Michaela Kiernan

Administrative Appointments

• Member, University Committee on Postdoctoral Scholars (2009 - 2010)

Honors and Awards

• Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award, Stanford University Postdoctoral Association (2009)
• Divisional Teaching Award, Stanford Prevention Research Center/Department of Medicine (2002, 2007)
• Fellow, North American Association for the Study of Obesity (2001-present)

Professional Education

Research Interests

Developing theory-based interventions for long-term behavior change in the areas of weight management, dietary change, and physical activity
Methodological improvements for the design, delivery, and analysis of randomized trials

Clinical Trials

• Behavioral Strategies for Weight Management No longer recruiting
• Fresh Start Weight Loss Study No longer recruiting
• Promoting long-term behavior change to reduce CVD risk No longer recruiting

Publications

• How and why criteria defining moderators and mediators differ between the Baron & Kenny and MacArthur approaches. Kraemer HC, Kiernan M, Essex M, Kupfer DJ. Health Psychol. 2008; 27 (2 Suppl): S101-8
• Innovative techniques to address retention in a behavioral weight-loss trial. Goldberg JH, Kiernan M. Health Educ Res. 2005; 20 (4): 439-47
• Do logistic regression and signal detection identify different subgroups at risk? Implications for the design of tailored interventions. Kiernan M, Kraemer HC, Winkleby MA, King AC, Taylor CB. Psychol Methods. 2001; 6 (1): 35-48
• The Jade Ribbon Campaign: a model program for community outreach and education to prevent liver cancer in Asian Americans. Chao SD, Chang ET, Le PV, Prapong W, Kiernan M, So SK. J Immigr Minor Health. 2009; 11 (4): 281-90
• Concerns about infertility risks among pediatric oncology patients and their parents. Oosterhuis BE, Goodwin T, Kiernan M, Hudson MM, Dahl GV. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008; 50 (1): 85-9