Assistant Professor

Department of Health Promotion
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• 2021-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2020-2021, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2016-2020, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Education

• 2020, Ph.D. in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2016, M.S. in Kinesiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• 2014, B.S. in Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests

• Porter is a dissemination and implementation scientist who works to engage clinical and community partners to address weight control, chronic disease prevention, and physical activity and nutrition behavior change.

Selected Publications

• Katula, J.A., Dressler, E.V., Kittel, C.A., Harvin, L.N., Almeida, F.A., Wilson, K.E., Michaud, T.L., Porter, G.C., Brito, F.A., Goessl, C.L., Jasik, C.B., Castro Sweet, C.M., Schwab, R., Estabrooks, P.A. (In Press) Effects of a Digital Diabetes Prevention Program on HbA1c and Body Weight in Prediabetes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• Hill, J., Heelan, K., Bartee, R.T., Wichman, C., Michaud, T., Abbey, B., Porter, G., Golden, C., Estabrooks, P. (2021) A Type III Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation pilot trial testing dissemination and implementation strategies for a pediatric weight management intervention: The Nebraska CORD 3.0 Project. Childhood Obesity 17(Supplement 1), S-70.
• Porter, G.C., Michaud, T., Schwab, R., Hill, J., Estabrooks, P. (2021) Reach Outcomes and Costs of Different Physician Referral Strategies for a Weight Management Program Among Rural Primary Care Patients: A Type III Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial. JMIR Formative Research, 5(10), e28622.
• Porter, G.C., Schwab, R., Hill, J.L., Bartee, R.T., Heelan, K.A., Michaud, T.L., & Estabrooks, P.A. (2021) Examining the feasibility and characteristics of realistic weight management support for patients: Focus groups with rural, micropolitan, and metropolitan primary care providers. Preventive Medicine Reports, 23, 101390.
• Michaud, T.L., Estabrooks, P.A., McGuire, T.J., You, W., Almeida, F., Karls, K., Love, K., King, K., Hill, J., Reed, J., Porter, G., Su, D. (2020) Sustaining the Reach of a Scalable Weight Loss Intervention through Financial Incentives- A pragmatic, feasibility, online randomized trial protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials,
• Reilly, K., Kennedy, S., Porter, G., & Estabrooks, P. (2020) Comparing, contrasting, and integrating dissemination and implementation outcomes included in the RE-AIM and Implementation Outcomes Frameworks. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 430.
• Aviles, J., Porter, G.C., Estabrooks, P., Alexander, N.B., Madigan, M.L. (2020) Potential Implementation of Reactive Balance Training within Continuing Care Retirement Communities. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. 5(6), 51-58.
• Estabrooks P.A., Harden S.M., Almeida F.A., Hill J.L., Johnson S.E., Porter G.C., Greenawald M.H. (2019) Using integrated research-practice partnerships to move evidence-based principles into practice. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 47(3), 176-187. doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000194
• Glasgow, R. E., Harden, S. M., Gaglio, B., Rabin, B. A., Smith, M. L., Porter, G. C., Ory, M. G., & Estabrooks, P. A. (2019). RE-AIM planning and evaluation framework: Adapting to new science and practice with a 20-year review. Frontiers in Public Health – Public Health Education and Promotion. 7(64). doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00064
• Porter, G., Laumb, K., Michaud, T., Brito, F., Petreca, D., Schwieger, G., Bartee, T., Yeary, K., & Estabrooks, P. (2019) Understanding the impact of rural weight loss interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews. 20(5), 713-724. doi: 1111/obr.12825

Professional Affiliations

• Delta Omega Society – Gamma Omicron Chapter
• American Public Health Association
• International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
• Society of Behavioral Medicine