Gary Bennett
Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
Professor of Global Health and Medicine
Director, Duke Global Digital Health Science Center
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
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Gary Bennett
Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
Professor of Global Health and Medicine
Director, Duke Global Digital Health Science Center
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Gary G. Bennett is the Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Global Health and Medicine at Duke University. He directs the Duke Global Digital Health Science Center. Dr. Bennett is also President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Bennett's research program designs, tests, and disseminates digital obesity treatments. He is especially interested in integrating digital health treatments into the primary care setting. Dr. Bennett developed the interactive obesity treatment approach (iOTA); his recent work demonstrates the effectiveness of coach-led, digital obesity treatments. He has authored more than 125 scientific papers and his research program has been continuously supported by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Bennett's research has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, Time, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox News, and many other media outlets. Dr. Bennett has served on numerous NIH committees, grant review panels, editorial boards, and guidelines councils. Dr. Bennett is committed to the dissemination of evidence-based treatments; he serves on science advisory and executive boards of several community, professional, and commercial organizations. He also co-founded two digital health startups: Crimson Health Solutions (acquired by Health Dialog in 2007) and Scale Down (acquired by Anthem in 2017). Prior to joining Duke in 2009, Dr. Bennett served on the faculties of the Harvard School of Public Health and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. At Duke, Dr. Bennett is a member of Duke's Bass Society of Fellows, is the founding director of Duke's undergraduate major in global health, and has been repeatedly recognized as in the top 5 percent of Duke's undergraduate instructors.
Publications
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Steinberg DM, Kay MC, Svetkey LP, Askew S, Christy J, Burroughs J, et al. Feasibility of a Digital Health Intervention to Improve Diet Quality Among Women With High Blood Pressure: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial. Jmir Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Dec 7;8(12):e17536.
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Nwosu C, Spears CA, Pate C, Gold DT, Bennett G, Haglund M, et al. Influence of Caretakers' Health Literacy on Delays to Traumatic Brain Injury Care in Uganda. Ann Glob Health. 2020 Oct 6;86(1):127.
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Patel ML, Brooks TL, Bennett GG. Consistent self-monitoring in a commercial app-based intervention for weight loss: results from a randomized trial. In: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2020. p. 391–401.
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Benjamin-Neelon SE, Iversen E, Clancy SM, Hoyo C, Bennett GG, Kravitz RM, et al. Early Child Care and Weight Status in a Cohort of Predominantly Black Infants in the Southeastern United States. Child Obes. 2020 Mar;16(2):122–8.
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