Katherine Arlinghaus, PhD, MS, RD
Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Contact Info
Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Member, Healthy Weight Research Center
PhD, Kinesiology: Obesity Studies Concentration, University of Houston, 2020
MS, Public Health Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2016; Accredited Dietetic Internship: Case Western Reserve University
BS, Economics, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2014
BA, Latin American Studies, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2014
Summary
My research and teaching activities are focused on bridging the gap between research and public health practice to address health disparities in obesity and other nutrition-related diseases. My current studies do this by 1. Utilizing the school setting to provide basic behavioral treatment and prevention for pediatric obesity; 2. Identifying predictors of obesity intervention response to optimize the tailoring of interventions; 3. Investigating the role of parental influence on pediatric weight-related behaviors (e.g., eating and physical activity); and 4. Addressing the disproportionate challenges to preventing and treating chronic disease experienced by historically marginalized populations.
Expertise
Health disparities, adolescent health, pediatric obesity, parent feeding, school health, community-based intervention, physical activity, nutrition, food insecurity
Awards & Recognition
George A. Bray Doctoral Dissertation Award, The Obesity Society, 2020 Department of Health and Human Performance 2018-2019 Post-Candidacy Doctoral Student Award, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 2019 American Heart Association Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health and Epidemiology and Prevention Early Career Committees 3-Minute Rapid Fire Oral Abstract Competition Winner, EPI Lifestyle 2019 Scientific Sessions, Houston, TX, 2019
Research
Publications
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See a full list of publications on PubMed
Arlinghaus, K. R., & Laska, M. N. (2021). Parent feeding practices in the context of food insecurity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 366. doi:10.3390/ijerph18020366
Arlinghaus, K.R., O'Connor, D.P., Ledoux, T.A., Hughes, S.O., & Johnston, C.A. (2020). The role of early and later response on overall outcomes in school-based obesity intervention. Obesity. [Advance Online Publication] doi: 10.1002/oby.23040
Arlinghaus, K. R., Power, T. G., Hernandez, D. C., Johnston, C. A., & Hughes, S. O. (2020). The association between maternal depressive symptomology and child dinner dietary quality among Hispanic Head Start families. Preventive Medicine Reports, 20, 101196.doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101196
Arlinghaus, K.R., Gorniak, S.L., Hernandez, D.C., & Johnston, C.A. (2020). Hurricane Harvey differentially impacted the growth of low-income, ethnic minority adolescents: stress as a mediator. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. [Advance Online Publication] doi:10.1017/dmp.2020.308
Arlinghaus, K. R., O'Connor, D. P., & Johnston, C. A. (2019). Frequency of school-based intervention needed to improve weight outcomes of Mexican-American adolescents with overweight or obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatric Obesity, 14(12), e12568.doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12568