Gregory Pavela

Gregory Pavela
Associate Professor

Scientist (C), Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) , General Clinical Research Center
Associate Scientist (C), Nutrition Obesity Res Center (NORC) , Nutrition Sciences Research
Associate Professor (P), Health Behavior , School of Public Health
Co-Director, Survey Research Unit , UAB Center for Study of Community Health

Overview

My research examines the determinants and consequences of body weight and weight-related outcomes. There are two broad lines to my research: (1) examining the effect of early life experiences on the health and obesity of midlife and older adults; and (2) examining the effect of social status on weight-related outcomes, including obesity and dietary behaviors. The objective of my research is to improve causal inferences about the determinants of consequences of body weight and identify factors—such as perceived social status—which complement the design of weight management behavioral interventions.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2023	Author Correction: Randomization, design and analysis for interdependency in aging research: no person or mouse is an island (Nature Aging, (2022), 2, 12, (1101-1111), 10.1038/s43587-022-00333-6) 2023
2022	Randomization, design and analysis for interdependency in aging research: no person or mouse is an island 2022
2022	Relationship Between Food Security Status in a Caregiver's Family of Origin and Current Feeding Practices Among Low-Income, Single, Female Primary Caregivers. Family and Community Health. 45:257-266. 2022
2022	The associations between relative and absolute body mass index with mortality rate based on predictions from stigma theory 2022
2022	Bioactive compounds in mothers milk affecting offspring outcomes: A narrative review. Pediatric Obesity. 17. 2022
2022	The Influence of Mental Health and Respiratory Symptoms on the Association Between Chronic Lung Disease and E-Cigarette Use in Adults in the United States 2022
2022	The effects of experimentally manipulated social status and subjective social status on physical activity among Hispanic adolescents: An RCT. Pediatric Obesity. 17. 2022
2022	Randomisation can do many things – but it cannot “fail” 2022
2021	Re-Validation of the COmprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST): Assessing the Scale’s Utility in Chronic Disease Populations. Health Services Insights. 14. 2021
2021	Binge drinking moderates the association between chronic lung disease and e-cigarette use 2021
2021	Electronic cigarette use is negatively associated with body mass index: An observational study of electronic medical records 2021
2021	Toward more rigorous and informative nutritional epidemiology: The rational space between dismissal and defense of the status quo. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 2021
2020	Mental health and the association between asthma and e-cigarette use among young adults in the united states: A mediation analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17:1-10. 2020
2020	Experimentally Manipulated Low Social Status and Food Insecurity Alter Eating Behavior Among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obesity. 28:2010-2019. 2020
2020	Objective and subjective socioeconomic status associated with metabolic syndrome severity among African American adults in Jackson Heart Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 117. 2020
2020	Energy Balance as a Moderator of Neurologic Disease Risk and Progression. Neurotoxicity Research. 38:242-248. 2020
2020	Public health code of ethics: Deliberative decision-making and reflective practice. American Journal of Public Health. 110:489-491. 2020
2019	Teach-Back Experience and Hospitalization Risk Among Patients with Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions: a Matched Cohort Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 34:2176-2184. 2019
2019	Satisfaction with Health Care Among Individuals with Overweight and Obesity: A Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 34:1397-1399. 2019
2019	Objective and Subjective Measures of Socioeconomic Status Are Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Severity Among African American Adults in the Jackson Heart Study (P18-006-19).. Current Developments in Nutrition. 3. 2019
2019	The Effects of Experimentally Manipulated Social Status and Food Insecurity on Acute Eating Behavior and Risk for Obesity Among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Study (P21-058-19).. Current Developments in Nutrition. 3. 2019
2019	Response to “The Relationship Between Youth Subjective Social Status and Weight Loss”. Obesity. 27:688. 2019
2019	Obesity as a threat to national security: the need for precision engagement. International Journal of Obesity. 43:437-439. 2019
