Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2022 Neighborhood Socioeconomic Environment and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Associations and Mediation Through Food Environment Pathways in Three Independent Study Samples.  Diabetes Care.  45:798-810. 2022
2022 Associations between cardiometabolic disease severity, social determinants of health (SDoH) and poor COVID-19 outcomes. 2022
2022 Concordance between self-reported sleep and actigraphy-assessed sleep in adult survivors of childhood cancer: the impact of psychological and neurocognitive late effects.  Supportive Care in Cancer.  30:1159-1168. 2022
2022 A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of the effectiveness of melatonin on neurocognition and sleep in survivors of childhood cancer 2022
2022 Assessing Hispanic/Latino and Non-Hispanic White Social Determinants of Obesity Among a Community Sample of Residents in the Rural Southeast US.  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.  2022
2021 Cardiac remodeling after anthracycline and radiotherapy exposure in adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study.  Cancer.  127:4646-4655. 2021
2021 The Association of Mitochondrial Copy Number With Sarcopenia in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer 2021
2021 Physiologic Frailty and Neurocognitive Decline Among Young-Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Prospective Study From the St Jude Lifetime Cohort.  Journal of Clinical Oncology.  39:3485-3495. 2021
2021 Progression of Frailty in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Report 2021
2021 The COVID-19 pandemic and weight management: Effective behaviors and pandemic-specific risk factors.  Obesity Research and Clinical Practice.  15:518-521. 2021
2021 The daily self-weighing for obesity management in primary care study: Rationale, design and methodology.  Contemporary Clinical Trials.  107. 2021
2021 Cardiac biomarkers and association with subsequent cardiomyopathy and mortality among adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort.  Cancer.  127:458-466. 2021
2021 Cohort Profile: The St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) for paediatric cancer survivors.  International Journal of Epidemiology.  50:39-40I. 2021
2021 Forgoing needed medical care among long-term survivors of childhood cancer: racial/ethnic-insurance disparities.  Journal of Cancer Survivorship.  2021
2021 The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in the Association Between Diabetes Education and Support and Self-Care Management.  Health Education and Behavior.  2021
2020 Area based stratified random sampling using geospatial technology in a community-based survey.  BMC Public Health.  20. 2020
2020 Generalizability of “GWAS Hits” in Clinical Populations: Lessons from Childhood Cancer Survivors.  American Journal of Human Genetics.  107:636-653. 2020
2020 Protein Supplementation and Resistance Training in Childhood Cancer Survivors.  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.  52:2069-2077. 2020
2020 Psychosexual Functioning of Female Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Report From the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study 2020
2020 Body composition, metabolic health, and functional impairment among adults treated for abdominal and pelvic tumors during childhood.  Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.  29:1750-1758. 2020
2020 The 6-minute walk test is a good predictor of cardiorespiratory fitness in childhood cancer survivors when access to comprehensive testing is limited.  International Journal of Cancer.  147:847-855. 2020
2020 Neighborhood effect and obesity in adult survivors of pediatric cancer: A report from the St. Jude lifetime cohort study.  International Journal of Cancer.  147:338-349. 2020
2020 Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: The St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study 2020
2020 Shortened Leukocyte Telomere Length Associates with an Increased Prevalence of Chronic Health Conditions among Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort.  Clinical Cancer Research.  26:2362-2371. 2020
2020 Diabetes mellitus among adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study.  Cancer.  126:870-878. 2020
2020 Physical fitness and neurocognitive outcomes in adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime cohort.  Cancer.  126:640-648. 2020
2020 Insomnia and neurocognitive functioning in adult survivors of childhood cancer.  JNCI Cancer Spectrum.  4. 2020
2019 Physical fitness in survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort 2019
2019 Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Elevations in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study.  Hepatology.  69:94-106. 2019
2019 Subsequent breast cancer in female childhood cancer survivors in the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE).  Journal of Clinical Oncology.  37:1647-1656. 2019
2018 Influence of fitness on health status among survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia 2018
2018 Body Composition and Mortality in Mexican American Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2018
2018 Peripheral neuropathy, sensory processing, and balance in survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.  Journal of Clinical Oncology.  36:2315-2322. 2018
2018 Randomized web-based physical activity intervention in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer 2018
2018 Clinical impact of sedentary behaviors in adult survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort study.  Cancer.  124:1036-1043. 2018
2018 Factors influencing risk-based care of the childhood cancer survivor in the 21st century.  CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.  68:133-152. 2018
2018 Fingernail and toenail clippings as a non-invasive measure of chronic cortisol levels in adult cancer survivors.  Cancer Causes and Control.  29:185-191. 2018
2017 The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer: an initial report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) 2017
2017 Association of consistently suboptimal quality of life with consistently poor asthma control in children with asthma 2017
2017 Frailty and quality of life in adult survivors of childhood cancer 2017
2017 Maximum lifetime body mass index and mortality in Mexican American adults: The national health and nutrition examination survey III (1988-1994) and NHANES 1999-2010 2017
2016 Dietary protein intake and lean muscle mass in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study.  Physical Therapy.  96:1029-1038. 2016
2016 Effect of low-magnitude, high-frequency mechanical stimulation on BMD among young childhood cancer survivors a randomized clinical trial.  JAMA Oncology.  2:908-914. 2016
2016 Known-groups validity of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) in adolescents and young adults with special healthcare needs.  Quality of Life Research.  25:1815-1823. 2016
2016 Responsiveness to Change in PROMIS® Measures among Children with Asthma: A Report from the PROMIS® Pediatric Asthma Study.  Value in Health.  19:192-201. 2016
2015 Energy balance and fitness in adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.  Blood.  125:3411-3419. 2015
2014 Risky sexual behavior in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study.  Health Psychology.  33:868-877. 2014
2012 Risky health behavior among adolescents in the childhood cancer survivor study cohort.  Journal of Pediatric Psychology.  37:634-646. 2012
2010 Physical performance limitations among adult survivors of childhood brain tumors.  Cancer.  116:3034-3044. 2010

Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2015
  • Master of Public Health in Public Health Education and Promotion, University of Memphis 2005
  • Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1998

    • Full Name

  • Carrie Howell