{"id":7034,"date":"2021-12-21T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/?p=7034"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:33:19","slug":"krukowski-rebecca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/2021\/12\/21\/krukowski-rebecca\/","title":{"rendered":"Becca Krukowski, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrap\">\n<div id=\"inner\">\n<div id=\"content-sidebar-wrap\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"hfeed\">\n<div class=\"post-271 page type-page status-publish hentry entry gs-1 gs-odd gs-featured-content-entry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_7047\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7047\" class=\"wp-image-7047 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2021\/12\/krukowski_rebecca_headshot_web-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Krukowski\" width=\"130\" height=\"162\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rebecca Krukowski, Ph.D.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Professor, Public Health Sciences, Co-lead of the Community Cancer Control and Obesity Research Center<\/p>\n<p>Email: bkrukowski@virginia.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Postdoctoral fellowship, <em>University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Medical psychology internship, <em>Duke University Medical Center<\/em>, 2006-2007<\/li>\n<li>PhD in Clinical Psychology,<em> University of Vermont<\/em>, 2002-2007<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts (Major: Psychology, Minor: German), <em>DePauw University<\/em>, 1998-2002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Expertise:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Behavioral weight management for adults<\/li>\n<li>Technology-based behavioral interventions<\/li>\n<li>Gestational weight gain interventions<\/li>\n<li>Self-monitoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current Research Funding:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>R01DK107747: Efficacy of Two Novel Behavioral Post Cessation Weight Gain Interventions, Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li>R01DK104872: Behavioral Weight Management for Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the Military, Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>R01CA218155: Communication App to Manage Symptoms and Improve Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Adherence, Co-investigator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Honors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Fellow, The Obesity Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Service:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate Editor, Contemporary Clinical Trials<\/li>\n<li>Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity<\/li>\n<li>Committee Member, External Experts Panel for the Urinary Stone Disease Research Network, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases<\/li>\n<li>Data Safety Monitoring Board Member, Physiology of the Weight Reduced State study, National Institutes of Health<\/li>\n<li>Committee Member, Civic and Public Engagement Committee, Society of Behavioral Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Standing Study Section member, Health Promotion in Communities, National Institutes of Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links to Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Google Scholar profile<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=wzFzS2AAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=wzFzS2AAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>NCBI profile<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/myncbi\/rebecca.krukowski.1\/bibliography\/public\/\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/myncbi\/rebecca.krukowski.1\/bibliography\/public\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Twitter handle<\/strong>: @DrBeccaK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My research focuses on using technology to increase access to evidence-based behavioral interventions for adults in order to reduce cancer risk. 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