ACADEMIC AND/OR RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Daubenmier's program of research examines the effects of meditation and yoga training on psychoneuroendocrine stress arousal, eating behavior, and chronic disease processes related to obesity. Given new research linking stress arousal to cellular aging, she has extended her line of research to assess the impact of meditation and lifestyle changes on cellular aging processes and to explore their relation to obesity. Dr. Daubenmier was trained as a researcher in Social Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. She was a postdoctoral fellow with UCSF Clinical Professor of Medicine, Dean Ornish, MD, at the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, conducting and evaluating clinical trials on the effects of multi-component lifestyle interventions involving diet, exercise, and mind-body practices on weight loss, quality of life, and markers of disease in patients with heart disease and prostate cancer. She conducted a second postdoctoral fellowship in Health Psychology at the UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study, and Treatment with Elissa Epel, PhD to develop expertise in the psychoneuroendocrinology of stress and its relation to food intake and obesity. More recently, Dr. Daubenmier received a Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K01) through NIH/NCCAM to acquire additional training and experience to become an independent clinical trial researcher in mind-body medicine with special relevance to obesity. This research focuses on the added benefits of incorporating meditation practices into diet and exercise based weight loss programs for overweight and obese individuals at risk for the metabolic syndrome.

PUBLICATIONS

Daubenmier, J.J. (2005). The relationship of yoga, body awareness, and body responsiveness to self- objectification and disordered eating. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29(2), 207-219.

Sumner, M.D., Elliot-Eller, M., Weidner, G., Daubenmier, J.J., Chew, M.H., Marlin, R., Raisin, C., & Ornish, D. (2005). Effect of pomegranate juice consumption on myocardial perfusion in patients with coronary heart disease. American Journal of Cardiology, 96, 810-814.

Daubenmier, J.J., Weidner, G., Marlin, R., Crutchfield, L., Dunn-Emke, S., Chi, C., Gao, B., Carroll, P. & Ornish, D. (2006). Lifestyle and health-related quality of life of men with prostate cancer managed with active surveillance. Urology, 67, 125-130.

Impett, E., Daubenmier, J.J., Hirschman, A. Yoga, embodiment, and well-being (2006). Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 3, 39-48.

Daubenmier, J.J., Weidner, G., Sumner, M.D., Merritt-Worden, T., Studley, J., & Ornish, D (2007). The contributions of diet, exercise, and stress management to changes in coronary risk in women and men in the Multisite Cardiac Lifestyle Intervention Program. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 33, 57-68.

Dewell, A., Weidner, G., Sumner, M.D., Barnard, R.J., Marlin, R., Daubenmier, J.J., Chi, C., Carroll, P. & Ornish, D. (2007). Relationship of dietary protein and soy isoflavones to serum IGF-1 and IGF binding proteins in the Prostate Cancer Lifestyle Trial. Nutrition and Cancer, 58, 35-42.

Schulz, U., Weidner, G., Pishke, C., Daubenmier, J.J., Elliott-Eller, M, Scherwitz, L., & Ornish, D. Support group attendance is related to blood pressure, health behaviors, and quality of life in the Multicenter Lifestyle Demonstration Project. Psychology, Health, and Medicine, in press.

Selected Abstracts

Daubenmier, J.J., Weidner, G., Marlin, R., Dunn-Emke, S., Crutchfield, L., Chi, C., Gao, B., Carroll, P., & Ornish. D. (2004). A Healthy Lifestyle is Associated with Improved Quality of Life and Perceived Stress for Men in the Prostate Cancer Lifestyle Trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65 (1), A32.

Daubenmier, J.J., Weidner, G., Sumner, M.D., Schulz, U., Merritt-Worden, T., Studley, J., & Ornish, D. (2005). Lifestyle Changes and Coronary Risk in the Multisite Cardiac Lifestyle Intervention Program: Results from the 12-Week Follow-up. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67 (1), A64.

Schulz, U., Weidner, G., Elliott-Eller, M., Daubenmier, J.J., Scherwitz, L., & Ornish, D. (2005). Support Group Attendance Facilitates Health Behavior Change Associated with Improved Coronary Risk Factors and Quality of Life: The Multicenter Lifestyle Demonstration Project. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67 (1), A116.

Sumner, M. D., Elliot-Eller, M., Weidner, G., Daubenmier, J.J., Chew, M.H., Marlin, R., Raisin, C., & Ornish, D. (2005). Effect of Pomegranate Juice on Myocardial Perfusion in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 45 (3), 17A.

Adam, T., Epel, E., & Daubenmier, J.J (2006). Stress Eating and Obesity: Neuroendocrine Mediators and Sequellae. Presented at the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Naples, FL.

Mehling, W.E., Gopisetty, V., Daubenmier, J.J., & Price C. (2007). Systematic Review of Self-Report Measures for Body Awareness: Presented at the 5th Bay Area Clinical Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA.

Epel, E., Daubenmier, J.J., Moskowitz, J., Folkman, S. & Blackburn, E. (2006). Stress appraisals and meditation: Links with cellular aging? Longevity and Optimal Health: Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives.