Frequently Asked Questions
We often get a lot of questions from prospective research participants. The FAQs and their respective answers below serve to help you as a prospective or current study participant. If you have a question that is not answered here on this page, feel free to email Dr. Jennifer Huberty directly at jhuberty@asu.edu.
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Jennifer Huberty, Ph.D., is an Associate professor and Barrett Honor Faculty Advisor at Arizona State University in the College of Health solutions, Exercise and Wellness program. She is also Adjunct Faculty at the Mayo Clinic and the Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson. Her research interests include physical activity adherence and lifestyle behavior change in women and children. She has extensive experience implementing interventions using the internet and mobile health to help improve mental and physical health in women and other populations. More specifically, she has conducted research using online yoga and smartphone-based meditation as a means to improve health during and after pregnancy and in blood cancer patients. Dr. Huberty is an Associate Editor for Translational Behavioral Medicine and a fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Huberty has published well over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and is the co-author of the book entitled, Designing Effective Physical Activity Interventions. Dr. Huberty is the founder and director of Fit Minded, an innovative physical activity adherence program for adult women (www.befitminded.com). She has been funded over $3 million in grants from entities including National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF Foundation for her research Dr. Huberty was awarded the Varner Professorship for outstanding community research and service in 2007 and 2010 during her appointment at University of Nebraska Omaha. In 2017 she received the Alumni of the Year Award from the James Madison University Department of Kinesiology. Dr. Huberty is married with two sons, Greyson, Nolan, and has a dedicated yoga and meditation practice.