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Jennifer A. Emond, MS, PhD

Title(s)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Dean of Health Sciences Masters Program

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Outgoing chair (2024-2025), Evidence-Based Behavioral Medicine (EBBM) SIG of the Society for Behavioral Medicine
Senior Editorial Board Member, BMC Public Health

Department(s)
Biomedical Data Science
Pediatrics

Education
Ph.D., Public Health, Health Behavior Track
University of California San Diego/San Diego State University (Joint Doctoral Program)

M.Sc., Mathematics, Statistics Track
University of Massachusetts, Lowell

B.A., Epidemiology
Biology (Minor)
Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration (BDIC) Program
University of Massachusetts, Amherst


Programs
C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth
Hood Center for Children and Families
Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Curriculum Vitae
Emond_J_CV_2024-02-14.pdf

Contact Information

Office: 1-603-646-5709
Email: Jennifer.A.Emond@Dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Food marketing, problematic screen media use, health behavior research, accelerometery

Grant Information

Characterizing the relationships of genetic risk and parental coercive feeding practices with appetitive traits and adiposity gain across early life.
5/1/2024-2/28/2029
R01DK136698 (NIDDK)
Role: multi-PI
Goal: To disentangle the longitudinal associations between genetic obesity risk factors, parental feeding practices, child obesogenic appetitive traits and adiposity gain during the preschool years. Through repeated measurements from 2.5 through 5 years of age, this research will advance our understanding of the etiology of child obesity to guide future targeted obesity prevention efforts.

Prospective impact of media use on sleep and obesity risk in preschoolers
9/01/2018-6/30/2024 (NCE)
K01DK117971 / NIDDK
Role: PI
Goal: To assess the associations between household chaos, media use, sleep and eating behaviors in a prospective cohort of preschool-aged children.

Calibrating and validating accelerometry for use across early childhood (6-24 months)
12/30/2021-12/29/2023
R03DK131154 /NIDDK
Role: PI
Goal: To develop algorithms to classify physical activity intensity among infants and toddlers using a wearable accelerometer and IMU.

Courses Taught

Current:
QBS 119: Foundations of Applied Biostatistics
QBS 185.5 & QBS 185: Health Data Science Capstone Experience. Dartmouth's Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (Graduate).

Past:
BIOL 29: Biostatistics. Biology Department, Dartmouth College (Undergraduate/Graduate).
PH216: Applied Epidemiology. The Dartmouth Institute’s (TDI) at Dartmouth College online MPH program (Graduate).
QBS 270: Epidemiology Seminar. Dartmouth's Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (Graduate).
QBS 271: Epidemiology Seminar. Dartmouth's Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (Graduate).
MDED.118: Patients and Populations. Small Group Leader for weekly biostatistics review (Medical School).

Mentoring Information

Dartmouth's Women in Science Program (WISP)
Quantitative Biological Sciences


Selected Publications

 

Use of Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Affect-Based Feeling States Among Rural Breast Cancer Survivors: A Feasibility Study Guided by the Integrated Screening Action Model.
St Angelo M, Stevens CJ, Beidler LB, Emond JA, Tosteson ANA, Gunn CM
Int J Behav Med. 2025 Oct 27; doi: 10.1007/s12529-025-10407-5. Epub 2025 Oct 27.
PMID: 41145781

Correction to: Elucidating pathways to pediatric obesity: a study evaluating obesity polygenic risk scores related to appetitive traits in children.
Renier TJ, Yeum D, Emond JA, Lansigan RK, Ballarino GA, Carlson DD, Loos RJF, Gilbert-Diamond D
Int J Obes (Lond). 2025 Oct;49(10):2129. doi: 10.1038/s41366-025-01810-9.
PMID: 40999199

Response to "Development and Validation of the Food Noise Questionnaire".
Hayashi D, Edwards C, Emond JA, Gilbert-Diamond D, Rogers AM, Rigby A, Butt M, Masterson TD
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Sep;33(9):1615-1616. doi: 10.1002/oby.24349. Epub 2025 Jul 20.
PMID: 40685549

Association between the Taq1A polymorphism and problematic media use in preadolescent children.
Emond JA, Renier TJ, Yeum D, Carlson DD, Ballarino GA, Gilbert-Diamond D
Front Psychol. 2024;15:1395957. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1395957. Epub 2025 Jan 8.
PMID: 39845554

The Performance of Ankle- and Waist-Based Accelerometry in Quantifying Physical Activity Intensity Among 6- to 24-Month-Year-Olds: A Semistructured Laboratory Study.
Dorris HJ, Carlson DD, Ballarino GA, Lopez NV, Emond JA
Child Care Health Dev. 2025 Jan;51(1):e70035. doi: 10.1111/cch.70035.
PMID: 39806550

Validating the Problematic Media Use Measure in Preschool-Aged Children: Associations With Children's Screen Media Use, Bothersome Pestering to Use Screen Media, and Emotional Self-Regulation.
Emond JA, Carlson D, Ballarino G, Domoff SE
Technol Mind Behav. 2024 Fall;5(3) doi: 10.1037/tmb0000135. Epub 2024 Sep 10.
PMID: 39649773

Genetic associations with neural reward responsivity to food cues in children.
Yeum D, Renier TJ, Carlson DD, Ballarino GA, Lansigan RK, Meyer ML, Loos RJF, Emond JA, Masterson TD, Gilbert-Diamond D
Front Nutr. 2024;11:1387514. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1387514. Epub 2024 Sep 25.
PMID: 39385774

Genetic associations with consumption of palatable foods in the absence of hunger in response to food cues in children.
Yeum D, Renier TJ, Masterson TD, Carlson DD, Ballarino GA, Lansigan RK, Loos RJF, Emond JA, Gilbert-Diamond D
Pediatr Obes. 2025 Apr;20(4):e13168. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.13168. Epub 2024 Aug 28.
PMID: 39197865

A Latent Class Analysis of Family Eating Behaviors and Home Environment Habits on Preschool-Aged Children's Body Mass Index.
Carroll JE, Emond JA, VanKim N, Bertone-Johnson E, Sturgeon SR
Child Obes. 2024 Dec;20(8):643-652. doi: 10.1089/chi.2024.0243. Epub 2024 Jul 11.
PMID: 38990703

Association of Food Desert Residence and 5-Year Mortality in Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Resection.
Fay KA, Finley DJ, Hasson RM, Millington TM, Emond JA, Shirai K, Phillips JD
J Surg Res. 2024 Aug;300:345-351. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.05.017. Epub 2024 Jun 5.
PMID: 38843721

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