Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center
Biography
My research focuses on using behavioral theory and novel methodologies to develop adaptive interventions, namely interventions that use ongoing information about the individual to modify the type/intensity/delivery-mode of support.
Health Psychology:
- Adaptive Interventions
- Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions
- Social Support, Stress and Health
Research Methods:
- Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) and related data analytic methods for constructing adaptive interventions
- Factorial and Fractional Factorial Designs
- Multilevel Data Analysis and Experimental Designs for developing behavioral interventions
Projects
Funded Research
- 2016 SMART Weight Loss
- Adaptive Interventions for Minimally Verbal Children with ASD in the Community
- Data-Based Methods for Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions in Alcohol Use
- NIDA Innovative Methods for Constructing Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions
- Novel Longitudinal Methods for SMART Studies of Drug Abuse and HIV
- The College-to-Work Transition & Alcohol Misuse: An Etiologic Study
- University of Memphis Centers of Excellence for Big Data Computing in the Biomedical Sciences (U54)
Publications
- Almirall,Daniel; DiStefano,Charlotte; Chang,Ya-Chih; Shire,Stephanie; Kaiser,Ann; Lu,Xi; Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Landa,Rebecca; Mathy,Pamela and Kasari,Connie (2016). Longitudinal Effects of Adaptive Interventions with a Speech-Generating Device in Minimally Verbal Children with ASD. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 45(4), 442-456.
- Ertefaie,Ashkan; Wu,Tianshuang; Lynch,Kevin G. and Nahum-Shani,Inbal (2016). Identifying a Set that Contains the Best Dynamic Treatment Regimes. Biostatistics, 17(1), 135-148.
- Lu,Xi; Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Kasari,Connie; Lynch,Kevin G.; Oslin,David W.; Pelham,William E.; Fabiano,Gregory and Almirall,Daniel (2016). Comparing Dynamic Treatment Regimes using Repeated-Measures Outcomes: Modeling Considerations in SMART Studies. Statistics in Medicine, 35(10), 1595-1615.
- Jakicic,J. M.; Sox,H.; Blair,S. N.; Bensink,M.; Johnson,W. G.; King,A. C.; Lee,I. M.; Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Sallis,J. F.; Sallis,R. E.; Craft,L.; Whitehead,J. R. and Ainsworth,B. E. (2015). Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Roadmap for Physical Activity and Lifestyle. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(8), 1747-1754.
- Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Hekler,Eric B. and Spruijt-Metz,Donna (2015). Building Health Behavior Models to Guide the Development of just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions: A Pragmatic Framework. Health Psychology, 34(Suppl), 1209-1219.
- Dempsey,Walter; Liao,Peng; Klasnja,Pedja; Nahum-Shani,Inbal and Murphy,Susan A. (2015). Randomised Trials for the Fitbit Generation. Significance, 12(6), 20-23.
- Kumar,Santosh; Abowd,Gregory D.; Abraham,William T.; al’Absi,Mustafa; Gayle Beck,J.; Chau,Duen H.; Condie,Tyson; Conroy,David E.; Ertin,Emre; Estrin,Deborah; Ganesan,Deepak; Lam,Cho; Marlin,Benjamin; Marsh,Clay B.; Murphy,Susan A.; Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Pa (2015). Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K). Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 22(6), 1137-1142.
- Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Henderson,Melanie M.; Lim,Sandy and Vinokur,Amiram D. (2014). Supervisor Support: Does Supervisor Support Buffer Or Exacerbate the Adverse Effects of Supervisor Undermining?. Journal of Applied Psychology, 99(3), 484-503.
- Collins,LM; Nahum-Shani,Inbal and Almirall,Daniel (2014). Optimization of Behavioral Dynamic Treatment Regimens Based on the Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (SMART). Clinical Trails, 11(4), 426-434.
- Almirall,Daniel; Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Sherwood,Nancy E. and Murphy,Susan A. (2014). Introduction to SMART Designs for the Development of Adaptive Interventions: With Application to Weight Loss Research. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 4(3), 260-274.
- Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Qian,Min; Almirall,Daniel; Pelham,William E.; Gnagy,Beth; Fabiano,Gregory A.; Waxmonsky,James G.; Yu,Jihnhee and Murphy,Susan A. (2012). Experimental Design and Primary Data Analysis Methods for Comparing Adaptive Interventions. Psychological Methods, 17(4), 457-477.
- Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Xi,L.; Henderson,M. M. and Murphy,Susan A. (2012). Innovative Experimental Design for Developing Effective Technology-Supported Help-Seeking Interventions. In Stuart A. Karabenick and Minna Puustinen (Ed.), Advances in Help-Seeking Research and Applications: The Role of Emerging Technologies. Information Age Publishing, Inc.:Scottsdale, AZ.
- Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Qian,Min; Almirall,Daniel; Pelham,William E.; Gnagy,Beth; Fabiano,Gregory A.; Waxmonsky,James G.; Yu,Jihnhee and Murphy,Susan A. (2012). Q-Learning: A Data Analysis Method for Constructing Adaptive Interventions. Psychological Methods, 17(4), 478-494.
- Lei,H.; Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Lynch,K.; Oslin,D. and Murphy,Susan A. (2012). A “SMART†Design for Building Individualized Treatment Sequences. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 8(1), 21-48.
- Dziak,J. J.; Nahum-Shani,Inbal and Collins,Linda,M. (2012). Multilevel Factorial Experiments for Developing Behavioral Interventions: Power, Sample Size, and Resource Considerations. Psychological Methods, 17(2), 153-175.
- Nahum-Shani,Inbal; Bamberger,Peter A. and Bacharach,Samuel B. (2011). Social Support and Employee Well-being. Journal of Health & Social Behavior, 52(1), 123-139.
- Nahum-Shani,Inbal and Somech,A. (2011). Leadership, OCB and Individual Differences: Idiocentrism and Allocentrism as Moderators of the Relationship between Transformational and Transactional Leadership and OCB. Leadership Quarterly, 22(2), 353-366.
- Nahum-Shani,Inbal and Bamberger,Peter A. (2011). Work Hours, Retirement, and Supportive Relations among Older Adults. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32(2), 345-369.
- Nahum-Shani,Inbal and Bamberger,P. A. (2011). Explaining the Variable Effects of Social Support on Work-Based Stressor-Strain Relations: The Role of Perceived Pattern of Support Exchange. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 114(1), 49-63.
- Cohen,A.; Nahum-Shani,Inbal and Doveh,E. (2010). Further Insight and Additional Inference Methods for Polynomial Regression Applied to the Analysis of Congruence. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 45(5), 828-852.
- Rothrock,Ling; Cohen,Ayala; Yin,Jing; Thiruvengada,Hari and Nahum-Shani,Inbal (2009). Analyses of Team Performance in a Dynamic Task Environment. Applied Ergonomics, 40(4), 699-706.
- Cohen,AyalaDoveh,Etti and Nahum-Shani,Inbal (2009). Testing Agreement for Multi-Item Scales with the Indices. Organizational Research Methods, 12(1), 148-164.
- Bamberger,Peter; Kohn,Ela and Nahum-Shani,Inbal (2008). Aversive Workplace Conditions and Employee Grievance Filing: The Moderating Effects of Gender and Ethnicity. Industrial Relations, 47(2), 229-259.