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Shiriki K. Kumanyika

Shiriki K. Kumanyika

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
108
Citations
67417
World Ranking
5878
National Ranking
3149

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Shiriki K. Kumanyika is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States. The scholar's research spans primarily the fields of Health Professions and Medicine with a particular focus on general health professions and public health, environmental and occupational health. Additional work concerns pharmacy, clinical psychology, and economics and econometrics.

The main topics addressed by Kumanyika include obesity, physical activity, and diet; food security and health in diverse populations; obesity and health practices; health policy implementation science; community health and development; nutritional studies and diet; and public health policies and education.

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Ross C. Brownson, Debra Haire-Joshu, Christina D. Economos, Bruce Y. Lee, and Marlene B. Schwartz.

Publication venues where Kumanyika has frequently contributed include UNC Libraries, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Childhood Obesity, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, and Implementation Science.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kumanyika are:

  • Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity, 2021, Implementation Science
  • The American Heart Association 2030 Impact Goal: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association, 2020, Circulation
  • Expanding Implementation Research to Prevent Chronic Diseases in Community Settings, 2021, Annual Review of Public Health
  • Solving Population-wide Obesity - Progress and Future Prospects, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Advancing healthcare equity through dissemination and implementation science, 2023, Health Services Research

Kumanyika's work particularly emphasizes topics of public health policies and equity, obesity prevention, and community health interventions. This includes an interest in implementation science as it relates to health equity and chronic disease prevention within community settings.

The researcher was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2003, reflecting a professional acknowledgment within the field.

Best Publications

  • Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary

    F. X. Pi-Sunyer;D. M. Becker;C. Bouchard;R. A. Carleton

  • Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective

    M Marmot;T Atinmo;T Byers;J Chen

  • Gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity

    Scott M Grundy;J. A. Barondess;N. J. Bellegie;H. Fromm

  • The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

    Boyd A Swinburn;Boyd A Swinburn;Vivica I Kraak;Steven Allender;Vincent J Atkins

  • Overweight in Children and Adolescents Pathophysiology, Consequences, Prevention, and Treatment

    Stephen R. Daniels;Donna K. Arnett;Robert H. Eckel;Samuel S. Gidding

  • Will all Americans become overweight or obese? estimating the progression and cost of the US obesity epidemic.

    Youfa Wang;May A. Beydoun;Lan Liang;Benjamin Caballero

  • Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases

    EK Amine;NH Baba;M Belhadj;M Deurenberg-Yap

  • Sodium Reduction and Weight Loss in the Treatment of Hypertension in Older Persons: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Nonpharmacologic Interventions in the Elderly (TONE)

    Paul K. Whelton;Lawrence J. Appel;Mark A. Espeland;William B. Applegate

  • Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention (TOHP)

    Nancy R Cook;Jeffrey A Cutler;Eva Obarzanek;Julie E Buring

  • EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF MINORITY RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS

    Antronette K. Yancey;Alexander N. Ortega;Shiriki K. Kumanyika

  • Physical activity and cardiovascular health

    Russell V Luepker;S. B. Johnson;L. Breslow;A. V. Chobanian

  • Health disparities and health equity: the issue is justice

    Paula Braveman;Shiriki K Kumanyika;Jonathan E. Fielding;Thomas A. LaVeist

  • Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Dietary Lifestyle Changes for Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction in Adults A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Nancy T. Artinian;Gerald F. Fletcher;Dariush Mozaffarian;Penny Kris-Etherton

  • The Look AHEAD study: a description of the lifestyle intervention and the evidence supporting it.

    Thomas A Wadden;Delia Smith West;Linda Delahanty

  • Infant Weight Gain and Childhood Overweight Status in a Multicenter, Cohort Study

    Nicolas Stettler;Nicolas Stettler;Babette S. Zemel;Shiriki Kumanyika;Virginia A. Stallings

  • The joint WHO/FAO expert consultation on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases: process, product and policy implications

    Chizuru Nishida;Ricardo Uauy;Shiriki Kumanyika;Prakash Shetty

  • Population-Based Prevention of Obesity : The Need for Comprehensive Promotion of Healthful Eating, Physical Activity, and Energy Balance A Scientific Statement From American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Interdisciplinary Committee for Prevention (Formerly the Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science)

    Shiriki K. Kumanyika;Eva Obarzanek;Nicolas Stettler;Ronny Bell

  • The Effects of Nonpharmacologic Interventions on Blood Pressure of Persons With High Normal Levels: Results of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention, Phase I

    Paul K. Whelton;Lawrence Appel;Jeanne Charleston;Arlene Taylor Dalcin

  • Obesity prevention: the case for action

    S Kumanyika;RW Jeffery;A Morabia;C Ritenbaugh

  • Targeting Interventions for Ethnic Minority and Low-Income Populations

    Shiriki Kinika Kumanyika;Sonya Grier

Frequent Co-Authors

Boyd Swinburn
Boyd Swinburn University of Auckland
Wendy Snowdon
Wendy Snowdon Deakin University
Justine Shults
Justine Shults University of Pennsylvania
Gary Sacks
Gary Sacks Deakin University
Thomas A. Wadden
Thomas A. Wadden University of Pennsylvania
Corinna Hawkes
Corinna Hawkes City, University of London
Stefanie Vandevijvere
Stefanie Vandevijvere University of Auckland
Sharon Friel
Sharon Friel Australian National University
Bridget Kelly
Bridget Kelly University of Wollongong
Carlos Augusto Monteiro
Carlos Augusto Monteiro Universidade de São Paulo

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