Jessica Cheng

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Biography

Dr. Cheng is a postdoctoral fellow with joint appointments in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health and Department of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research interests center around designing and evaluating multicomponent behavioral lifestyle interventions for the prevention of chronic disease as well as methodological complexities of measuring behavior. She is a trained coach for the Diabetes Prevention Program Group Lifestyle Balance (DPP-GLB), is certified in public health (CPH), and previously served as the Vaccine Adverse Events Coordinator for the State of Texas.

Education and Training

• BS, Psychology & English Literature
  University of Pittsburgh
• MPH, Epidemiology
  University of Pittsburgh
• PhD, Epidemiology
  University of Pittsburgh

Publications

• Sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with diet quality among low-income community health center patients with hypertension.

  Cheng J, Faulkner KC, Malone A, Gu KD, Thorndike AN. PLoS One 2025

• Diet Quality Changes in a 12-Week Web-Based Physical Activity Intervention without Explicit Dietary Guidance.

  Mazzolani BC, Esteves GP, Cheng J, Frediani JK, Beatrice B, Kariuki JK. Behav Med 2024 Oct 23

• The Utility and Limitations of Remotely Delivered Feedback Messages Regarding Physical Activity in a 12-Month Weight Loss Intervention: Insights From the SMARTER Trial Focus Groups.

  Kariuki JK, Burke LE, Zickmund S, Beatrice B, Kimball ER, Galyean P, Cheng J, Sereika SM, Bizhanova Z, Cedillo M, Wells J, Conroy MB. J Cardiovasc Nurs 2024 Oct 14

• Racial and Ethnic Differences in Sodium Sources and Sodium Reduction Behaviors among US Adults: NHANES 2017-2020 pre pandemic.

  Cheng J, Thorndike AN, Yi S. medRxiv 2024 Aug 28

• Data Collection and Management of mHealth, Wearables, and Internet of Things in Digital Behavioral Health Interventions With the Awesome Data Acquisition Method (ADAM): Development of a Novel Informatics Architecture.

  Pulantara IW, Wang Y, Burke LE, Sereika SM, Bizhanova Z, Kariuki JK, Cheng J, Beatrice B, Loar I, Cedillo M, Conroy MB, Parmanto B. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2024 Aug 07