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| Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Siobhan M. White
Doctoral Student
A. CONTACT INFORMATION
Siobhan M. White
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
University of Illinois
340 Freer Hall
906 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 244-4510
smwhite1@illinois.edu
B. EDUCATION
Undergraduate:
Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology
University of Illinois, December 2005
Graduate:
Doctoral Student, Kinesiology and Community Health, emphasis in Exercise Psychology
University of Illinois, 2006-present
C. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Activity, Gait, and Balance II (FlexToba): A 12 month federally funded two arm randomized controlled home based DVD exercise trial examining the relationship between flexibility, toning, and balance physical activities with physical functioning and psychosocial variables in community dwelling older adults in east central Illinois. Primary responsibilities include assisting in intervention planning and design and production of the exercise DVD, data collection, recruitment, screening, supervision and administration of functional fitness testing, and providing tailored exercise telephone counseling support to participants.
Exercise After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (BEAT II): A 12 month federally funded randomized controlled exercise and counseling trial examining the effected of a tapered intervention on increasing physical activity in breast cancer survivors as well the effect of physical activity on psychosocial and functional variables. Primary responsibilities include assisting in intervention planning, screening, scheduling, recruitment, supervising exercise and counseling sessions, data collection, providing telephone support, supervising submaximal and strength exercise testing sessions.
Healthy Active Lifestyle Trial (HALT): A 12 month federally funded two arm randomized controlled exercise trial examining the relationship between physical activity, immunilogical markers and cognitive functioning and psychosocial variables in community dwelling older adults. Primary responsibilities include serving as an exercise leader for the walking group, supervising other exercise sessions, data collection, recruitment, screening, scheduling, supervising maximal graded exercise testing, and functional fitness testing.
Eye Movement Nuerocoupling (ENC): A cross sectional study examining the relationship of fitness to cognitive functioning and eye movement in a sample of older adults. Responsibilities include supervising maximal graded exercise testing and data collection.
Multidimensional Outcome Expectation for Exercise Scale (MOEES) Design (Independent Study): A prospective 18 month mail-based project to develop and validate a comprehensive outcome expectations for exercise scale as well as examine the relationship between outcome expectations, psychosocial factors, and physical activity over time. Responsibilities include serving as the co-project coordinator, participant recruitment, participant database management, and data collection and analysis.
Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Survivors (Independent Study): A review of the external validity of the existing literature on physical activity and in breast cancer survivors utilizing the RE-AIM (Reach, Efficacy/Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) framework.
Teaching Assistant:Physical Activity and Health. Responsibilities included designing the course lectures, assignments, and examinations; grading assignments and examinations; tutoring students; administering examinations; and lecturing for a class of 100-150 students majoring in kinesiology or community health.
Teaching Assistant:Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology. Responsibilities include grading papers and examinations, tutoring students, administering exams, and some lecturing.
Freshman Study: Prospective three month pilot project designed to determine the psychosocial determinants of physical activity and nutrition behaviors in college freshman. Responsibilites included body composition assessments using the BodPod (air-displacement plethysmography), met with participants individually to explain and distribute study materials, and performed data collection.
Physical Activity in Multiple Sclerosis (PhAIM-S): Randomized controlled trial examining the effects of self-efficacy on adherence to an exercise intervention in patients with MS. Performed functional fitness testing.
Physical Activity and Quality of Life During Menopause (LifePAQ): Randomized controlled exercise trial examining the relationship between physical activity, menopausal symptoms, and quality of life in menopausal women. Performed maximal graded exercise testing.
Undergraduate Research Assistant: Lifetime Fitness Program under the direction of Dr. Ellen Evans. Primary responsibilities included leading older adults in group exercise classes for strength, balance, and flexibility as well as maintaining the participant database and files.
D. SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:
D.1. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
McAuley, E., White, S.M., Motl, R. W., Rogers, L.Q., & Courneya, K.S. (In press). Physical activity and fatigue in breast cancer and multiple sclerosis: Psychosocial mechanisms. Psychosomatic Medicine.
McAuley, E., Motl, R. W., White, S.M., & Wójcicki, T. R. (In press). Validation of the Multidimensional Outcome Expectations for Exercise Scale (MOEES) in individuals with multiple sclerosis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
White, S.M., Mailey, E. L., McAuley E. (In press). Leading a physically active lifestyle: Effective individual behavior change strategies. ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal.
McAuley, E., Morris, K.S., Hu, L., Motl, R.W., White, S.M., Wójcicki, T .R. & Doerksen, S. E. (2009). Trajectory of declines in physical activity in community-dwelling older women: Social cognitive influences. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 64B, 543-550.
White, S.M., Wójcicki, T. R., McAuley, E. (2009). Physical activity and quality of life in community dwelling older adults. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. DOI:10.1186/1477-7525-7-10.
White, S.M., McAuley, E., Estabrooks, P. A., Courneya, K. S. (2009). Translating physical activity interventions for breast cancer survivors into practice: An evaluation of randomized controlled trials. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37(1),10-19.
Wójcicki, T.R., White, S.M., & McAuley, E (2009).The Multidimensional Outcome Expectations for Exercise Scale (MOEES): Development and Validation. Journal of Gerontology B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 64B(1), 33-40.
