Myles S. Faith
Professor
COUNSELING, SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Specialty/Research Focus
Bullying; Child and Adolescent Development; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; Eating Disorders; Family; Mental Health; Measurements; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods; School Counseling; Social and Emotional Development; Wellness
Education and Training:
- PhD, Hofstra University, Clinical/School Psychology (1995)
- BA, Rutgers University, Psychology (1989)
Awards and Honors:
- 2022 Oded Bar-Or Award for Excellence in Pediatric Obesity Research; The Obesity Society; 2022-11-01;
Recent Publications:
Journal Article:
- Faith MS, Hittner JB, Hurston SR, Yin J, Greenspan LC, Quesenberry CP Jr, Gunderson EP; SWIFT Offspring Study Investigators. (2019). Association of Infant Temperament With Subsequent Obesity in Young Children of Mothers With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. JAMA Pediatrics. Mar 11. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.5199. [Epub ahead of print].
- Heo M, Pietrobelli A, Wylie-Rosett J, Faith MS. (2019). School-Based Interventions and Programs to Address Weight Issues. Journal of Obesity. 2018 Oct 28;2018:3538964.
- Spahn JM, Callahan EH, Spill MK, Wong YP, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Birch L, Black MM, Cook JT, Faith MS, Mennella JA, Casavale KO. (2019). Influence of maternal diet on flavor transfer to amniotic fluid and breast milk and children's responses: a systematic review. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 109(Supplement_7):1003S-1026S.
- Spill MK, Callahan EH, Shapiro MJ, Spahn JM, Wong YP, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Birch L, Black MM, Cook JT, Faith MS, Mennella JA, Casavale K. (2019). Caregiver feeding practices and child weight outcomes: a systematic review. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 109(Supplement_7):990S-1002S
- Spill MK, Johns K, Callahan EH, Shapiro MJ, Wong YP, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Birch L, Black MM, Cook JT, Faith MS, Mennella JA, Casavale KO. (2019). Repeated exposure to food and food acceptability in infants and toddlers: a systematic review. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 109(Supplement_7):978S-989S.
Recent Presentations:
Invited Lectures:
- Faith MS. "Disarming Food Fights at Family Meals to Support Healthy Child Eating”. Presentation (virtual) to Women, Infants Children (WIC) Association of New York State - 42nd Annual Conference. March 16, 2021.;
- Faith MS. "Emotional and Nutritional Toll of Weight-based Bullying in Youth”. Presentation (virtual) to Women, Infants Children (WIC) Association of New York State - 42nd Annual Conference. March 17, 2021.;
- Faith MS. Stretching the Reach of Family-based Childhood Obesity Treatment Using Primary-Care Partnerships and Technology. Presentation (virtual) to Michigan State University, Division of Public Health, College of Medicine. January 12, 2021.;
- Faith, MS. “Stretching the Reach of Family-based Childhood Obesity Treatment: Primary-Care Partnerships and Technology.” – Presentation (virtual) to University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS), College of Public Health. November 20, 2020.;
- "Disarming Family Food Fights: Strategies to Cultivate Healthier Child Eating and Stronger Families". Seventh International Conference on Public Health - Indonesia. [Note: Invitation received on 1/30/2020 to present in June 2020. This event is being rescheduled to a later date due to COVID-19];
Recent Grants:
Grant:
- Exploring Neural Mechanisms Underlying Reinforcer Pathology Differences Among Obesity-Discordant Adolescents; Foundation and Research Organization; UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Pilot Funding Mechanism (https://www.buffalo.edu/ctsi/cores/translational-pilot-studies/pilot-study-rfp.html). Letter of Intent; Awarded; (01/01/2023-12/31/2023)
- Fetal and Early Postnatal Influences on Child Metabolic Health After Gestational Diabetes; Federal; National Institutes of Health; Continuing; (05/28/2021-04/30/2025)
Contract:
- GSE Post-doc Fellowship - HELP (Health-Education-Life Protection) for Pandemic-affected Minority Children: Cross-state and Cross-sector Investigations of Systemic Racial Inequalities; Foundation and Research Organization; GSE/UB; Awarded; (04/10/2023-04/09/2025)
Recent Activities:
Editorial and Review:
- Co-editor for Special Issue of Journal of Obesity, entitled "School-Based Interventions and Programs to Address Weight Issues." Guest editors were: Moonseong Heo, Angelo Pietrobelli, Judith Wylie-Rosett, Myles S. Faith. Note: Articles are currently under review; the special issue will be published in 2018.
07/03/2017-01/31/2018 - Editorial Board Member: International Journal of Obesity (invited 1/5/2016).
01/05/2016-05/23/2018
Professional Service:
- Committee/Writing Group Member (ongoing): American Heart Association writing group, "Childhood and Adolescent Adversity and Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes."
05/23/2016-06/14/2016 - Committee Member: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrition Evidence Library (NEL) Technical Expert Collaborative (TEC) for the Dietary Guidance Development Project for Infants and Toddlers from Birth to 24 Months and Women Who are Pregnant (B-24/PW). (Ongoing service)
05/01/2015-06/17/2016 - Chair, Bio-Behavioral Section of The Obesity Society
04/01/2015-11/06/2015
Recent Editorships:
Editorship:
- Associate Editor - Eating Behavior section; Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Nutrition
08/20/2021-11/30/2022 - Editorial Board Member; International Journal of Obesity
01/01/2021-11/30/2022 - Editorial Board; Journal of Precision Medicine
09/01/2020-05/28/2021 - Editorial Board; International Journal of Obesity
09/01/2017-05/24/2020
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