Leah Puklin
@leah_puklin
PhD Student @YaleSPH | MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology @YaleSPH | Passionate about healthy lifestyles, cancer survivorship, squash and sustainability
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13-09-2019 19:14:17
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Wonderful to learn about how #exercise and #nutrition can be used to support chemotherapy outcomes in breast cancer patients with Tara Sanft and Dr. Ligibel Dana-Farber’s Breast Oncology Center Dana-Farber Yale School of Medicine ASCO #ExerciseOncology #ASCO22
So exciting to see Tara Sanft present the preliminary results of the LEANer trial today at #ASCO2022. The LEAN research team, study participants, and importance of nutrition & physical activity in cancer survivorship are my passion and inspiration! Yale School of Public Health @mirwin_yale
We are just about an hour away from kicking off our Designing & Conducting a Mixed Methods Dissertation or Thesis Workshop, facilitated by Drs. Melissa DeJonckheere, P. Sribhen Chandanabhumma, and @tylergjames_ ! Stay tuned for more updates! #M3RSPwksh #mixedmethods
Thank you #ASPO2023 for giving me the opportunity to share our findings on predictors of improving exercise and diet quality during chemotherapy for breast cancer (LEANer trial) @mirwin_yale Yale Chronic Disease Epidemiology Department American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO)
So PROUD of our TEAL team and to be part of ENICTO Consortium consortium @SylvesterCance & Yale Cancer Center in collaboration with @mirwin_yale Matthew Schlumbrecht Frank J Penedo, PhD @LopezPentecost Paola Rossi, MD Anlan Cao Leah Puklin National Cancer Institute
Check out this great article summarizing the results of the Lifestyle, Exercise and Nutrition early after Diagnosis (LEANer) trial recently published in Journal of Clinical Oncology by our research team!! medicine.yale.edu/news-article/s…
📚Check out our newest publication Professional supervision is important in #BehaviorChange but when resources are limited, the Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition (LEAN) materials alone can be an effective alternative.💪@mirwin_yale Tara Sanft Yale School of Public Health mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/1…
"I chose to attend YSPH (twice!) because of its world-class research opportunities, and faculty who put teaching and mentorship at the forefront." - Tiffany Chang, MPH '15, PhD ’24 (Yale Chronic Disease Epidemiology Department) ysph.yale.edu/news-article/r…
TEAL team trainees knocking it out of the park ENICTO Consortium consortium meeting representing Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Yale Cancer Center!! So proud of all of you - Your futures are Bright!! Melissa Lopez-Pentecost, PhD, RDN LaShae D. Rolle, MPH, CPH Leah Puklin Anlan Cao
Time to change the narrative on weight gain after breast cancer diagnosis? Check out our newest publication. Among 5,441 BC survivors from Smilow Cancer Hospital in CT, overall 5-year weight change was modest, but certain groups are at-risk. Yale School of Public Health nature.com/articles/s4152…
New paper from Leah Puklin et al | Improving lifestyle behaviors during chemotherapy for breast cancer: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition Early After Diagnosis (LEANer) Trial acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… OncoAlert Yale School of Public Health #ExerciseOncology
📰Improving lifestyle behaviors during chemotherapy for #BreastCancer: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition Early After Diagnosis (#LEANer) now out in ACS Journal Cancer. #JenniferLigibel Leah Puklin @mirwin_yale Full paper 🔽🔽 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38470431/
A year-long lifestyle intervention for patients with #breastcancer undergoing chemotherapy resulted in ⬆️physical activity, ⬇️ fatigue, ⬆️ strength training, and suggestive improvements in diet quality. #LEANer acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… Tara Sanft @mirwin_yale Leah Puklin
Big thanks to American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) for the opportunity to present on barriers to #exercise and #HealthyEating during chemotherapy for #BreastCancer, the travel award for Top-Ranked abstract, and inviting me to the New Investigator Workshop! Excited for next year! @mirwin_yale Yale School of Public Health
After 1 year in the LEANer Trial intervention arm, women receiving treatment for #breastcancer reported better adoption of goals after receiving education, external support, and regular physical activity. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39141176/ Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale School of Medicine Yale New Haven Hosp YaleBreastCancer
📰New mixed methods study: Barriers to and facilitators of improving physical activity and nutrition behaviors during chemotherapy for #BreastCancer. ✍️#JenniferLigibel Leah Puklin @mirwin_yale Tara Sanft Eric Winer, MD Karen Basen-Engquist, PhD Mona Sharifi, MD, MPH 👉pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39141176/