2019	A sweeping highlight of the literature examining social status, eating behavior, and obesity. Appetite. 132:205-207. 2019
2019	Subjective social status is associated with compensation for large meals – A prospective pilot study. Appetite. 132:249-256. 2019
2018	Youth Subjective Social Status (SSS) is Associated with Parent SSS, Income, and Food Insecurity but not Weight Loss Among Low-Income Hispanic Youth. Obesity. 26:1923-1930. 2018
2018	Additive effects of obesity and loneliness on C-reactive protein. PLoS One. 13. 2018
2018	Cell-specific "competition for calories" drives asymmetric nutrient-energy partitioning, obesity, and metabolic diseases in human and non-human animals. Frontiers in Physiology. 9. 2018
2018	Diabetes risk scores for Hispanics living in the United States: A systematic review. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 142:120-129. 2018
2018	Randomization to randomization probability: Estimating treatment effects under actual conditions of use. Psychological Methods. 23:337-350. 2018
2018	Generalized lambda distribution for flexibly testing differences beyond the mean in the distribution of a dependent variable such as body mass index. International Journal of Obesity. 42:930-933. 2018
2018	A Comment on Scherr et al “A Multicomponent, School-Based Intervention, the Shaping Healthy Choices Program, Improves Nutrition-Related Outcomes”. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 50:324-325. 2018
2018	Body Mass Index and Subjective Social Status: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Obesity. 26:426-431. 2018
2018	The relationships of classic psychedelic use with criminal behavior in the United States adult population. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 32:37-48. 2018
2017	Social status and energy intake: a randomized controlled experiment. Clinical Obesity. 7:316-322. 2017
2017	Future research directions for the insurance hypothesis regarding food insecurity and obesity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 40:18-19. 2017
2017	Is childhood socioeconomic status independently associated with adult BMI after accounting for adult and neighborhood socioeconomic status?. PLoS One. 12. 2017
2016	The effects of experimentally manipulated social status on acute eating behavior: A randomized, crossover pilot study. Physiology and Behavior. 162:93-101. 2016
2016	The Validity of US Nutritional Surveillance: USDA's Loss-Adjusted Food Availability Data Series 1971-2010. Current Problems in Cardiology. 41:268-292. 2016
2016	Childhood conditions and multimorbidity among older adults 2016
2016	A narrative review of the associations between six bioactive components in breast milk and infant adiposity. Obesity. 24:1213-1221. 2016
2016	Socioeconomic Status, Risk of Obesity, and the Importance of Albert J. Stunkard. Current Obesity Reports. 5:132-139. 2016
2015	Functional Status and Social Contact Among Older Adults 2015
2015	Social relationships, gender, and recovery from mobility limitation among older americans 2015
2015	The Inadmissibility of What We Eat in America and NHANES Dietary Data in Nutrition and Obesity Research and the Scientific Formulation of National Dietary Guidelines. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 90:911-926. 2015
2015	Tourism and the treadmill of production: a cross-national analysis. Environmental Sociology. 1:127-138. 2015
2015	A Discussion of the Refutation of Memory-Based Dietary Assessment Methods (M-BMs): The Rhetorical Defense of Pseudoscientific and Inadmissible Evidence. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 90:1736-1739. 2015
2015	Packet randomized experiments for eliminating classes of confounders. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 45:45-55. 2015
2014	F1000Prime Recommendation of [von Hippel PT and Lynch JL, Soc Sci Med 2014, 105:131-9]. F1000prime reports. 2014
2012	Addictive Economies and Coal Dependency: Methods of Extraction and Socioeconomic Outcomes in West Virginia, 1997-2009 2012
	The Ethical and Educational Imperative of Due Process

Chapter

Year	Title	Altmetric
2020	Obesity and Socioeconomic Status. 805-822. 2020
2019	Obesity and Socioeconomic Status. 1-18. 2019

Research Overview

Obesity, Social Determinants of Health, Social Status

Principal Investigator On

Obesity and Longevity Across Generations awarded by Indiana University

Investigator On

Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS

UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center - Chronic Disease and Health Disparities Revision Enrichment awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS

Teaching Overview

PUH 204: (Health Meets Life: Sex Drugs, and Weight)
HB636Q: Survey Design and Analysis (online)
HB742: Mediation and Moderation in the Social Sciences,
HB741 Fundamentals of Clinical Trials, and HB706, Energetics.