Research Publications

2022

Luberto CM, Wang A, Li R, Pagliaro J, Park E, Bhatt A (2022). Videoconference-delivered Mind-Body Resiliency Training in Adults with congenital heart disease: A pilot feasibility trial. International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2022.100324

2021

Meints S, Edwards R, Datko M, Garcia R, Desbordes G, Schuman-Olivier Z, Cornelius M, Napadow V (2021). Negative affect moderates the effect of respiratory gated vagal nerve stimulation on pain severity in patients with chronic low back pain. The Journal of Pain. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.03.041

Lim CT, Fulwiler CE, Carson NJ, Huang H, Robinson LA, Schuman-Olivier Z, O'Brien CJ, Wang PS, Tepper MC. Promoting Population Behavioral Health in a Safety-Net Health System During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Apr 22:appips202000546. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000546. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33882680.

Elizabeth Donovan, Karen Bluth, Hannah Scott, Maleeha Mohammed & Tara M. Cousineau (2021): Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Making Friends with Yourself intervention on a college campus, Journal of American College Health, DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1891077

Trombka M, Demarzo M, Campos D, Antonio SB, Cicuto K, Walcher AL, García-Campayo J, Schuman-Olivier Z and Rocha NS (2021) Mindfulness Training Improves Quality of Life and Reduces Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Among Police Officers: Results From the POLICE Study—A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Front. Psychiatry 12:624876. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.624876

Chumachenko SY, Cali RJ, Rosal MC, Allison JJ, Person SJ, Ziedonis D, Nephew BC, Moore CM, Zhang N, King JA, Fulwiler C. Keeping weight off: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction alters amygdala functional connectivity during weight loss maintenance in a randomized control trial. PLoS One. 2021 Jan 11;16(1):e0244847. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244847. PMID: 33428638.

2020

Julie Dunne, Michael Flores, Richa Gawande, Zev Schuman-Olivier, Losing Trust in Body Sensations: Interoceptive Awareness and Depression Symptom Severity among Primary Care Patients, Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020, ISSN 0165-0327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.092.

Luberto CM, Goodman JH, Halvorson B, Wang A, Haramati A. Stress and coping among health professions students during COVID-19: a perspective on the benefits of mindfulness. Glob Adv Health Med. 2020 Dec 13;9:2164956120977827. doi: 10.1177/2164956120977827. PMID: 33403158; PMCID: PMC7739073.

Luberto, C. M., Huberty, J., Puzia, M., & Vranceanu, A. M. (in press). Usage pattern of the Calm meditation app among people with cardiovascular disease. Mindfulness.

Thiermann UB, Sheate WR, Vercammen A. Practice Matters: Pro-environmental Motivations and Diet-Related Impact Vary With Meditation Experience. Front Psychol. 2020 Dec 16;11:584353. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.584353. PMID: 33391103; PMCID: PMC7772404.

Elizabeth A. Hoge, Rebecca L. Acabchuk, Hannah Kimmel, Ethan Moitra, Willoughby B. Britton, Travis Dumais, Rebecca A. Ferrer, Sara W. Lazar, David Vago, Jonah Lipsky, Zev Schuman-Olivier, Aya Cheaito, Lauren Sager, Sarah Peters, Hadley Rahrig, Pamela Acero, Jodi Scharf, Eric B. Loucks & Carl Fulwiler. Emotion-Related Constructs Engaged by Mindfulness-Based Interventions: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Mindfulness (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01561-w.

Schuman-Olivier Z, Trombka M, Lovas DA, Brewer JA, Vago DR, Gawande R, Dunne JP, Lazar SW, Loucks EB, Fulwiler C. Mindfulness and Behavior Change. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2020 Nov/Dec;28(6):371-394. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000277. PMID: 33156156; PMCID: PMC7647439.

Berry MP, Lutz J, Schuman-Olivier Z, Germer C, Pollak S, Edwards RR, Gardiner P, Desbordes G, Napadow V. Brief Self-Compassion Training Alters Neural Responses to Evoked Pain for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. Pain Med. 2020 Oct 1;21(10):2172-2185. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnaa178. PMID: 32783054; PMCID: PMC7593799.

Lutz J, Berry MP, Napadow V, Germer C, Pollak S, Gardiner P, Edwards RR, Desbordes G, Schuman-Olivier Z. Neural activations during self-related processing in patients with chronic pain and effects of a brief self-compassion training – A pilot study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2020 Oct 30;304:111155. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111155. Epub 2020 Jul 30. PMID: 32799058.

Thiermann, U.B., Sheate, W.R. The Way Forward in Mindfulness and Sustainability: a Critical Review and Research Agenda. J Cogn Enhanc (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-020-00180-6

Ute B. Thiermann, William R. Sheate, Motivating individuals for social transition: The 2-pathway model and experiential strategies for pro-environmental behaviour, Ecological Economics, Volume 174, 2020, 106668, ISSN 0921-8009, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106668.

Wells RE, Seng EK, Edwards RR, Victorson DE, Pierce CR, Rosenberg L, Napadow V, Schuman-Olivier Z. Mindfulness in migraine: A narrative review. Expert Rev Neurother. 2020 Mar;20(3):207-225. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2020.1715212. Epub 2020 Feb 12. PMID: 31933391; PMCID: PMC7213534.

Sokol R, Albanese M, Albanese C, Coste G, Grossman E, Morrill D, Roll D, Sobieszczyk A, Schuman-Olivier Z. Implementing group visits for opioid use disorder: A case series. Subst Abus. 2020;41(2):174-180. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1635958. Epub 2019 Aug 16. PMID: 31418638; PMCID: PMC7440777.

2019

Gawande R, Pine E, Griswold T, Creedon T, Vallejo Z, Rosenbaum E, Lozada A, Schuman-Olivier Z. Insurance-Reimbursable Mindfulness for Safety-Net Primary Care Patients: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Mindfulness (N Y). 2019 Sep;10(9):1744-1759. doi: 10.1007/s12671-019-01116-8. Epub 2019 Mar 18. PMID: 32042349; PMCID: PMC7009938.

2018

Gawande R, To MN, Pine E, Griswold T, Creedon TB, Brunel A, Lozada A, Loucks EB, Schuman-Olivier Z. Mindfulness Training Enhances Self-Regulation and Facilitates Health Behavior Change for Primary Care Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Feb;34(2):293-302. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4739-5. Epub 2018 Dec 3. PMID: 30511291; PMCID: PMC6374253.