GREAT DISCOvERIES emerge from team science

Dr. Wang’s research team, situated in the Boston University School of Public Health and the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, is comprised of dedicated individuals who seek to improve the health of children, families, and communities through a health equity and antiracist lens. One of their current studies is an NIH-funded randomized controlled trial that tests a youth empowerment intervention targeting sugary drink intake and childhood obesity across Boys and Girls Clubs in Massachusetts.

Research Team

  • Selenna Alatorre, MPH

    Research Project Manager

  • Aviva Schwarz, MPH

    Data Analyst

  • Kelsey Egan, MD

    Research Scientist

  • Amanda Feldman

    Head Research Assistant

  • Katherine Togher

    Maternal and Child Health Research Fellow

  • Marielis Rosa

    Research Assistant

  • Alexis Gomes

    Administrative Coordinator

Former Trainees

  • Olivia Britton, PhD Candidate

  • Luisa Godinez Puig, PhD

  • Chas Walker, PhD Student

  • Alexandra Dogbe

  • Blair Zhang, MPH

  • Chloe Miller

  • Martha Koenig

  • Cindy Lee, MPH

  • Marisa Otis, MPH

  • Betsy Katz, MPH

  • Jack Zhu, MPH

  • Anastasia Harris, MPH

  • Nicole St. Louis, MPH

  • Christine Geer, MPH

  • Julie Whyte, MPH

  • Kristian Clausen, MPH

Publications with Trainees

Little TV, Wang ML, Castro E, Jiménez J, Rosal MC. Community health workers interventions on Latinos with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Current Diabetes Reports. 2014;14:558.

Wang ML, Goins K, Anatchkova M, Brownson RC, Evenson K, Maddock J, Clausen KE, Lemon SC.  Priorities of Municipal Policymakers in Relation to Physical Activity and the Built Environment: A latent cluster analysis. J Public Health Management and Practice. 2016 May-Jun;22(3):221-30. 

Wang ML, Lemon SC, Clausen KE, Whyte JA, Rosal MC. Design and methods for a community-based intervention to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among youth: H2GO! Study. BMC Public Health. 2016 Nov 9;16(1):1150.

Wang ML, Haughton CF, Frisard C, Pbert L, Geer C, Lemon SC. Perceived weight status and weight change among an adult U.S. sample. Obesity. 2017 Jan;25(1):223-228. 

Wang ML, Little TV, Frisard C, Borg A, Rosal MC. Development and Validation of a Weight Literacy Scale among Latinos. PLOS One. 2018; 13(10):e0204678. 

Wang ML, Otis M, Rosal MC, Haughton CF, Lemon SC. Preventing Childhood Obesity Through Reducing Sugary Drink Intake: Results of the H2GO! Pilot Study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2019 Jul 30;16(1):58. 

Otis M, Zhu J, Mustafa-Kutana SN, Bernier A, Shum J, Soros Dupre AA, Wang ML. A Mobile Educator Tool for Pediatric Diabetes Self-Management: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study. JMIR Formative Research. JMIR Form Res 2020;4(5):e16262.

Godinez Puig L, Lusk K, Glick D, Einstein KL, Palmer M, Wang ML. Public Health Perceptions vs. Accountability among Mayors. Public Health Reports. 2020 October; 0(00):1-11.

Gordon A, Austin SB, Schultz J, Guss CE, Calzo JP, Wang ML. Nonconforming gender expression, peer victimization, and disordered weight control behaviors among U.S. high school students. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2020 Oct 15:S1054-139X(20)30515-2.

Goldstein C, Murray E, Schnoedes A, Beard J, Wang ML. Science communication in an age of miscommunication. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2020 Dec 12:54(12):985-990.

Wang ML, Minye M, Heaton B, Egan K. Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention Targeting Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Associated with Short-Term Improvements in Self-Rated Oral Health.  Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2021 08; 49(4):362-368.

Wang ML, Sprague-Martinez L, Weinberg J, Alatorre SA, Lemon SC, Rosal MC. A Youth Empowerment Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity: Design and Methods for a Cluster Randomized Trial of the H2GO! Program. BMC Public Health. 2021 Sep 15; 21(1):1675.

Egan K, Waring M, Wang ML. Pilot Intervention Targeting Sugary Drink Intake Associated With Improvements in Adolescent Sleep Duration. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2021 Dec 14. 

Wang ML, Narcisse MR, Alatorre SA, Kozak A, McElfish P. Neighborhood social cohesion and obesity among Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Jan; 30(1):249-256.