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Audie Atienza, PhD
Program Director
Health Promotion Research Branch
Behavioral Research Program
Audie Atienza is a Behavioral Scientist/Program Director at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Behavioral Research Program, Health Promotion Research Branch. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California at San Diego in 1991 and obtained his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University in 1998. He completed a clinical psychology internship as a Behavioral Medicine Specialist (with Neuropsychology and Family Therapy rotations) at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Health Care System. Prior to coming to the NCI, Dr. Atienza completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center (formerly the Center for Research in Disease Prevention). He was selected as a Fellow to the 25th Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (AHA 1999), the Summer Training Institute on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions (OBSSR/NIH 2001), and the Physical Activity and Public Health Course (CDC, 2003). At NCI, Dr. Atienza has spearheaded research endeavors in eHealth and Real-Time Data Capture research, including serving as chair/organizer of national conferences: “The Science of Real-Time Data Capture conference (Sept 2003, Charleston, SC), “Capturing Physical Activity and Diet in Real-Time” expert panel workshop (June 2004, Bethesda, MD), “Critical Issues in eHealth Research” national conference (June 2005, Bethesda, MD), and “Critical Issues in eHealth Research: Toward Quality Patient Centered Care” national conference (September 2006, Bethesda, MD). Dr. Atienza also organized the NCI/NIH “Workshop on Behavioral Methodologies in Cancer Research for Under-Represented Investigators” (March 2006, San Francisco, CA; March 2007, Bethesda, MD) to provide intensive research methods training to promising early to mid-level career investigators. He serves as the NCI program contact on several NIH research initiatives in the area of behavioral research that he has helped to develop. He also oversees a grant portfolio that includes themed initiatives (RFA: R21, R01). His research interests include health promotion/disease prevention, ethnic minority health, health disparities, psychosocial aspects of health, health and aging, community health, and real-time data capture in health research using innovative technology.
Select Publications and Presentations
King. A. C., Oliveira, B., Atienza, A. A.,, Castro, C., Ahn, D., & Gardner, C. (in press). Promoting moderate-intensity physical activity through hand-held computer technology. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Davis, R. E., Resnicow, K., Atienza, A. A., Peterson, K. E., Domas, A., Hunt, A., Hurley, T. G., Yaroch, A. L., Green, G. W., Sher, T. G., Williams, G. C., Hebert, J. R., Nebeling, L., Thompson, F. E., Toobert, D. J., Elliot, D. L., DeFrancesco, C., Costello, R. B. (in press). Use of Signal Detection Methodology to Identify Subgroups of Dietary Supplement Use in Diverse Populations. Journal of Nutrition.
Finney-Rutten, L. J., Yaroch, A. L., Colón-Ramos, U., & Atienza, A. A., (in press). Awareness, use, and perceptions of low carbohydrate diets and nutritional recommendations. Preventing Chronic Disease.
Norman, G. J., Zabinski, M. F., Adams, M. A., Rosenberg. D. E., Yaroch, A. L., & Atienza, A. A. (in press). A review of e-Health interventions for physical activity and dietary behavior change. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Blank, H. M., Yaroch, A. L., Atienza, A. A., Leatham, S. H., Zhang, J., & Mâsse, L.C. (in press). Factors influencing lunchtime food choices among working Americans. Health Education and Behavior.
Mâsse, L. C., Chriqui, J. F., Igoe, J. F., Atienza, A. A., Kruger, J., Kohl III, H. W., Frosh, M., & Yaroch, A. L. (in press). Development of system for measuring state physical education-related policies. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Mâsse, L. C., Frosh, M., Chriqui, J. F., Yaroch, A. L., Agurs-Collins, T., Blanck, H. M., Atienza, A. A., McKenna, M. L., & Igoe, J. F., (2007). Development of a measurement system to assess the extensiveness of state school nutrition-environment policies. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Atienza, A. A., Hesse, B. W., Baker, T. B., Abrams, D. B., Rimer, B. K., Croyle, R. T., & Volckmann, L. N. (2007). Critical issues in eHealth research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 31, 5S, S71-74.
Stone, A., Shiffman, S., Atienza, A. A., & Nebeling, L. [Editors] (2007). The Science of real-time data capture: Self-reports in health research. New York: Oxford University Press.
Fuemmeler, B., Baffi, C., Mâsse, L., Atienza, A. A., & Evans, D. (2007). Employer and healthcare policy interventions aimed at adult obesity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32 (1), 44-51.
Stryker, J. E., Yaroch, A. L., Moser, R. P., Atienza, A. A., & Glanz, K. (2007). Prevalence of sunless tanning product use and related behaviors among adults in the United States: Results from a national survey. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 56 (3), 387-90.
Atienza, A. A., Yaroch, A. L., Mâsse, L. C., Moser, R., Hesse, B., & King, A. C. (2006). Identifying Sedentary Subgroups: The NCI Health Information National Trends Survey. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 31 (5), 383–390.
Squiers, L., Rutten, L., Atienza, A. A., Treiman, K., Hesse, B., & Bright, M. (2006). Awareness of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service: Results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Journal of Health Communication, 11(1), 117-133.
Atienza, A. A., Oliveira, B., Fogg, B., & King, A. C. (2006). Using electronic diaries to examine physical activity and other health behaviors of adults aged 50+. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 14(2), 192-202.
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