Becca Krukowski, PhD

Rebecca Krukowski, Ph.D.

My research focuses on using technology to increase access to evidence-based behavioral interventions for adults in order to reduce cancer risk. I have a particular focus on behavioral weight management interventions, self-monitoring behaviors, health equity, and increasing access to rural communities.

Professor, Public Health Sciences, Co-lead of the Community-Based Health Equity research program

Email: bkrukowski@virginia.edu

Education:

• Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health
• Medical psychology internship, Duke University Medical Center, 2006-2007
• PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Vermont, 2002-2007
• Bachelor of Arts (Major: Psychology, Minor: German), DePauw University, 1998-2002

Expertise:

• Behavioral weight management for adults
• Technology-based behavioral interventions
• Gestational weight gain interventions
• Self-monitoring

Current Research Funding:

• R01DK107747: Efficacy of Two Novel Behavioral Post Cessation Weight Gain Interventions, Principal Investigator
• R01DK104872: Behavioral Weight Management for Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the Military, Principal Investigator
• R01DA043468: The Determinants of Tobacco Relapse and Initiation Following a Period of Forced Abstinence in the U.S. Military: A Social Ecological Approach, Co-investigator
• R01CA218155: Communication App to Manage Symptoms and Improve Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Adherence, Co-investigator