, Rao G. Implementation of Obesity Science Into Clinical Practice: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2024 May 20.
  • Martin SS, Aday AW, Almarzooq ZI, Anderson CA, Arora P, Avery CL, Baker-Smith CM, Barone Gibbs B, Beaton AZ, Boehme AK, Commodore-Mensah Y, et al. 2024 heart disease and stroke statistics: a report of US and global data from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2024 Feb 20;149(8):e347-913.
  • Gibbs BB, Perera S, Huber KA, Paley JL, Conroy MB, Jakicic JM, Muldoon MF. Effects of Sedentary Behavior Reduction on Blood Pressure in Desk Workers: Results From the RESET-BP Randomized Clinical Trial. Circulation. 2024.
  • Marshall EM, Bhandari R, Haas DM, Catov JM, Umer A, Silver RM, Barone Gibbs B. Pre‐pregnancy substance use and first trimester cardiovascular health among nulliparous pregnant people: The nuMoM2b Study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.
  • Gibbs BB, Kozai AC, McAdoo SN, Davis KD, Savidge MB, Paley JL, Hauspurg A, Catov JM. The sedentary behavior reduction in pregnancy intervention (SPRING) pilot and feasibility randomized trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2024 Apr 11;24(1):261.
  • Gibbs BB, Kozai AC, McAdoo SN, Davis KD, Savidge MB, Paley JL, Hauspurg A, Catov JM. The sedentary behavior reduction in pregnancy intervention (SPRING) pilot and feasibility randomized trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2024 Apr 11;24(1):261.
  • Kowalsky RJ, van Werkhoven H, Meucci M, Quinn TD, Stoner L, Hearon CM, Gibbs BB. Distinguishing Passive and Active Standing Behaviors From Accelerometry. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. 2024 May 17;7(1).
  • Thrower A, Quinn T, Jones M, Whitaker KM, Barone Gibbs B. Occupational physical activity as a determinant of daytime activity patterns and pregnancy and infant health. PloS one. 2023 Dec 22;18(12):e0296285.
  • Quinn TD, Gibbs BB. Context matters: the importance of physical activity domains for public health. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. 2023 Oct 4;6(4):245-9.
  • Whitaker KM, Jones MA, Smith K, Catov J, Feghali M, Kline CE, Santillan M, Santillan D, Zimmerman B, Gibbs BB. Study Design and Protocol of the Multisite Pregnancy 24/7 Cohort Study. American journal of epidemiology. 2024 Mar;193(3):415-25.
  • Paley JL, Jones MA, Catov JM, Whitaker KM, Kozai AC, Barone Gibbs B. Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors with Depressive Symptoms and Mood Disturbance Throughout Pregnancy. Journal of Women's Health. 2024 Feb 6.
  • Quinn TD, Lane A, Pettee Gabriel K, Sternfeld B, Jacobs Jr DR, Smith P, Barone Gibbs B. Associations between occupational physical activity and left ventricular structure and function over 25 years in CARDIA. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2024 Mar;31(4):425-33.
  • Gibbs BB. Modifying Sedentary Behavior for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity. InHandbook of Obesity-Volume 2 2024 (pp. 233-240). CRC Press.
  • Thrower A, Barone Gibbs B, Alansare A, Sherman S, Davis K. Blood pressure and heart rate variability responses following an acute bout of vinyasa yoga and a prolonged seated control: A randomized crossover trial. Plos one. 2023 Nov 28;18(11):e0294945.
  • Barone Gibbs B, Kozai AC, Mcadoo SN, Davis KD, Savidge M, Paley JL, Hauspurg A, Catov JM.  The Sedentary Behavior Reduction in Pregnancy Intervention (SPRING) Pilot and Feasibility Randomized Trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 24, Article number: 261 (2024).
  • Barone Gibbs, B., Muldoon, M. F., Conroy, M. B., Paley, J. L., Shimbo, D., & Perera, S. (2023). Influence of Recent Standing, Moving, or Sitting on Daytime Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Journal of the American Heart Association, e029999. Advance online publication.
  • Quinn, T. D., Lane, A., Gabriel, K. P., Sternfeld, B., Jacobs Jr, D. R., Smith, P., & Gibbs, B. B. (2023). 13-Year Associations of Occupational and Leisure-Time Physical Activity with Cardiorespiratory Fitness in CARDIA. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.
  • Alansare A, Paley JL, Quinn TD, Gibbs BB. Paradoxical Associations of Occupational and Non-occupational Sedentary Behavior with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Measures in Desk Workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 01 May 2023, PMID: 37130827.
  • Barone Gibbs B, Diaz KA, Kowalsky RJ, Smith P, Stoner L. Association of standing with cardiovascular disease and mortality in adults. Current Epidemiology Reports. (2021).
  • Lane-Cordova A, Jerome GJ, Paluch AE, Bustamante EE, LaMonte MJ, Pate RR, Weaver G, Webber-Ritchey KJ, Barone Gibbs B. Supporting physical activity in patients and populations during life events and transitions: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2021;144:00–00.
  • Barone Gibbs B, Hivert MF, Jerome G, Schorr E, Rosenkranz S, Kraus W, Spartano N, Lobelo F. American Heart Association Scientific Statement: Physical activity as a critical component of first-line treatment for elevated blood pressure or cholesterol: who, what, and how? Hypertension. HYP-0000000000000196. 78.2 (2021): e26-e37.
  • Barone Gibbs B, Jones MA, Jakicic JM, Jeyabalan A, Whitaker KM, Catov JM. Objectively-measured sedentary behavior and physical activity across three trimesters of pregnancy: the Monitoring Movement and Health (MoM Health) Study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2021 Jan 28;1-8. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2020-0398