Myles S. Faith

Chair and Professor of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology (CSEP)

• PhD, Hofstra University, Clinical/School Psychology (1995)
• BA, Rutgers University, Psychology (1989)

• 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.

• 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];

• Fetal and Early Postnatal Influences on Child Metabolic Health After Gestational Diabetes; Federal; National Institutes of Health; Awarded; (05/28/2021-04/30/2025)
• Rural Disparities in Pediatric Obesity: The iAm Healthy Intervention; Federal; NIH; Continuing; (05/24/2019-11/30/2021)

• Development of Eating Behaviors in Children; Federal; NIH; Continuing; (05/01/2018-04/30/2023)

• 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

• 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

• Editorial Board; Journal of Precision Medicine
  09/01/2020-05/28/2021
• Editorial Board; International Journal of Obesity
  09/01/2017-05/24/2020