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Daniel Hughes, Ph.D.

Dr. Hughes is a doctorally trained Ph.D. in Kinesiology with a sport and exercise psychology specialty. He is an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist and American Heart Association ACLS certified. His research focus is on bio-behavioral holistic interventions for cancer prevention and control with an emphasis on culturally adapting and motivationally tailoring health promotion interventions targeting ethnic/racial cancer populations.

He has project expertise in kinesiology, behavioral science, and health disparities and applying behavioral interventions to cancer survivors. He has been a Principal Investigator on several NCI funded studies on behavioral interventions that utilized Social Cognitive Theory implementation strategies for post-treatment cancer survivors presenting with high-comorbidities including conducting exercise behavioral research with breast cancer survivors in the San Antonio as well as the South Texas-Mexico border regions using culturally adapted individually tailored interventions. 

He has also been a member of the Movember GAP 4 world-wide study on high-intensity exercise interventions for metastatic prostate cancer survivors, developing the psycho-social support components for the study. His research is transitioning now to use more holistic interventions including mind-body mechanisms to improve not only physical functioning but also psychological and spiritual well-being for all adult cancer survivors. 

Publications

Published Articles:

1. Ortiz A, Hughes DC, Gonzalez V, Mama SK, Tirado-Gomez M, Yue L, JaeJoon S, Gonzalez V, Basen-Engquist K.' Effectiveness of a home-based exercise Intervention in the fitness profile of Hispanic survivors of breast cancer'. (2021). Rehabilitation Oncology. March 03, 2021 - Publish Ahead of Print  doi 10.1097/01.REO.0000000000000253.

2. Hughes DC, Marín J,  Ortiz A, Garcini LM, Lapetoda A, Darby N, Serra M, Zamora C, Kilpela L, Patel D, Cuevas B, Long-Parma D, Munoz E, Ramirez AG. A. A feasibility pilot study using Reversal Theory states to test holistic interventions to maximize cancer survivors’ quality of life. (2019). Journal of Motivation, Emotion and Personality. 8 (2019), 6-20. DOI: 10.12689/jmep.2019.802 *

3. Newton, R.U., S.A. Kenfield, N.H. Hart, J.M. Chan, K.S. Courneya, J. Catto, S.P. Finn, R. Greenwood, D.C. Hughes, L.A. Mucci, S.R. Plymate, S.F.E. Praet, E.M. Guinan, E.L. Van Blarigan, O. Casey, M. Buzza, S. Gledhill, L. Zhang, D.A. Galvão, C.J. Ryan, and F. Saad. Intense exercise for survival among men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (INTERVAL-GAP4): A multicentre, randomised, controlled phase III study protocol. (2018). BMJ Open, 8(5): e022899., 2018. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022899.trial. *

Published Abstracts:

1. Hughes DC, Perez A, Cantu-Pawlik, Pasick R, Ramirez AG. (2021) Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training: Motivating Latino Students to achieve their ultimate success.  2020 International Cancer Education Conference Program and Abstracts. Journal of Cancer Education (2021). S32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-020-01940-w.

2. Day, Dana; Garcia, Sonio David; Ortiz, Alexis; Medina, Aliyah; Guerrero, Andrea; Zamora, Corina; Parra-Medina, Deborah; and Hughes, Daniel (2020) "Promotoras’ Current Lifestyle Behavior and the Influence on Body Composition and Physical Function," International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 2 : Iss. 12 , Article 156.

Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol2/iss12/156.

3. Medina, Aliyah; Garcia, Sonio David; Ortiz, Alexis; Day, Dana; Guerrero, Andrea; Zamora, Corina; Parra-Medina, Deborah; and Hughes, Daniel (2020) "The Effects of Language Barriers on Physical Activity of “Promotora” Community Health Care Workers in the South Texas-Mexico Border Region," International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 2 : Iss. 12 , Article 152.

Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol2/iss12/152.

4. Garcia, Sonio David; Ortiz, Alexis; Rodriguez, Augusto; Medina, Aliyah; Lapetoda, Angelika; Day, Dana; Ortiz, Rebekah; Guerrero, Andrea; Cantu, Stacy; Parra-Medina, Deborah; and Hughes, Daniel (2020) "Physical Fitness and Energy Balance Activity of “Promotora” Community Health Care Workers in the South Texas-Mexico Border Region," International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 2 : Iss. 12 , Article 150.

Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol2/iss12/150.

5. Guerrero, Andrea; Garcia, Sonio David; Ortiz, Alexis; Day, Dana; Ortiz, Rebekah; Medina, Aliyah; Lapetoda, Angelika; Cantu, Stacy; Parra-Medina, Deborah; and Hughes, Daniel (2020) "Influence of Fitness on Stress Reactivity as Measured with the Trier Social Stress Test," International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 2 : Iss. 12 , Article 151.

Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol2/iss12/151.

6.  Hughes DC, Perez A, Ramirez AG. Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training: Motivating Latino Students to succeed in their Éxito! (2019) Journal of Cancer Education 34 (Supplement 2), S49-S50.

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