Recent Publications

Gay JL, Liu J, Wang Y, Land D, Cloud G & Smith K. (In Press). Developing active pro-environmental campaign messaging: variations in belief themes by physical activity and pro-environmental behavior participation. Environment & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165261455145

Carr C, Gay J, Ritchie M, Murrow L, Knight J, Shen Y, & Tate A. (In Press). Pilot implementation results from a community-based flood resilience exercise to improve individual disaster preparedness. Health Promotion Practice.

Varpaei H, Buchholz S, Bhandari B, Gay JL, Carmignani K, Wang J, Kalyanaraman S, Sender J, Salinas J. (2026). Development and adaptation of bilingual health text message databases for health interventions in Hispanic communities: protocol for a scoping review. JMIR Research Protocols, 15:e86032 doi: 10.2196/86032 PMID: 42341294.

Salinas J, Lopez V, Gay JL, Buchholz S, Meza L, Juarez A, Robles EH, Sapargeldiyeva M, Parra-Medina D, & Yin Z. (In Press). An evaluation of the usability and feasibility of the 50K4Life mobile app for delivering walking challenges to public school administrative employees: beta testing study. JMIR Formative Research. Preprint available at http://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/80341

Salinas JJ, Buchholz SW, Yin Z, Gay JL, Rajbhandari-Thapa J, Wilson MG, Finley E, & Mulla Z. (2026). 50K4Life: A SMART study protocol to improve walking engagement in public school employees on the US-Mexico border. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 161, 108211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2025.108211

Liu J, Wang Y, & Gay JL. (2025). Promising campaign themes to promote active pro-environmental behaviors among U.S. coastal residents. Environmental Communication, 19(4), 663-687. 

Weber Rawlins ML*, Welch Bacon CE, Tomporowski P, Gay JL, Bierema L, Schmidt JD. (2024). Masculinity, optimism bias, and perceived pressure from stakeholders influence on student-athlete concussion reporting intentions and behavior. Journal of American College Health, 72(8), 2441-47. First published online 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2115300

Gay JL & Poproski R. (2023). Specifications grading for graduate students: motivated, less stressed, and achieving in public health. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 9(4), 237-243. https://doi.org/10.1177/23733799231198774

Alkhoshi EE*, Rasheed KM, Arabnia HR, Maier FW, Gay JL. (2022). Comparison of machine learning methods for human activity recognition using pseudo-free-living data. In the Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 140-6. doi: 10.1109/CSCI58124.2022.00029

Carmichael KE*, O’Connor PJ, Gay JL. (2022). Stair walking effects on feelings of energy and fatigue: is 4-minutes enough for benefits? Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 895446. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.895446

Salinas, J, Valenzuela R, Sheen J, Carlyle M, Gay JL, Morales A. (2022). An ORBIT phase 1: design study of a citywide employer-based walking challenges in a predominantly Mexican American metropolitan area. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(4),961-73. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1359105320977650

Smith AB*, Gay JL, Monsma E, Arent S, Sarzynski M, Emerson D, & Torres-McGehee T. (2022). Investigation of eating disorder risk and body image dissatisfaction among female competitive cheerleaders. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), 2196. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042196

Gay JL, Cherof SA*, LaFlamme CC*, & O’Connor PJ. (2022). Psychological aspects of stair use: a systematic review. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 16(1), 109-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827619870104

Smith AB*, Gay J, Arent S, Sarzynski M, Emerson D, & Torres-McGehee T. (2022). Examination of the prevalence of female athlete triad components among competitive cheerleaders. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,19, 1375. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031375

Gay JL & Buchner DM. (2022). Twelve-month stability of accelerometer-measured occupational and leisure-time physical activity and compensation effects. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2021-0010

Current Funding

National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, Award Number: U01MD019289  Evidence-based intervention to improve walking engagement in El Paso, Texas
A SMART design intervention to increase physical activity participation among K-12 teachers and staff. Role: Co-Investigator, UGA PI
09/15/23-03/31/28

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Award Number: 1T03OH012806-01-00
Translating the Fisherman First Aid and Safety Training (FFAST) for Commercial Fishermen in the Southeastern United States
A community-based participatory program to adapt a fishermen-specific first aid and safety training course for Georgia commercial fishermen.
Role: PI
09/01/24-08/31/27