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Overview

J. Michael Oakes is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Clinical Psychology, and Statistics and Probability.

The researcher's main topics of study include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Public Health Policies and Education

Among J. Michael Oakes' recent published papers are:

  • Efficacy of the 'Stand and Move at Work' multicomponent workplace intervention to reduce sedentary time and improve cardiometabolic risk: a group randomized clinical trial, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • The interaction of adverse childhood experiences and gender as risk factors for depression and anxiety disorders in US adults: a cross-sectional study, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • Errors in the implementation, analysis, and reporting of randomization within obesity and nutrition research: a guide to their avoidance, 2021, International Journal of Obesity
  • Incorrect Analyses of Cluster-Randomized Trials that Do Not Take Clustering and Nesting into Account Likely Lead to p-Values that Are Too Small, 2020, Childhood Obesity
  • Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Identification of Patients With CKD Using Electronic Health Records, 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases

The scientist frequently publishes in various venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Nature Aging
  • Circulation
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • BMC Public Health

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with J. Michael Oakes include:

  • Sarah A. Rydell
  • David B. Allison
  • Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo
  • Nathan Mitchell
  • Andrew W. Brown

Best Publications

  • The measurement of SES in health research: current practice and steps toward a new approach.

    J.Michael Oakes;Peter H Rossi

  • The (mis)estimation of neighborhood effects: causal inference for a practicable social epidemiology.

    J Michael Oakes

  • Changing Work and Work-Family Conflict: Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network*

    Erin L. Kelly;Phyllis Moen;J. Michael Oakes;Wen Fan

  • Methods in Social Epidemiology

    J. Michael Oakes;Jay S. Kaufman

  • Design and Destinations: Factors Influencing Walking and Total Physical Activity:

    Ann Forsyth;Mary Hearst;J. Michael Oakes;Kathryn H. Schmitz

  • Does Residential Density Increase Walking and Other Physical Activity

    Ann Forsyth;J. Michael Oakes;Kathryn H. Schmitz;Mary Hearst

  • Effects of calorie labeling and value size pricing on fast food meal choices: Results from an experimental trial

    Lisa J Harnack;Simone A French;J Michael Oakes;Mary T Story

  • The effects of neighborhood density and street connectivity on walking behavior: the Twin Cities walking study

    J Michael Oakes;Ann Forsyth;Kathryn H Schmitz

  • The built environment, walking, and physical activity: Is the environment more important to some people than others?

    Ann Forsyth;J. Michael Oakes;Brian Lee;Kathryn H. Schmitz

  • Physical performance limitations and participation restrictions among cancer survivors: a population-based study.

    Kirsten K. Ness;Melanie M. Wall;J. Michael Oakes;Leslie L. Robison

  • Why Eat at Fast-Food Restaurants: Reported Reasons among Frequent Consumers

    Sarah A. Rydell;Lisa J. Harnack;J. Michael Oakes;Mary Story

  • Capturing the social demographics of hidden sexual minorities: An internet study of the transgender population in the United States

    B. R. Simon Rosser;J. Michael Oakes;Walter O. Bockting;Michael Miner

  • Effects of Socioeconomic and Racial Residential Segregation on Preterm Birth: A Cautionary Tale of Structural Confounding

    Lynne C. Messer;J. Michael Oakes;Susan Mason

  • Twenty Years of Neighborhood Effect Research: An Assessment.

    J. Michael Oakes;Kate E. Andrade;Ifrah M. Biyoow;Logan T. Cowan

  • Risks and wrongs in social science research: An evaluator's guide to the IRB

    J. Michael Oakes

  • Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of an online peer-to-peer social support ART adherence intervention.

    Keith J. Horvath;J. Michael Oakes;B. R. Simon Rosser;Gene Danilenko

  • The street level built environment and physical activity and walking: Results of a predictive validity study for the irvine minnesota inventory

    Marlon G. Boarnet;Ann Forsyth;Kristen Day;J. Michael Oakes

  • Statistical power for nonequivalent pretest-posttest designs. The impact of change-score versus ANCOVA models.

    J. Michael Oakes;Henry A. Feldman

  • HIV sexual risk behavior by men who use the internet to seek sex with men: results of the men's INTernet sex study-II (MINTS-II)

    B. R. Simon Rosser;J. Michael Oakes;Keith J. Horvath;Joseph A. Konstan

  • Risk and direct protective factors for youth violence: results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

    Debra H. Bernat;J. Michael Oakes;Sandra L. Pettingell;Michael Resnick

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann Forsyth
Ann Forsyth Harvard University
B. R. Simon Rosser
B. R. Simon Rosser University of Minnesota
Keith J. Horvath
Keith J. Horvath San Diego State University
Jhumka Gupta
Jhumka Gupta George Mason University
Mary Story
Mary Story Duke University
Alexander J. Rothman
Alexander J. Rothman University of Minnesota
Phyllis Moen
Phyllis Moen University of Minnesota
Leslie B. Hammer
Leslie B. Hammer Oregon Health & Science University
Kathryn M. Yount
Kathryn M. Yount Emory University
Sandra M Godden
Sandra M Godden University of Minnesota

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