Gwenn Porter, MS

Current Professional Title: Assistant Professor
Current Organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Health Promotion
Graduation Year: 2020
Dissertation Title: Identify, Adapting, and Implementing a Weight Management Program in Rural Primary Care
Dissertation Chair of Committee: Dr. Paul Estabrooks

Professional Summary

• 2016-2020, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2014-2016, Graduate Research Assistant, Exercise Psychology Lab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 2013-2014, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Motivation Lab, Pennsylvania State University

Education

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

Presentations

• Porter, G.C., Estabrooks, P. Do different referral methods influence the reach, retention, and effectiveness of a digitally-delivered weight loss program? College of Public Health Student Research Conference, University of Nebraska Medical Center, April 2020.
• Porter, G.C., Estabrooks, P. Do different referral methods influence the reach, retention, and effectiveness of a digitally-delivered weight loss program? Paper Session, Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, April 2020. (Conference cancelled)
• Porter, G.C., Estabrooks, P. Reach results of a type I hybrid implementation-effectiveness weight loss trial among rural primary care patients. Poster Presentation, Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Alexandria, December 2019.
• Porter, G.C., Estabrooks, P. Addressing rural weight loss through primary care: A multi-phase study. Delta Omega Poster Session, American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, November 2019.
• Porter, G.C., Estabrooks, P. Preliminary reach results of a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation weight loss trial. Poster Presentation, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2019.
• Johnson, L.J., Porter, G.C., Rohde, J., Cramer, M.E., Estabrooks, P.A. Implementing a continuous quality improvement intervention in a clinical and translational research network. Oral Presentation, Science of Team Science, East Lansing, MI. May 2019.
• Porter, G.C., Estabrooks, P. Preliminary reach results of a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation weight loss trial. Poster Session, College of Public Health Student Research Conference, University of Nebraska Medical Center, April 2019.
• Porter, G.C., Schwab, R., Bartee, T., Heelan, K., Hill, J., Michaud, T., & Estabrooks, P. Feasibility of providing a weight management program to support primary care practices in Nebraska: A qualitative analysis. Paper Session, North American Primary Care Research Group, Washington, D.C. June 2018.
• Porter, G.C., Wilson, K., Harden, S., Almeida, F., McGuire, T., Kleppe, L., & Estabrooks, P. Effects of adding an activity tracker to an ongoing community-based weight-loss program. Paper Session, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Hong Kong, China, June 2018.
• Porter, G.C., Schwab, R., & Estabrooks, P. Feasibility of providing a weight management program to support rural primary care practices in Nebraska: A qualitative analysis. Poster Session, College of Public Health Student Research Conference, University of Nebraska Medical Center, April 2018.
• Porter, G.C., Brito, F., Petreca, D., Schwieger, G., & Estabrooks, P. Understanding the impact of rural weight loss interventions: A systematic review. Poster Session, College of Public Health Student Research Conference, University of Nebraska Medical Center, April 2017.
• Porter, G.C., Brito, F., Petreca, D., Schwieger, G., & Estabrooks, P. Understanding the impact of rural weight loss interventions: A systematic review. Poster Session, Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA, April 2017.
• Publications
• 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, 106142.
• 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.
• Almeida, F.A., Porter, G.C., Wilson, K., Michaud, T., Goessl, C., Schwab, R.J., Katula, J.A., Castro Sweet, C., Estabrooks, P.A. (2020) Preventing diabetes with digital health and coaching for translation and scalability (PREDICTS):  A Type 1 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 88, 105877
• Aviles, J., Porter, G.C., Estabrooks, P., Alexander, N.B., Madigan, M.L. (In Press) 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: 10.1111/obr.12825
• Yeary, K., Moore, P., Gauss, C.H., Cornell, C., Prewitt, T.E., Tilford, J.M., Shakya, S., Turner, J., Harris, K., Scarborough, C., Porter, G., Estabrooks, P. (2018) Reach and Adoption of a randomized weight loss maintenance trial in rural African Americans of faith: The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance. American Journal of Health Promotion, doi:10.1177/0890117118805065. *Recognized as an AJHP 2019 Paper of the Year

Research Interests

Physical activity and nutrition behavior change, chronic disease prevention, implementation science, health disparities