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Jiying Ling

  • Professor
  • PhD Program Assistant Director
  • Undergraduate Research Program Coordinator

Education:

PhD, University of Louisville
MS, University of Louisville
BSN, Shandong University (China)

Interest Areas:

Early childhood obesity prevention

Healthy lifestyle behavior intervention

Chronic stress (hair cortisol), obesity and lifestyle behaviors

Stress management in lifestyle behavior interventions

Child mental, emotional, and behavioral health

Publications:

Ling, J., Chen, S., & Marina, M. (2024 Sep.). Coping strategies mediated the relationship between perceived stress and hair cortisol among socioeconomically marginalized parents. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 12(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2024.2399211

Ling, J., Ordway, M. R., & Zhang, N. (2024 Jul.). Baseline higher hair cortisol moderated some effects in a healthy lifestyle intervention. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 165: 107058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107058. PMCID: PMC11139563

Ling, J., Suriyawong, W., Robbins, L. B., Zhang, N., & Kerver, J. M. (2024 Jul.). FirstStep2Health: A cluster randomized trial to promote healthy behaviors and prevent obesity among low-income preschoolers. Pediatric Obesity, 19(7): e13122. http://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.13122. PMCID: 11156553

Ling, J., Miller, A. L., Robbins, L. B., & Zhang, N. (2024 Jun.). Elevated parent and child hair cortisol moderated the efficacy of a mindful eating intervention. Stress and Health, 40(3): e3333. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3333

Ling, J., Chen, S., Zhang, N., Robbins, L. B., & Kerver, J. M. (2024 Jan.). Happy Family, Healthy Kids: A healthy eating and stress management program in low-income parent-preschooler dyads. Nursing Research, 73(1): 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000697

Funding:

08/21/2023-07/31/2028 – Principal Investigator. Food-Body-Mind Intervention: Promote Whole Child Health. Funding: NIH/National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health UG3AT012521/UH3AT012521 ($789,635 for UG3, $4,979,427 for UH3; $5,769,062 total).

01/01/2023-06/30/2025 – Principal Investigator. Eat My ABCs: Integrate Healthy Eating into School Readiness. Funding: Michigan Health Endowment Fund G-2203-150083 ($250,000 [direct cost: $225,000]).

8/1/2024-7/31/2025 – Principal Investigator. Feasibility of Collecting Fecal Samples to Examine Gut Microbiota in Preschoolers from Socioeconomically Marginalized Families. Funding: Michigan State University Trifecta Initiative Facilitating Funds Award ($8,500).