Erickson, K. I., Prakash, R.S., Voss. M. W., Chaddock, L., Hu, L., Morris, K. S., White, S.M., Wójcicki, T. R., McAuley, E., & Kramer, A. F. (in press). Aerobic fitness is associated with preserved hippocampal volume in elderly humans. Hippocampus.
McAuley, E., Doerksen, S.E.,Morris, K.S. Motl, R.W., Hu, L., Wójcicki, T.R., White, S.M., & Rosengren K.R. (2008). Pathways from physical activity to quality of life in older women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 36(1), 13-20.
McAuley, E., Morris, K.S., Doerksen, S.E., Motl, R.W., Hu, L., White, S.M., Wójcicki, T.R.,& Rosengren, K.R. (2007). Physical activity change effects on functional limitations in older women: Mediating Roles of Physical Function Performance and Self-Efficacy. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, 1967-1973
Morris, K.S., Hu, L., Doerksen, S.E., Wójcicki, T.R., White, S.M., & McAuley, E. (2008). Declines in efficacy for gait and balance in older women: The role of demographic factors and health conditions. In Exercise and Women's Health Research. In Columbus, F. (Ed.) Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publication.
D.2.REFEREED PRESENTATIONS
White, S.M., Wójcicki, T. R., & McAuley, E. Physical activity and satisfaction with life in older adults. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Montréal, QC, April 2009.
Wójcicki, T. R., Hu, L., Szabo, A. N., White, S.M., Klamm, E. L., Kramer, A. F., & McAuley, E. Is the importance of physical activity associated with function and quality of life in older adults? O.ral presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Montréal, QC, April 2009.
Klamm, E. L., Wójcicki, T. R., White, S.M., Szabo, A. N., Kramer, A. F., & McAuley, E. Differential effects of physical activity intervention on self-efficacy in older adults. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Montréal, QC, April 2009.
Gothe, N. P., Szabo, A. N., Klamm, E. L., Wójcicki, T.R., White, S.M. & McAuley, E. Independent Effects of Environment, Self-Efficacy and Self Regulation on Physical Activity in Older Women Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Montréal, QC, April 2009.
White, S.M.. & McAuley, E. Practical Application of an Indirect Measure of Cardiorespiratory Fitness. Paper presented at the Student Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Spring 2009.
White, S.M., McAuley, E.Improving the health of communities: Issues relative to physical activity in breast cancer survivors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 2008.
White, S.M., McAuley, E., Estabrooks, P.A. & Courneya, K.C. Physical activity and quality of life in breast cancer survivors: A RE-AIM analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA, March 2008.
Klamm, E. L. White, S.M., Morris, K.S., Wojcicki, T. R. & McAuley, E. Predicting cardiorespiratory fitness without maximal exercise testing in older adults. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA, March 2008.
Wojcicki, T.R., White, S.M.,& McAuley, E. Outcome expectations in physical activity research: Development and validation of the Exercise and Physical Activity Beliefs Scale. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA., March 2008.
Morris, K.S., McAuley, E., Motl, R.W., Hu, L., Wojcicki, T., White, S.M., & Doerksen, S.E. Examing the trajectory of physical activity declines in older women over a two year period: Efficacy and functional limitation influences. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA, November 2007.
White, S.M., Wojcicki, T.R., & McAuley, E.M. Cross-Validation of a Non-Exercise Test Model to Predict Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Older Adults. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington D.C., March 2007.
Morris, K. S., McAuley, E., Motl, R. W., Doerksen, S. E., Wojcicki, T., White, S., & Hu, L. Physical Activity, Self-Efficacy, and Functional Limitations in Older Women: A Panel Model. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC, March 2007.
Morris, K. S., McAuley, E., Hess, J. J., Wojcicki, T., & White, S. Gait, self-efficacy, age, and ethnicity: A latent growth curve analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, TX, November 2006.
McAuley, E., Konopack, J.F., Doerksen S.E., Morris K.S., Wojcicki T., & White, S. . Functional Limitations and Physical Activity in Older Women: Efficacy, Age, and Ethnicity Effects. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA, March 2006.
D.3. INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
White, S.M. (Spring 2009). Effective Behavior Change: Promoting Exercise adherence. Lecture for the University of Illinois, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, KIN 594 Advanced Exercise Prescription.
White, S.M., Morris, K.S. (Spring 2008). Drop-Out Strategies for Maintaining an Active Lifestyle: Strategies for Future Personal Trainers and Physicians. Lecture for the University of Illinois, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, KIN 494 Advanced Exercise Prescription.
E. HONORS AND AWARDS:
E.1. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Pre-doctoral Fellows (F31). Project title: Determinants and correlates of physical activity in breast cancer survivors.
E.2. AWARDS
University of Illinois Department of Kinesiology and Community Health Robert L. Sprague Graduate Student Award, 2009
University of Illinois Graduate College Travel Grant Recipient, Spring 2009
University of Illinois Kinesiology Department Graduate Student Travel Grant Recipient, Spring 2007 and 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009
T.K. Cureton Physical Fitness Research Award Recipient, 2008
University of Illinois Bronze Tablet Award Recipient, 2005
Helga M. Deutsch Kinesiology Department Scholarship, 2005
F. ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Behavioral Medicine
American Association of Cancer Researchers
F. REFERENCES
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